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TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
VIA: SERGIO GONZALEZ, CITY MANAGER
FROM: STEPHAN HUNT, CHIEF OF POLICE
DATE: AUGUST 19, 2019
SUBJECT: AMENDING OF PORTIONS OF CHAPTER 74 OF THE AZUSA MUNICIPLE CODE
REGARDING COMMERCIAL AND OVERSIZED PARKING REGULATIONS
BACKGROUND:
At the June 17, 2019 City Council meeting a proposed Commercial and Oversized Vehicle ordinance was
discussed and the City Council directed staff to draft an amendment to Chapter 74 of the Azusa Municipal
Code.
The Council also directed staff to develop an Oversized Vehicle permit process that provides exceptions which
would allow owners of recreational vehicles to park and leave their vehicle standing on City streets if certain
criteria are met. These exceptions are outlined in the proposed amendment to the Chapter 74.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council take the following action:
1) Waive further reading, read by title only and introduce the following Ordinance No. 2019-01:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING PORTIONS OF CHAPTER 74 OF THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE
REGARDING COMMERCIAL AND OVERSIZED VEHICLE STREET PARKING
REGULATIONS
2) Authorize the City Manager to execute all contracts, reports, and other documents required begin
issuance of “Oversized Vehicle” permits and the associated enforcement of the newly amended City
Ordinance.
APPROVED
CITY COUNCIL
8/19/2019
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. Authorize the Chief of Police, or designee to issue permits to residents with an oversized vehicle that is a
recreational vehicle or vehicle with an attached camping, travel or boat trailer that belongs to a resident, or a
guest of the household in which such resident resides for a seventy-two (72) hour period.
For several years the Azusa Police Department has contracted with Turbo Data Systems. They are the provider
of the police department’s electronic ticket writers, parking citation processing and appeals processing. Turbo
Data also currently handles the processing, fulfillment and tracking of all Preferential Parking permits. This
provides a cost effective solution to manage the City’s permit programs while significantly reducing city staff
time commitments.
Turbo Data Systems can provide and manage a streamlined, on-line permit process so residents can easily get a
permit if they qualify for the listed exceptions. The process will be similar to the existing Preferential Parking
permit process. An overview of the process is as follows:
1) The resident will upload proof of person (i.e. Driver’s License) and proof of address (i.e. utility bill) to
create an account.
2)Turbo Data Systems will validate the documents and create an account for the resident.
3)Once the account is active, the resident can request the Oversize Vehicle permit. Requests for Oversize
Vehicle permits will need to be made in advance to allow time for approval.
4)Resident will log back into account and print PDF Oversize Vehicle permit.
Issued Oversize Vehicle permits can be used by the resident or a guest of the resident. The permits will have
clearly defined start and end times for the exempt seventy-two (72) hour parking period. The permits must be
prominently displayed on the oversize vehicle.
Staff recommends that no more than twelve (12) Oversize Vehicle permits be issued to residents in a calendar
year.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The fiscal impact associated with the Oversize Vehicle permit program is based on the attached “Budgetary
Proposal” provided by Turbo Data Systems. Turbo Data will use the existing Preferential Parking Permit
platform to also process the new Oversize Vehicle permits. This reduces the cost of the new program by
eliminating a new startup and monthly fee. The cost of the new program will consist of a $1 fee for each online
(digital) permit that is processed.
The number of permits to be issued annually is unknown at this time, but will be assessed after the first year of
the new program to determine what the fiscal impact is.
The Oversize Vehicle permit program is not budgeted for in the FY 2019-20 budget.
