HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1990 0321 CC REG ITEM 08HMOORPARK EM&J-L
C W. M W STEVEN KUENY
oRASON, Jr. o °% City Manager
SCOTT MONTGOMERY f "J \:, CHERYL J. KANE
Mayor Pro Tern 3 � City Attorney
ELOISE BROWN
o `Y PATRICK RICHARDS, A.I.C. P.
�, -�-, -r y ;; � 0n
Councilmember o Director of
9 / Community Development
CLINT HARPER, Ph.D. °o
' *aa -- ��, R. DENNIS DELZEIT
Councilmember
BERNARDO M. PEREZ City Engineer
JOHN V. GILLESPIE
Councilmember
Chief of Police
LILLIAN KELLERMAN
City Clerk RICHARD T. HARE
City Treasurer
To:
From:
Date:
Subject:
MEMORANDUM
The Honorable City Couicil
John F. Knipe, Assistait:. City
March 13, 1990
i
Engineer,.
RESTRICTION OF "VEHICLES FOR SALE" PARKING
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Local agencies sometimes encounter: problems that occur as a result
of citizens parking vehicles on C.ty streets with "For Sale" signs
in them. Although this does not always cause problems, it
sometimes results in disruption t traffic flow caused by potential
buyers inspecting the vehicles immediately adjacent to moving
traffic. Due to the proximity t) moving traffic, safety is also
a concern. Consequently, some Ci.*ies have taken action to minimize
this problem. We have ther<!fore oordinated with various agencies
to obtain documents relating "Vehicles for Sale" parking
restrictions.
This report summarizes the vari
restriction actions taken by the
Los Angeles, Camarillo and Wert:.
Oxnard, Los Angeles and Camarill:)
vehicles displaying "For Sale" s
streets. A breif summary of
presented as follows:
o City of Thousand Oaks
SUS "Vehicles for Sale" parking
ities of Thousand Oaks, Oxnard,
Note that the Cities of
gave adopted laws indicating that
fns cannot be parked on any City
�c various City regulations is
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle
displaying a "For Sale" sign .n any zone designated and posted
as a "No Parkinq of Vehicl.— for- S�l.e'" zone.
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o City of Oxnard
No person shall park a veiiicle upon any roadway for the
principal purpose of dispiaying such vehicle as being "For
Sale ". Also, no person shall park a vehicle on another
person's property for the principal purpose of displaying the
vehicle as being "For Sa:.e"
o City of Los Angeles
No person shall display a vehicle as being "For Sale" on any
public or private property which is not the place of business
of a duly licensed vehicle dealer. However, a person may
display the vehicle as beir�a "For Sale" while in the act of
driving the veh- isle.
o City of Camarillo
No person shall park any :ehicl(? on any highway for the
purpose of displaying the )• hide .is being "For Sale ".
o City of West Covina
No person shall conduct negotiations and inspections of a
vehicle posted as being "For Sale" within the roadway.
However, parking of a vehi.c'.e posted as being "For Sale" is
permitted within the roadwa'.
These various parking restriciior actions are provided for
information in the event that tli=, parking of "Vehicles for Sale"
develops into a problem within °- c:i *_y of Moorpark.
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Receive and file this report.
copy: Steve Kueny, City Manager
R. Dennis Delzeit, Cite, Fngineer
Mark Wessel., City Traffic Engineer
Jim Biega, Project Fn Y 'IE>er
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