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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD FOR INTRODUCTION 05-05-86AGENDA ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION ~0. 1 5-5-86 DATE.: APRIL 29, 1986 Inter-Corn TO: FROM: SUBJECT: CITYMANAGER POLICE DEPARTMENT STORAGE OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES ON PUBLIC ROADWAY - INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE Recommendation The City Council approve and have first reading of an ordinance restrict- ing certain parking of recreational vehicles (RVs) on the public roadway. Backmround We are experiencing more and more utilization of the public roadways for individuals to store their RVs. On the average, we receive one call per week relative to this problem. For enforcement purposes, we currently use the 72-hour parking restric- tion under Tustin City Code Section 5330e. We experience significant problems in the utilization of this section, because individuals move their RVs just far enough and in Just enough time to preclude enforcement of this'72-hour violation. Section 1 of the attached ordinance adds Section 5340 to the Tustin City Code, still permitting at least 24 hours of parking on a city street to assist RV owners in loading or unloading their vehicles. It also causes a one-half mile restriction to prevent an owner from simply moving a vehicle a ~hort distance and then storing it again on a public street. Section 2 adds a subsection to Section 5330 of the Tustin City Code, prohibiting the use of public streets as a location to store vehicles. It also implements a one-half mile radius so the owners do not drive around the block and store the vehicle in the same location again. Section 3 defines an RV as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 18010. Ail updates of current ordinances as indicated are necessary for effective enforcement and elimination of Tustin City .streets becoming storage lots for RVs. Chief of Police 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ORDINANCE NO. 968 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TUSTIN CITY CODE SECTIONS 5340e, 5330e AND SECTION 5311 R~&TIVE TO THE STORAGE OF VEHI- CLES ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS The City Council of the City of Tustin, California, does hereby ordain as follows: The City Council hereby finds and determines as follows: WHEREAS, the City has encountered difficulty relative to the parking and storage of vehicles, including recreational vehicles and other large vehicles and vehicle accessories on the public roadways; and WHEREAS, the City Council has ordered that the Tustin City Code Section be amended to further regulate the parking and storing of vehicles, including recreation vehicle, special purpose farm machinery, boats, trailers, detached vehicles, and other similar vehicles, within the City so as to facilitate enforcement of the City Code and to protect the health and safety of the community. ~: Subsection e is hereby added to Section 5340 of the Tustin City Code to read as follows: "e. Storage of Recreation Vehicles and Similar Vehi cl e s. No person shall use any public street, highway, thoroughfare, or alley in any part of the City to park, store, or cause to be parked or stored, any recreation vehicle, special purpose farm machinery, boats, trailers, detached vehicles, and other similar vehicles. Store, for the purpose of this subsection, is defined as parking or leaving unattended any vehicle, specified herein in one location for a period in excess of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours. The term 'one location' shall include any relocation of such vehicle within a one-half mile radius of any prior parking location used within the preceding twenty-four (24') hour period." ~: Subsection e of Section 5330 of the TuStin City Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "e. Use of Streets for Storage of Vehicles is Prohibited. No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle shall park, store or cause to be parked or stored any vehicle upon any street 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 or alley for more than a consecutive period of seventy-two (72) hours. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to the storage of recrea- tion vehicles, special purpose farm machinery, boats, trailers, detached vehicles, or other similar vehicles, which vehicles are governed by Section 5340e. 'Store', for the purpose of this subsection, is defined as the parking or leaving unattended anY vehicle in one location for a period in excess of seventy-two (72) consecutive hours. The term 'one location' shall include any relocation of such vehicle within a one-half mile radius of any prior parking location used within the preceding seventy-two (72) hour period." ~: Section 5311 of the Tustin City Code is amended to add the following definition, integrated in alphabetical order, to read as follows: "'Recreation Vehicle' shall mean all recreation vehicles, as defined by Health and Safety Code Section 18010." PASSED AND ADOPTED at a meeting of the City Council of the City of Tustin, California, held this__ day of 1986. Mayor ATTEST: (6) City Clerk