Prepared by: Fiscal Impact Review:
Mike Bertelsen Talika M. Johnson
Administrative Captain Director of Finance
Reviewed and Approved:
Sergio Gonzalez
City Manager
Attachment(s):
1) Turbo Data Systems Budgetary Proposal
2) Amended City Ordinance
BUDGETARY PROPOSAL City of Azusa
Page 1
PROCESSING FEES – PERMIT MANAGEMENT ______________________________________
Annual issuance of 1,500 to 2,000
ONE TIME STARTUP COST .............................................................................................................. $1,000
Includes: Database Creation, System Setup of Tables, Project Management, Client Approval, Client
training, Web Site Customization
MONTHLY SERVICE/CLOUD-HOSTING FEE ................................................................. $250 per month
This fee will cover the basic maintenance and availability of the system for the public and the City.
PERMIT PROCESSING FEES- Mailed Requests, Review/Validation by TDS .......................... $4 per permit
PERMIT PROCESSING FEES- Online Requests, Review/Validation by TDS ........................... $2 per permit
The FULL SERVICE price includes the following services performed by TDS:
Accounts Established/Accounts Renewed
Document Scanning/Storage
Permit Entry by Resident & Uploading of Documents
Mailed-in or OTC Permit Applications
TDS Scanning, Data Entry, Payment Processing
Account/Permit Validation (Decision Making)
Detail and Summary reporting each month
Daily pick up of mail at a PO Box established by TDS
All other correspondence will be mailed or scanned to and from TDS and the City
“Self-Service” Internet access 24/7 for the public to view their permit information
Call Center live assistance 8am-5pm Monday-Friday (excluding Holidays)
TDS will review/validate permit applications/documents, and approve/deny the request
ONLINE (DIGITAL) PERMITS – No Review – No fulfillment ............................................. $1 per Permit
MAILING SERVICES ........................................................................ $1 per letter + first class postage
This fee will cover the mailing of a single page of information, such as a simple renewal letter or a
rejection letter, etc. Other mailings outside of the fulfilment process can be negotiated.
FULFILLMENT SERVICES .............................................................. $2 per permit + first class postage
TDS will assign approved permits and deliver via mail with letter.
SUPPLIES/PERMITS ...................................................................................................... Provided by City
CREDIT CARD PAYMENT .................................................................... $1 or 4% of amount processed
Billed to Client monthly; No fee charged to Payer
The greater fee will be charged based on transaction amount paid
Violator ability to pay via credit card 24 hours per day, 7 days a week
Immediate approval and updating of payment information to the client’s database
CUSTOMIZATION CHARGES (OPTIONAL) ................................................................... $120 per Hour
Prices valid through
August 30, 2016
Attachment 1
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ORDINANCE NO. 2019-01
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING PORTIONS OF CHAPTER 74 OF THE
AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING COMMERCIAL AND
OVERSIZED VEHICLE STREET PARKING REGULATIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 74-1 of Article I of Chapter 74 of the Azusa Municipal Code
is hereby deleted in its entirety and restated to read as follows:
Sec. 74-1. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly
indicates a different meaning:
Bus loading zone means a public place alongside the curb of a street or
elsewhere in the City which has been designated by the City engineer for the loading or
unloading of passengers by a public carrier engaged in the transportation of
passengers.
Commercial vehicle means a motor vehicle of a type required to be registered
under the California Vehicle Code, or maintained for the transportation of persons for
hire, compensation, or profit or designed, used, or maintained primarily for the
transportation of property.
Gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) means the weight specified by the
manufacturer as the loaded weight of a single vehicle.
Gross combination weight rating (GCWR) means the weight specified by the
manufacturer as the loaded weight of a combination or articulated vehicle. In the
absence of a weight specified by the manufacturer, GCWR shall be determined by
adding the GVWR of the power unit and the total unladed weight of the towed units and
any load thereon.
Loading zone means that space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive
use of vehicles during the loading and unloading of passengers or materials.
Oversized vehicle shall be defined as any vehicle whether motorized or non-
motorized, 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. Any extension caused by any
mirror, load height or any accessory attached to such vehicle shall be considered part
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of the measured distance.
