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Meeting Date 4/4/89
ITEM TITLE: Public Hearing: PCA-89-4 - Consideration of amendment to the
Municipal Code to clarify the provisions relating to the
storage and repair of of inoperable vehicles - City initiated
Ordinance of 3 D D Amending provisions related to storage
and repair of vehicles
SUBMITTED BY: Director of Planning (0
REVIEWED BY: City Manager-J0 ea&I1 (4/5ths Vote: Yes No X )
This amendment is for the purpose of clearly establishing the intent of
Section 19.58.260 to prohibit more than one inoperable vehicle on a
residential lot.
The proposed amendment is exempt from environmental review under the
provisions of Section 15061 (b) (3) of the CEQA Guidelines.
RECOMMENDATION: That Council concur with the recommendation of the Planning
Commission.
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION: On March 8, 1989, the Planning
Commission voted 7-0 to recommend that Council approve the amendment.
DISCUSSION:
City Code Enforcement officials have experienced a problem with the wording of
Section 19.58.260 of the City Municipal Ordinance relating to inoperable
vehicles making enforcement of its intent difficult. One of the goals is to
make the storage of inoperable vehicles illegal . However, the statute states
that if a person is storing inoperable vehicles, repair is not allowed,.
Section 19.58.260(A) states that repair is prohibited unless a number of
conditions are met; those conditions include that not more than one vehicle
can be in a state of disrepair at any one time on any lot. Therefore, a
person charged with this section can successfully take a position that many
inoperable vehicles exist on the yard, which can not be repaired, because
repair is prohibited.
To address this problem, the ordinance is proposed to be amended to remove the
ambiguous language and add a new Subsection "C" which clearly regulates the
storage of inoperable vehicles as follows:
C. Storage of Inoperable Vehicles.
1 . No more than one vehicle, or one boat, or one camper, or one
trailer shall be in a state of disrepair or in an inoperable
condition at any one time on any lot.
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2. No vehicle in a state of disrepair or in an inoperable condition
may be located outside of a garage or carport or solid fence, gate
or wall , not less than six feet in height for a period of more
than 72 hours.
3. No parts of a vehicle, boat, camper or trailer shall be located
outside of a garage, carport or solid fence, gate or wall not less
than six feet in height for a period of more than 72 hours.
FISCAL IMPACT: Not applicable.
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