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TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
VIA: SERGIO GONZALEZ, CITY MANAGER
FROM: STEPHAN HUNT, CHIEF OF POLICE
MARCO A. MARTINEZ, CITY ATTORNEY
DATE: JUNE 17, 2019
SUBJECT: DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION REGARDING PROPOSED COMMERCIAL
AND OVERSIZED VEHICLE ORDINANCE
BACKGROUND:
California Vehicle Code section 22507(a); gives local authorities the ability to
“…prohibit or restrict the stopping, parking or standing of a vehicle, including but not
limited to, vehicles that are six feet or more in height (including any load there on),
within one hundred feet of any intersection on certain streets or highways, or portions
thereof during all or certain hours of the day.”
The City’s current restrictions on the parking of commercial vehicles on City streets prohibit the
parking of (only) commercial vehicles or truck tractors with a maximum gross weight of more
than 6,000 pounds or any detached trailer, semitrailer or a truck tractor on any commercially
zoned property in excess of 60 minutes, subject to certain exceptions. (See Azusa Municipal
Code, Section 74-466)
Recently, the City Council requested that staff review its current commercial and oversized
vehicle street parking regulations to address the issue of oversized vehicles parked for extended
periods of time on both commercial and residential City streets.
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended City Council review the information contained in this report and provide
direction regarding a proposed oversized vehicle ordinance.
APPROVED
CITY COUNCIL
6/17/2019
Direction provided
ANALYSIS:
Parking of large commercial vehicles and oversized vehicles presents a safety hazard to
pedestrians and vehicle traffic by impeding visibility. In addition, parking of large commercial
vehicles and oversized vehicles in residential and commercial areas negatively impacts the
aesthetics of the street. As a result, staff and the City Attorney’s office have assembled various
provisions that would amend the City’s existing commercial vehicle regulations to address these
concerns. The following provisions would be added to amend portions of Chapter 74 of the
Azusa Municipal Code as follows:
1.Add new definitions for “oversized vehicles,” “park,” and “recreational vehicle”
to clarify enforcement of proposed regulations. Of particular note are the definitions for
“oversized vehicle,” which define this in terms of the physical characteristics of a vehicle (any
vehicle that exceeds twenty three (23) feet in length, or eighty (80) inches in width or ninety-six
(96) inches in height regardless of its weight); and the definition of “park” which includes
language stating that “[F]or purposes of this definition a vehicle that is moved to a location or
parking place that is within a two-hundred (200) foot radius if its original location or parking
place shall be deemed to be parked at the same original location.” This is important because
there have been instances in the past where illegally parked vehicles are simply moved from one
nearby location to another to avoid the parking prohibitions.
2. Continue the prohibition on the parking of commercial vehicles with a gross
vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating of more than ten thousand (6,000)
pounds on any public highway, street or alley in the commercial areas of the City in excess of
sixty (60) minutes.
3.Add a prohibition to the parking of unattached trailers and boats on all City
streets.
4. Prohibit the parking of “oversized” vehicles on any City street for more than sixty
(60) minutes between 6:00 a.m. of any day and 2:00 a.m. of the following day or for more than
thirty (30) minutes between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of any day, subject to certain exceptions (i.e.
pickups and delivery, emergency vehicles).
5. Provide an exception to the time limits noted above for the parking of recreational
vehicles. These may be parked or left standing for seventy-two (72) hours provided certain
conditions are met, including that the recreational vehicle is parked immediately adjacent to the
home where the owner or guest resides; the recreational vehicle is in the process of being
loaded/unloaded during the time it is parked; the recreational vehicle does not obstruct traffic or
impede safety; and the parking of the recreational vehicle otherwise meets other applicable
parking laws, including street sweeping parking regulations.
6.As an alternative to exception above, the City Council may also authorize the
parking of recreational vehicles on residential streets under the terms noted in Item 5 by permit
that may be issued by the City.
If the City Council is satisfied that these provisions meet the objectives of increasing pedestrian
and vehicle safety, it should provide additional comments and direct staff to prepare an
ordinance to amend Chapter 74 of the Azusa Municipal Code.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None. However, if the Council directs that staff include a permit system for the issuance of
permits for oversized vehicles, then such permit costs will be passed onto the residents
requesting such permits.
Prepared by: Fiscal Impact Review:
Marco A. Martinez Talika M. Johnson
City Attorney Director of Finance
Reviewed and Approved:
Sergio Gonzalez
City Manager
Attachment(s):
Azusa Municipal Code, Section 74-466
(a)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(b)
Sec. 74-446. - Signs—Location.
The city engineer shall appropriately sign or mark the following places, and
when so signed or marked no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any
such places:
At any place within 20 feet of an intersection or marked pedestrian
crosswalk, except that a bus may stop at a designated bus stop and except
that this subsection shall apply on one-way streets only to that side of the
intersection or crosswalk from which traffic approaches.
Within 30 feet of the approach to any traffic control device, except only the
traffic control device at the intersection of First Street and Azusa Avenue at
which intersection no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within 100
feet on Azusa Avenue of the approach to traffic control device therein
installed at this intersection.
At any place where the city engineer determines that it is necessary in
order to eliminate an unusual traffic hazard.
This section shall cease to be operative six months after receipt by the city
council of written notice of withdrawal of approval of the department of public
works.
(Code 1971, § 11.28.100)
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