Notwithstanding the length, width, and height requirements for an oversized
vehicle, the following vehicles shall also be considered oversized vehicles subject to the
prohibitions contained in this section:
1. Buses as defined in the California Vehicle Code;
2. Trailer coaches as defined in the California Vehicle Code; and
3. Recreational vehicles as defined in this chapter.
Park means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than
temporarily for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in, loading or unloading
merchandise or passengers. For 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.
Parkway means that portion of a street other than a roadway or sidewalk.
Passenger loading zone means the space adjacent to a curb reserved for the
exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers.
Pipe or pole dolly means a vehicle, other than a motor vehicle, having one (1) or
more axles which axles, if there be more than one (1), are not more than fifty-four (54)
inches apart, and two (2) or more wheels, used in connection with a motor vehicle
solely for the purpose of transporting poles, timbers, pipes, or integral structural
materials and connected with the towing vehicle both by chain, rope, cable, or drawbar,
and by the load, without any part of the weight of the dolly resting upon the towing
vehicle.
Police officer means every officer of the police department or any City employee
authorized by the chief of police to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for
violations of this chapter.
Recreational vehicle shall be defined as a motor home, slide-in camper, travel
trailer, truck camper, or camping trailer, with or without motor power, designed for
human habitation for recreational or emergency occupancy. Recreational vehicle shall
also include:
1. Camping trailer. A vehicular portable unit mounted on wheels and
constructed with collapsible partial sidewalls which fold for towing by another vehicle
and unfold at the campsite and designed for human habitation for recreational or
emergency occupancy;
2. Motor home. A vehicular unit built on or permanently attached to a self-
propelled motor vehicle chassis, chassis cab or van, which becomes an integral part of
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the completed vehicle, designed for human habitation for recreational or emergency
occupancy;
3. Slide-in camper. A portable unit, consisting of a roof, floor and sides,
designed to be loaded onto and unloaded from the bed of a pickup truck, and designed
for human habitation for recreational or emergency occupancy and shall include a truck
camper.
4. Travel trailer. A portable unit, mounted on wheels, of such a size and
weight as not to require special highway movement permits when drawn by a motor
vehicle and for human habitation for recreational or emergency occupancy.
Semitrailer means a vehicle designed for carrying persons or property, used in
conjunction with a motor vehicle, and so constructed that some part of its weight and
that of its load rests upon, or is carried by, another vehicle.
Stop, when required, means complete cessation of movement.
Streetcar means a car, other than a railroad train, for transporting persons or
property and operated upon rails, principally within the City.
Taxistand means a public place alongside the curb of a street or elsewhere in
the City which has been designated by the council as reserved exclusively for the use
of taxicabs.
Trailer means a vehicle designed for carrying persons or property on its own
structure and for being drawn by a vehicle. “Trailer” includes a semitrailer when used in
conjunction with an auxiliary dolly, if the auxiliary dolly is of a type constructed to
replace the function of the drawbar and the front axle or axles of a trailer.
Truck tractor means a motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing
other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load, other than a part of the weight
of the vehicle and the load so drawn. As used in this section, “load” does not include
items carried on the truck tractor in conjunction with the operation of the vehicle if the
load carrying space for these items does not exceed thirty-four (34) square feet.
Unladed weight means the weight of a vehicle equipped and ready for operation
on the road including the body, fenders, oil in motor, radiator full of water, with five
gallons of gasoline or equivalent weight of other motor fuel; also equipment required by
law, and unless exempted under California Vehicle Code Section 661, any special
cabinets, boxes or body parts permanently attached to the vehicle, and any machinery,
equipment or attachment which is attendant to the efficient operation of the body or
vehicle.
Vehicle means a device by which any person or property may be propelled,
moved, or drawn upon a highway, excepting a device moved exclusively by human
power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
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SECTION 2. Section 74-466 of Article VIII of Chapter 74 of the Azusa Municipal
Code is hereby deleted in its entirety and restated to read as follows:
“Sec. 74-466 Commercial and Oversized Vehicle Parking.
