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AGENDA REPORT
CITY OF MOC31RPARK
The Honorable City Council
Kenneth C. Gilbert, Director. of` Public Works
May 23, 1994 (Council Meeting 6 -1 -94)
Consider a Resolution Restricting the Parking of
Unattached Trailers and Semitrailers on City Streets
BACKGROUND
This matter was considered by the City Council on March 2, 1994,
and referred to the Transportation and Streets Committee for review
and input. The matter was then reviewed by the City Council on May
18, 1994, and continued to the Jure 1.,. 1994, meeting.
DISCUSSION
A. Seventy -two Hour Limit
Section 10.04.220 of the Moorpark Municipal Code prohibits the
improper storage of vehicles on City Streets. Pursuant to this
Section a vehicle may not park, in one location for more than
seventy -two (72) hours. One of the methods of determining if a
violation of this Section has occurred, is noting whether or not
the reading on the vehicle's odometer has changed.
B. Improper Storage of Unattached Trailers -._and Semitrailers on City
Streets
In that trailers and semitrailers do riot have odometers, it is
not possible to demonstrate that an unattached trailer or
semitrailer has not been moved. Accordingly, the City has found
it difficult to impossible to enforce the seventy -two (72) hour
parking limitation on unattached trailers and semitrailers. The
subject resolution (attached) will .resolve this problem by
prohibiting the parking of unattached trailers and semitrailers
on a City streets, except as povided for in the Resolution.
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C. Prohibiting the Parking Unattached and Semitrailers
Section 22507 of the California Vehicle Code (CVC) states in
part as follows:
"Local authorities may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit
or restrict the stopping, park=ing or standing of vehicles,
including but not limited ro, on certain streets or
highways, during all or certain hours of the day."
In a recent decision, the courts have upheld the right of local
authorities to prohibit or restrict the parking of specific
types of vehicles on City streets Ft is the opinion of the
City Attorney that the City may use this provision of the
California Vehicle Code to prohibit the parking of unattached
trailers and semitrailers on r t:y treets.
If adopted, the attached resolution will establish a parking
prohibition for trailers and semitrailers on any street within
the City of Moorpark, with the fo]Low7.ng exceptions:
1) any trailer or semitrailer ,attached to a vehicle capable of
moving the trailer or semi.t,ai1,r,
2) any trailer or semitrailer the }process of being loaded or
unloaded; and,
3) any trailer displaying a Temporary Trailer Parking Permit.
D. Temporary Trailer Parking Permits
At the suggestion of the Transportation and Streets Committee
(Mayor pro tem Hunter and Counc:ilmember Wozniak), the attached
resolution was revised to include provisions for the issuance of
permits to allow for the storage of trailers (not semitrailers)
on the street in front of a residence for an extended period of
time for the purpose of 1) al owing the resident to load and
unload the trailer and 2) perm=itting the temporary parking of a
guest's trailer.
The attached resolution sets forth certain minimum standards to
be followed in issuing Temporary Trailer Parking Permits. Those
standards are restated as fall < >ws:.
a) a permit may be issued to an unattached trailer when the
owner or renter of said trailer (hereinafter "PERMITTEE")
requests said permit in order to allow for the parking of
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said trailer on the street in front of the PERMITTEE'S
residence for an extended period of time for the purpose of
loading and /or unloading;
b) a permit may also be issued to allow a guest of the PERMITTEE
to park a trailer on the street in front of the PERMITTEE'S
residence;
c) in order to be valid, a permit must state the license number
of the trailer, the address; of the PERMITTEE and the dates
that the permit is valid;
d) in order to be valid, a t:)ermit must be affixed to and
displayed in a conspicuous glace on the trailer;
e) the maximum permit period sY,-311 not exceed two three (3) day
periods;
f) no more than twelve (12) permits may be issued to any
PERMITTEE during any one yer period;
g) no more than one (1) perms may k)e issued to a PERMITTEE
during any given period;
h) the permitted trailer must be legal:'ky parked at a frontage of
the address of the permitter
i ) a permit issued to a trailer does not exempt the trailer, the
PERMITTEE or the registered owner of the trailer from any
established parking restrictions, including parking
prohibitions established fr�r the purpose of facilitating
street sweeping
E. Motor Homes
As stated above, the attached resolution is designed to restrict
the parking of vehicles which do not have odometers. It is not
designed to address any problems which may be caused by the
parking of motor homes on City streets. It is the intent of
staff to :review this issue and report back to the City Council
at a later date, regarding possible means to address such
problems.
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F. Signs
In order to be effective, it will be necessary to post signs
giving notice of this parking restriction. In lieu of posting
such signs at frequent intervals on every street in the City,
the resolution directs that such signs be placed at all
entrances to the City and at certain other locations as deemed
appropriate by the City Manager, to provide for adequate notice.
In addition, the Resolution stipulates the minimum size of the
sign and the sign lettering to ensure that such signs are
readable by passing motorists..
G. Notice
The Transportation and Streets Committee suggested that, if
adopted, notice of this resolution should be sent to the known
registered owners of all trailers who reside within the City of
Moorpark. At its May 18, 1994, meeting, the City Council
directed staff to compile cost: to send a notice to all City
residents advising the public of a number of matters including:
• these trailer / semitrailer parking restrictions;
• street sweeping parking restrictions;
• reporting inoperative street lights;
• stormwater quality regulatia.)ns (NPDES); etc.
Staff has estimated that such a double -sided one page mailer in
an envelope, sent to all addresses within the City, would cost
approximately $2,500.
H. City Attorney Review
The City Attorney has revieweri this report and the attached
Resolution.
RECOMMENDED ACTION (Roll Call Votel
Staff recommends that the City Council take the following actions:
1. Adopt the attached resolution restricting the parking of
unattached trailers and semitrailers on City streets.
2. Approve an appropriation of funds and a budget amendment of
$2,500 (Acc. # 03- 142 -624) for the mailing of a notice to all
residents regarding the subject parking restrictions and other
public information items.
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