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DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday, November 9, the Santa Cruz City Council will conduct its second 
 reading of 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\nIf finalized by council, the ordinance will 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\n\nEmail the Santa Cruz City Council to oppose the RV 
 ban:\ncitycouncil@cityofsantacruz.com\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/11/04/18846113.php
SUMMARY:RV Ban: Second Reading of "Oversized Vehicle" Ordinance at Santa Cruz City Council
LOCATION:The RV Parking Ban is #23 on the city council meeting agenda and will be 
 heard shortly after 1:00 PM.\n\nClick on Zoom link (no time delay): 
 https://zoom.us/j/94684401344\n\nOnline at 
 http://www.cityofsantacruz.com/government/city-council/council-meetings\n\nMeeting 
 Agenda:\nhttps://ecm.cityofsantacruz.com/OnBaseAgendaOnline/Meetings/ViewMeeting?id=1795&doctype=1
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/11/04/18846113.php
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