TITLE
Recommendation to request City Manager to report on any past discussions, memorandums, codes, ordinances, and regulations on the matter, as well as submit recommendations that would ban or limit long-term oversized vehicle parking citywide.
DISCUSSION
The proliferation of oversized vehicle parking, in particular recreational vehicles, on City streets is a public safety, quality of life, and environmental issue that has an impact Citywide. City Council Offices have been contacted by several community groups and citizens regarding the parking of oversized vehicles. Constituents report that vehicles are parked in front of homes and businesses for weeks or even months at a time, taking up valuable parking spaces, blocking view corridors, and limiting access to driveways and alleys. In many cases the occupant is illegally living inside the vehicle. Additionally, residents have observed several instances of individuals disposing waste from vehicles into storm water drains as well as reports of portable gas generators being used as a power source.
This is an appropriate time to revisit an ordinance that provides more effective tools for the City to address the parking of oversized vehicles on our City streets. Our goal is to work collaboratively to find a solution that protects the quality of life that residents deserve and enables the City to better enforce the City's current ordinance of no camping on public property.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no significant fiscal impact with the delivery of this report.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
SUZIE PRICE
COUNCILWOMAN, THIRD DISTRICT
DARYL SUPERNAW
COUNCILMEMBER, FOURTH DISTRICT
STACY MUNGO
COUNCILWOMAN, FIFTH DISTRICT