Council adopted Ordinance 23‑2025 on July 3, establishing restrictions on the on‑street parking of recreational and commercial vehicles within the Village of Cleves.

Staff explained the ordinance was drafted in response to complaints about large recreational vehicles, trailers and box trucks occupying on‑street spaces in denser residential neighborhoods and creating safety or visibility hazards. The ordinance sets dimensional limits for permitted on‑street commercial vehicles — 22 feet length, 7 feet width and 10 feet height — and allows exceptions for loading/unloading and for vehicles in active use by residents. A staff presenter described examples where an RV parked at a driveway apron created a “massive blind spot.”

Council discussed how the rule interacts with work vehicles driven home by residents. Staff and council emphasized the ordinance is intended for addressing prolonged, on‑street storage of large vehicles and not to prevent an individual from parking a standard work van that is used daily. The enforcement approach will be complaint‑driven; staff said the sheriff’s office is limited in enforcing parking ordinances unless a vehicle creates a hazard or lacks registration.

Council suspended the rules to consider the ordinance at the same meeting and then voted to adopt Ordinance 23‑2025; both actions passed on roll calls recorded as 5–0. Staff said the ordinance is not an emergency measure and will take effect according to the normal ordinance timetable.

Ending: The ordinance provides a complaint‑driven enforcement mechanism for on‑street RVs and large commercial vehicles and includes exceptions for temporary loading/unloading and for vehicles that meet the stated dimensional limits.