Parked? (or Stored?)

How long should the City of Woodstock permit a large sailboat to be stored in a mixed commercial and residential area?

This sailboat hasn't been moved for more than two years. My first inquiry to Community Development was in February 2006, and my recollection is that it had been there for six months at that time. It rests on its trailer behind an office on the corner of Throop and Calhoun Streets.

Previous inquiries about the question of "parked" versus "stored" were met with the quoting of the pertinent ordinance that allows recreational vehicles to be parked on a lot. The City previously explained that this large boat and trailer would be considered "towed recreational equipment."

The City and I would define "towed recreational equipment" differently. My definition would be a motorboat or small sailboat on a trailer, motorcycle trailer, camping trailer, trailer for watercraft or snowmobiles. Yes, this trailer could be towed by a large pick-up truck with enough power to pull it, but then it will have to be lifted into the water. Somehow, I don't think that a pick-up is going to back down a ramp until this sailboat floats. At that point the pick-up would be underwater. A boat of this size not towed out to the lake for a day of sailing and brought back at night until the next week-end.

This trailer (and boat) is stored, not "parked". The ordinance uses the word "parked". Parked infers that the vehicle is moved from time to time. If it hasn't been moved for three years, wouldn't that give the City a clue that it's not in use? Recreational equipment is used from time-to-time; right?

Should this boat be in a boatyard and not stored on a lot near the historic Woodstock Square?