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Home My WebLink AboutOrd 1986-2176Revised 12/2/86 ORDINANCE NO. 2176 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING CHAPTERS 10.52, 10.84, 19.58, 19.62, and 19.70 RELATING TO COMMUNITY APPEARANCE AND PARKING The City Council of the City of Chula Vista hereby ordains as follows: SECTION I: That Section 10.52.040 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: Section 10.52.040 Stopping, standing or parking-within or on parkways-prohibited. No person shall stop, stand, park, or place a vehicle, boat, trailer, camper or any other property, within any parkway. SECTION II: read as follows: That Section 10.52.090 is amended to Section 10.52.090 Commercial vehicles -- Parking in residential districts prohibited when. No person shall park any t~tt~ vehicle whose primary use is for commercial purposes having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of ~ twelve thousand pounds or more for more than five hours in any residential district (which includes parking on private property) except: A. While loading or unloading property, which requires time in addition to such five hour period to complete such work; or B. When such vehicle is parked in connection with, and in aid of, the performance of a service to or on property in the block in which such vehicle is parked and time in addition to such five hour period is reasonably necessary to complete such service. -1- SECTION III: That Section 10.84.020 is amended to read as follows: Section 10.84.020 Parking prohibited on portions of private property. No vehicle, vacation trailer, camping trailer, boat, boat trailer, camper or recreational vehicle may be parked or placed within the front yard or exterior side yard (i.e. street side of a corner lot) setback, except as follows: In a garage or carport. On a paved driveway. On a dust free area adjacent to a paved driveway. Adjacent shall mean within ten feet of the edge of the driveway. (Refer to Section 19.62.150 for further limitations). *Note: Dust free shall mean grass or decomposed granite/paving per City standards adopted to accomplish a dust free surface. When parking is not available under 1-3 above, then consideration shall be given by the Zoning Administrator to select a parking area on the opposite side of the lot or other appropriate locations on the property as per Section 19.62.110. The applicant or other interested persons may appeal the decision of the Zoning Administrator to the Planning Commission. The appeal shall be filed in writing with the Planning Department within ten (10) days of the Administrator's action, and accompanied by an appeal fee as specified in the Master Fee Schedule. Appeals to the City Council from the actions of the Planning Commisson shall follow the same procedure. Unmounted campers and camper shells may not be placed in the front yard, driveway or unscreened (by solid six (6) foot high fence or hedge) exterior side yard setback area for a period of more than seventy-two (72) hours. SECTION IV: That Section 10.84.030 of Municipal Code is amended, and new Sections 10.84.036 are hereby added to read as follows: the Chula Vista 10.84.035 and -2- Section 10.84.030 Citation of vehicles parked in prohibited areas. Any police officer of the City of Chula Vista or other employee with citation authority may cite a vehicle for a violation of Sections 10.52.040 and 10.84,020; provided, however, a warning in the form provided by the Police Department of the City shall first be placed upon the vehicle. Seventy-two hours after the placement of such warning, the citation may be issued. Section 10.84.035 Citation authority. The Building and Housing Director, code enforcement officers and other employees designated by the Building and Housing Director shall have the authority to enforce Chapters 10.52, 10.84 and 19.62 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code by issuing written notice of the violation. Section 10.84.036 Notice of violation. The method of giving notice for purposes of Section 10.84.035 is as follows: 1. During the time of the violation, a notice of violation shall be securely attached to the vehicle setting forth the violation including reference to the section of the Municipal Code violated, the approximate time of violation, the location where the violation occurred, and the license number and expiration date, the color of the vehicle, and if possible, the year, make and model of the vehicle. The notice shall specify a time and place for appearance by the registered owner or the lessee or renter in answer to the notice. 