HomeMy WebLinkAbout98-08 CC OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 98-08
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF TEMECULA ADDING SECTION 10.16.042 TO
THE TEMECULA MUNICIPAL CODE PROHIBITING THE
PARKING OF CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES IN EXCESS
OF TWENTY (20) FEET IN LENGTH, MOTOR VEHICLES
IN EXCESS OF EIGHT (8) FEET IN HEIGHT OR NINETY
(90) INCHES IN WIDTH, MOTOR VEHICLES IN EXCESS
OF 10,000 POUNDS, CERTAIN COMMERCIAL MOTOR
VEHICLES, AND TRAILERS DETACHED FROM A MOTOR
VEHICLE FROM PARKING ON CITY STREETS IN
RESID~L AREAS EXCEPT UNDER CERTAIN
DEFINED CONDmONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1.
to read as follows:
Section 10.16.042 is hereby added to the Temecula Municipal Code
"10.16.042. Prohibition of Oversized Vehicles Being Parked on City Streets;
Exceptions.
"A. No person shall park or leave standing upon any residential public street,
highway, or right of way within the City limits of the City of Temecula any of the
following:
"1.
Motor vehicles and motor vehicles with an attached trailer or non-
motorized vehicle, of a length, or combined length, in excess of
twenty (20) feet, or a height in excess of eight (8) feet, or a width
in excess of ninety (90) inches, which width is measured from the
widest portion of the body of the motor vehicle or attached trailer
or non-motorized vehicle, not including mirrors;
"2.
Motor vehicles of a weight in excess of ten thousand (10,000)
pounds;
"3.
Motor vehicles and vehicles used or maintained for the
transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit, and
designed and used, or maintained for the transportation of property,
including, but not limited to, buses, motor trucks, trailers,
semitrailers, trailer coaches, or track tractors as defined in the
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Vehicle Code and similar vehicles with a width in excess of ninety
(90) inches as measured at the widest portion of the body not
including mirrors; or
It4.
A non-motorized vehicle (including, but not limited to, a trailer,
camper trailer, boat/watercraft trailer, farm machinery, construction
equipment or other nonmotorized vehicle), regardless of length or
width, when it has been detached from a motor vehicle.
"B. The prohibitions described in Subsection A. shall not apply to motor
vehicles and vehicles which are:
"1. Engaged in the loading or unloading of persons and/or property;
t'2.
Parked in connection with, or in the aid of the performance of a
service to or on a property in the block in which such vehicle is
parked; or
Parked or left standing as a result of a mechanical break down so as
allow the performance of emergency repairs on the vehicle for a
period not to exceed twenty four (24) consecutive hours; or
Parked or left standing as allowed by a permit issued by the City
pursuant to procedures established by the City Manager, provided
however that no address within the City shall be issued a permit for
more that three (3) calendar days at a time, four times within a
calendar year, for a maximum of twelve (12) calendar days per
calendar year.
"C. As used in this section, "residential public street, highway, or right of way"
means the full width of a public street, highway or right of way which is located
within, or adjacent to, a residential zone as defined in Tifie 17 of the Temecula
Municipal Code."
Section 2. If any sentence, chuse or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason
held to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining provisions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have
passed this ordinance and each sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any
one or more sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid.
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Section 3.
and declares that:
The City Council of the City of Temecula hereby finds, determines
a. The testimony of citizens of the City of Temecula at a special City Council
meeting on April 21, 1998 indicated that an immediate implementation of the restrictions
in this ordinance would reduce the potential for accidents.
b. Pursuant to California Government Code Sections 36934 and 36937, the
City Council hereby finds and determines that a current and immediate threat to the public
health, peace, safety and general welfare exists which necessitates the immediate enactment
of this Ordinance for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, safety and
general welfare, based upon the facts set forth in this Ordinance and the facts presented
to the Council.
Section 4.
the date is adopted.
This Ordinance being an Urgency Ordinance shall be effective as of
Section 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance as an
urgency ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED,
Temecula this 28th day of April, 1998.
ATTEST:
A ' nng City Clerk %_J
by the City Council of the City of
Ron Roberts, Mayor
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Susan Jones, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 98-08 was duly was duly adopted and passed as an urgency measure
at a regular meeting of the City Council on April 28, 1998, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: 5
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Comerchero, Ford, Lindemans, Stone,
Roberts
NOES:
0 COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCILMEMBERS: None
Susa~ W. Iones, CMC
)~c.~g City Clerk
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