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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - Amend Ch 19 & 36 Re. Vehicle Parking & Storage Restrcts in Resid. Areas ORDINANCE NO. 4.90 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW AMENDING CHAPTERS 19 AND 36 OF THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CITY CODE RELATING TO VEHICLE PARKING AND STORAGE RESTRICTIONS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter 19 of the Mountain View City Code is hereby amended by adding a new article relating to vehicle park- ing and storage restrictions in residential areas, to read as follows: "ARTICLE IX. SEC. 19.110. Findings. The city council hereby finds and determines that vehicle parking and storage restrictions are necessary to promote the health, safety, aesthetic appearance and general welfare of the public to stabilize and protect the residential character of the neighborhoods and residential districts, to encourage a suitable and attractive environment for family life, to prevent the impairment of property values and to preserve the aesthetic appeal of the neighborhoods, and to protect the livability, appearance, social and economic stability of the city. SEC. 19.111. Regulation of storage or parking of vehicles in residential areas. It shall be unlawful for any person owning or occupying any residential premises to cause or permit the parking or storage of any vehicle in violation of any of the provisions of this Article. The following provisions shall regulate the parking and/or storage of a mobile home, recreational vehicle, camper, utility trailer, boat trailer, car, truck, trailer or other vehicle (collectively referred to herein as a "vehicle"): a. Any vehicle parked or stored in areas visible from a public street (defined as including the entire front yard and any part of the side yard that is not screened from view by a 6' high opaque fence) for more than 72 hours shall be owned or leased by the occupants. -1- b. No vehicle parked or stored in residential areas shall be used or occupied for dwelling purposes, except that one (1) vehi- cle designed for human habitation, may be stored or parked on a driveway in conjunction with a residential use for a period not to exceed seventy-two (72) hours for use by guests. Occupants may apply to the chief of police for a permit to extend the seventy-two (72) hour limitation for an additional fixed period, not to exceed 30 days, on a showing of special circumstances pursuant to guidelines adopted by council resolution. c. No vehicle parked upon any public street shall be occupied or used for dwelling purposes. d. Any vehicle located in areas visible from a public street shall be parked or stored only upon a durable, dustless and vegetation-free surface. e. No vehicle parked in areas visible from a public street shall be stored or parked in such a manner as to encroach in, over, across or upon the public sidewalk. f. No vehicle over seven feet (7') in height shall be parked or stored diagonally across a driveway in areas visible from a public street. g. No more than one (1) vehicle per residential unit that exceeds seven feet (7') in height shall be parked or stored in areas visible from a public street. h. The height of a vehicle parked or stored in areas visible from a public street shall not exceed twelve feet (12') to the highest point of the main structure of the vehicle. i. In Rl and R2 districts. lots with no garage or a one-car garage would be allowed to utilize up to a 20' wide portion of the area visible from a public street for vehicle parking: properties with a two- or three-car garage would be entitled to an area up to 30' in width in the area visible from a public street for vehicle parking. SEC. 19.112. Penalties. The penalty for violation of any provision of this Article shall be as follows: a. A fine not exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50) for a first violation. -2- b. A fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100) for a second violation within a twelve (12) month period of the first violation. c. A fine not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200) for a third and any additional violations within a twelve (12) month period of the first violation. d. A fourth or any additional violations within a twelve (12) month period of the first violation may be cited as a misdemeanor." Section 2. (c) are hereby their entirety Chapter 36, Article IV, Sections 36.27.16(b) and amended by rescinding Subsections (b) and (c) in as follows: "SEC. 36.27.16. Storage of habitable trailer in setback prohibited. (a) Habitable trailers shall not be stored or parked within any required street setback area in any office, commercial or industrial zone except where limited display areas may be permitted by the zoning administrator, using the conditional use permit procedure under Sec. 36.43. The foregoing ordinance was regularly introduced at the Adjourned Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Mountain View, duly held on the 23rd day of January, 1990, and thereafter adopted at the Adjourned Regular Meeting of said Council, duly held on the 30th day of January, 1990, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmembers Bonnell, Cochran, Free1en, Schatz and Takahara NOES: Councilmember Frosolone and Mayor Shaskey ABSENT: None NOT VOTING: None ATTEST: APPROVED: j~Js~ MAYOR /~~ KATHERINE B. KOLIOPOULOS CITY CLERK CSE/ATY/II09-B-Bo -3- 1 do hernhy ~A~tify that the U L'rl I I' I r I ,~ .., CJ' , r _ ' Cl1d,'-'1" .f ~ (. I ~ ~r ) ~ ' dt__ _the Adjourned Regular 30th ,'] Peninsula rimes Tribune 26th ~~~..LU v...... l...,y . ~~ c, 'y O.L , _ fnregoing t, ' 'c; the - "1 '. ielf ,> , ,r " Jan. . 1990 Jan. . _1990