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DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday, October 26, the Santa Cruz City Council will consider adopting 
 an ordinance that bans RVs and other oversized vehicles from parking 
 overnight on city streets between the hours of midnight and 5:00 AM.\n\nThe 
 proposed ordinance would establish an overnight parking permit program for 
 "oversized vehicles" available to “residents” with a “current 
 address.” The terms in the draft ordinance have been narrowly defined (to 
 exclude houseless residents) as follows:\n\n“Current Address” shall 
 mean the street name and postal address number, along with the city,  
 state, and zip code, of the primary physical residence where an individual 
 resides. If the individual has more than one address, it shall be the 
 location where they are registered to vote. If they are not registered to 
 vote, it shall be the location where they spend the most time during the 
 year. \n\n“Resident” shall mean a person who customarily resides and 
 maintains a place of abode with a  street address number in the City of 
 Santa Cruz or who owns land within the City of Santa Cruz  with a street 
 address number. It shall not mean a person who maintains an address at a 
 post  office box, mailbox drop, or who rents a room without it being the 
 primary place of abode.\n\n“Oversized vehicle” shall mean any motorized 
 vehicle (as defined of Section 670 of the Vehicle  Code) or combination of 
 motorized vehicles and/or non-motorized vehicles or trailers that: (1) 
 meets or exceeds twenty feet in length at any time, or (2) both of the two 
 following criteria,  exclusive of fixtures, accessories, or property: eight 
 feet in height and seven feet in width. (a) (b) To determine the height, 
 width or length of the vehicles defined in this section, any extension to 
 the vehicle caused by mirrors, air conditioners, or similar attachments as 
 allowed  by Section 35109, 35110 or 35111 of the Vehicle Code as may be 
 amended shall not be included. Oversized vehicle does not include pickup 
 trucks, vans, or sport utility vehicles that are less than twenty feet in 
 length and eight feet in height.\n\nAdditionally, "unattached  trailers" 
 would be prohibited from being parked on "any city street or alley at any 
 time, unless in the process of actively being loaded or unloaded." \n\nMost 
 violations of the RV ban would be punished as an infraction, however there 
 are some exceptions. One subdivision of the proposed ordinance, Section  
 10.40.120(d), would punish some nuisance behaviors associated with RVs as a 
 misdemeanor:\n\n"No person, who owns or maintains an oversized vehicle, 
 shall permit the area surrounding the  oversized vehicle to be maintained 
 in an unsafe, untidy, and/or unsanitary/unhygienic fashion.  Surrounding 
 areas must be kept free from litter, debris, waste, discarded food 
 products, discarded hypodermic needles, discarded property, improperly 
 disposed gray or black water, unleashed animals, and garbage. A violation 
 of this subdivision shall be a misdemeanor, and may subject the vehicle to 
 towing pursuant to Vehicle Code section 22651(h)(1)."\n\nThe RV ban has 
 been proposed by Vice Mayor Sonja Brunner, and Councilmembers Renee Golder 
 and Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson. In August of 2016 the California Coastal 
 Commission struck down a previous attempt by the Santa Cruz City Council to 
 ban recreational vehicles from parking overnight in the city because the 
 ban impeded coastal access. So far in 2021, the ACLU of Northern California 
 has filed lawsuits against two Bay Area cities' new 24 hour RV parking 
 bans: Pacifica and Mountain View.\n\nEmail the Santa Cruz City Council to 
 oppose the RV ban:\ncitycouncil@cityofsantacruz.com\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/10/22/18845889.php
SUMMARY:RV Ban: First Reading of "Oversized Vehicle" Ordinance at Santa Cruz City Council
LOCATION:The RV Parking Ban is #25 on the city council meeting agenda and will be 
 heard after 1:00 PM (sometime in the afternoon or early evening).\n\nClick 
 on Zoom link (no time delay): https://zoom.us/j/94684401344\nOnline at 
 http://www.cityofsantacruz.com/government/city-council/council-meetings\n\nMeeting 
 Agenda: 
 https://ecm.cityofsantacruz.com/OnBaseAgendaOnline/Meetings/ViewMeeting?id=1787&doctype=1
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/10/22/18845889.php
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