HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2010-3176ORDINANCE NO. 3176
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ADDING
SECTION 10.52.465 TO CHAPTER 10.52 OF THE CHULA
VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT PARKING CARS
FOR SALE ON PUBLIC STREETS ONLY IN AREAS WHERE
SIGNS ARE POSTED
WHEREAS, the Chula Vista Municipal Code does not contain a regulation forbidding
persons from parking their vehicles and listing them for sale on public streets; and
WHEREAS, Chula Vista citizens have complained to the City Council about persons
parking cars and listing them for sale on specific public streets; and
WHEREAS, the Chula Vista Police Department has identified public safety traffic
concerns when persons pazk their vehicles with signs listing them for sale causing other vehicles
to slow down and disregazd traffic laws; and
WHEREAS, City staff and the City Council are concerned about the aesthetics of certain
public streets becoming areas where vehicles are commonly being parked and listed for sale; and
WHEREAS, the Chula Vista Municipal Code needs to be amended to prohibit the
parking of vehicles with signs visibly listing them for sale on public streets where signs aze
posted forbidding this activity; and
WHEREAS, Chula Vista citizens may still list their vehicles for sale and park them in
their driveways or in azeas where there are no signs posted forbidding this activity; and
WHEREAS, other than the addition of Section 10.52.465, the remainder of Chapter 10.52
will remain the same.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does, hereby, ordain as
follows:
SECTION L That section 10.52.465 be added to the Chula Vista Municipal Code Chapter
10.52 to read as follows:
10.52.465 Pazking Vehicles Listed For Sale on Public Streets
It is unlawful for any person to park a vehicle that visibly contains a "for sale" sign on it
that offers the vehicle for sale where there aze signs posted forbidding this activity.
SECTION IL EFFECTIVE DATE.
This ordinance will take effect and be in force thirty days after final passage.
Ordinance No. 3176
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Presented by
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Chance Hawkins
Deputy City Attorney
Approved as to form by
len R. ogins
Att ey
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 7th day of December 2010, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Aguilaz, Bensoussan, Castaneda, Ramirez and Cox
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
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Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
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Cheryl Cox, M or
I, Donna R. Noms, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 3176 had its first reading at a regulaz meeting held on the 23rd day of November
2010 and its second reading and adoption at a regulaz meeting of said City Council held on the
7th day of December 2010; and was duly published in summary form in accordance with the
requirements of state law and the City Charter.
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Dated Donna R. Noms, CMC, City Clerk