(a) No person shall park, store or leave standing any commercial vehicle, truck
tractor or truck tractor with or without an attached trailer, semitrailer or pipe or pole dolly
designed to be operated in combination with a truck tractor with a gross vehicle weight
rating or gross combination weight rating of more than ten thousand (10,000) pounds
on any public highway, street or alley in the City in excess of sixty (60) minutes, unless:
(1) The vehicle is making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, services or
merchandise to or from any building or structure immediately adjacent to the
property on which such building or structure is situated.
(2) The vehicle is being used in conjunction with the making of alterations,
repairs or construction upon any private or public property for which a building
permit has previously been obtained.
(3) The vehicle is an ambulance, paramedic or public safety vehicle involved in
responding to an emergency.
(4) The vehicle is being repaired under emergency conditions for less than 8
hours. For purposes of this section emergency repairs shall mean sudden and
unexpected repairs occurring during transport of the vehicle.
(5) The vehicle belongs to federal, state or local authorities while conducting
official government business.
(b) Regardless of weight, no person shall park or leave standing any detached
trailer, travel trailer, camping trailer, boat, boat trailer, semitrailer or pipe or pole dolly
upon any public highway, street or alley.
(c) No person shall park, store or leave standing any oversized vehicle upon any
public highway, street or alley 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, unless:
(1) The oversized vehicle is making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares,
services or merchandise to or from any building or structure immediately
adjacent to the property on which such building or structure is situated.
(2) The oversized vehicle is being used in conjunction with the making of
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alterations, repairs or construction upon any private or public property for which a
building permit has previously been obtained.
(3) The oversized vehicle is an ambulance, paramedic or public safety vehicle
involved in responding to an emergency.
(4) The oversized vehicle is being repaired under emergency conditions for less
than 8 hours. For purposes of this section emergency repairs shall mean sudden
and unexpected repairs occurring during transport of the vehicle.
(5) The oversized vehicle belongs to federal, state or local authorities while
conducting official government business.
(d) Notwithstanding the parking and standing prohibitions contained in
subsection (c), an oversized vehicle that is a recreational vehicle or vehicle with an
attached camping, travel or boat trailer that belongs to a resident, or a guest of the
household in which such resident resides, may be parked or left standing for seventy-
two (72) hours provided the following conditions are met:
(1) The recreational vehicle or vehicle with an attached camping, travel or boat
trailer is parked on the street immediately adjacent to the property upon which
the resident or guest resides.
(2) The recreational vehicle or vehicle with an attached camping, travel or boat
trailer is not be used for overnight camping, lodging, residing in, or any use for
accommodation purposes.
(3) The recreational vehicle or vehicle with an attached camping, travel or boat
trailer shall not visibly block or obscure any existing safety or traffic control
device and shall otherwise meet all other parking requirements for the street
upon which it is parked.
(4) The Police Chief, or designee, determines that the parking of the recreational
vehicle or vehicle with an attached camping, travel or boat trailer would not
create a public safety hazard and is issued a temporary overnight parking permit
by the Chief, or designee. Such a determination may be made based on factors,
including, without limitation, the size of the recreational vehicle or vehicle with an
attached camping, travel or boat trailer, the configuration of the street or the
location of any nearby trees, improvements or structures.
(5) Parking of the recreational vehicle or vehicle with an attached camping, travel
or boat trailer shall be in compliance with other applicable laws and parking
regulations otherwise imposed on the street, including but not limited to parking
restrictions containing time limitations and parking restrictions imposed for the
purpose of facilitating street sweeping.”
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phase, or portion of
this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of
any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
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remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would
have adopted this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence,
clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions might subsequently
be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its
adoption.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Ordinance
and shall cause the same to be posted as required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this __nd day of _____________ 2019.
Joseph R. Rocha
Mayor
ATTEST:
Jeffrey Cornejo
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
___________________________
Marco A. Martinez, City Attorney