2. The notice shall be attached to the vehicle so as to be easily observed by the person in charge of the vehicle upon the person's return. SECTION V: Section 19.58,260 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: -3- Section 19.58.260 Repair Of vehicles. A. Repair except as stated in Paragraph B) of ~ motorcycles, motor trucks and motor vehicles, as defined in the Vehicle Code of the State of California, as well as boats, campers, and trailers is prohibited in any residential zone unless all of the following conditions are met: A~ repair (except as stated in paragraph B) of vehicles boats, campers and trailers shall be conducted within a ~t~///~ garage or carport or behind a solid fence, gate or wall not less than six feet in height; No more than one vehicle, or one boat, or one camper, or one trailer, shall be in a state of disrepair or in inoperable condition at any one time on any lot; No repair of vehicles, boats, campers and trailers shall be conducted as a business; No vehicle in a state of disrepair or in an inoperable condition may be located outside of a ~I~///~c/b6/~ garage or carport or solid fence, gate or wall not less than six feet in height, for a period of more than f~f~M~/~ seventy-two (72) hours; No repair of vehicles, boats, campers and trailers shall take place between the hours of ten p.m. and eight a.m.; No storage for a period of more than seventy-two (72) hours of parts of a vehicle, ~f~, boat, camper Or trailer, shall be located in any place where repair of vehicles, boats, campers and trailers is prohibited herein. ~///d~r/e/s///~//f~f//,~//~ Nothing in this section is intended to prohibit the making of minor repairs, such as tire changing or repair, replacement of spark plugs and minor engine adjustments or repair, lubrication, battery and brake adjustments or r.epair by an owner of the vehicle on said owner's lot, where said vehicle may be legally parked as determined by other sections of this code. -4- SECTION VI: That Section 19.62.110 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: Section 19.62.110 Limitation on areas to be used. No part of any front yard or exterior side yard (i.e. street side of a corner lot) shall be used for off-street parking or access, except ~M/~/d~/c~//O~f//~f~/~//3~//~/~f~[~/~X~ ~ct~/~/~M~f~f as noted in Sections 10.84.020 and 19.62.150 unless so authorized by the Zoning Administrator, pursuant to an approved site plan. SECTION VII: That Section 19.62.150 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: Section 19.62.150 Residential parking-Front~ Exterior setback restrictions -Generally. No required parking spaces or required maneuvering area may be located in the front or exterior setback area (except as noted in Section 10.84.020) ; ~[~//D~5~l~/e~/,//~M~ the total combination of driveways and adjacent parking areas ~//~i~//f~//X~//~M~ tM~YYlI~IN~II~II~W/II~t shall not occupy ~ ~//~f more than fifty percent of ~X~ the front or exterior side yard. SECTION VIII: That Section 19.62.200 is added to the Chula Vista Municipal Code to read as follows: Section 19.62.200 Enforcement of this chapter. For purposes of enforcement of this chapter, employees designated under Section 10.84.035 may issue citations to vehicles or property owners as appropriate, when violations of the chapter occurs; provided however, a warning shall first be issued, allowing seventy-two hours to correct the matter. This seventy-two hour period shall apply to the first violation on any single piece of property and not to subsequent infractions on the same property. Section 19.70.021 Adoption of County Ordinance Exceptions -5- Section 6799 and 6787(c) of the County Zoning Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 19.58.260 - Repair of vehicles; Section 19.62.110 - Limitations of areas to be used; and Section 19.62.150 Residential parking front/ exterior shall be applicable to the Montgomery area identified in Section 19.70.010. SECTION IX: This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force on the thirty-first day from and after its adoption. Presented by Approved as to form by e~orgL~Kr~17~ Director of Planning WPC 3238P Ann Moore, Deputy City Attorney -6- FIRST READ AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE 'Y OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA, HELD November 2s . 19 8_L6, AND FINALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED AT A REGULAR MEETING THEREOF HELD December 9 · 19 86 , BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE, TO-WIT: AYES: Councilmen: Malcolm, Cox, Moore NAYES: Councilmen: Nader ABSTAIN: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: McCandliss ~y~~C~/~'of C~ulo Vista ATTEST S..,FE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss. CITY OF CHULA VISTA ) I, dENNIE M. FULASZ, CMC, CITY CLERK of the City of Chulo Vista, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is o full, true and correcf copy of ORDINANCE NO, 2176 ,and that the some has not been amended or repealed. DATED Cr!Y OF CHULA VISTA CC-660 City Clerk