Ordinance No.
ORDINANCE NO. 1030
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CAMARILLO AMENDING AND RESTATING
SECTION 11.20.220 OF TITLE 11 OF THE CAMARILLO
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE PARKING OF
OVERSIZED VEHICLES ON PUBLIC STREETS AND
HIGHWAYS
The City Council of the City of Camarillo ordains as follows:
SECTION 1. Findings. The City Council finds as follows:
A. The routine parking of trucks and other types of oversized vehicles on streets in the Flynn Road and Mission Oaks commercial West Ventura Boulevard and Verdulera Street industri cal area, the Dawson Drive and Dawson Plane industrial area, the Pancho Road and Calle Plano industrial area, and the Springville residential area, areas and the Crestview and Village at the Park residential areas has adversely impacted driver visibility at driveways and degraded the general appearance of the business and residential environment.
B. The parking of trucks and other types of oversized vehicles such as motor homes, box -type cargo trailers, and recreation vehicles exceeding 25 feet in length reduces visibility for drivers entering and leaving exiting driveways.
Concentrations of parked trucks and oversized vehicles also adversely impact the appearance of the business parkindustrial areas , especially for visitors and patrons of the nearby businesses.
C. In response to past truck parking concerns, Police Department officers have performed enhanced enforcement of the 72- hour parking limitation, but they have noted that owners of the oversized vehicles have become adept at moving and re- par king their vehicles every three days. Thus, the oversized vehicles continue to be parked and stored in the same general locations.
D. A recent staff study of trucks parked in the northern Flynn Road commercial area indicates that 75 percent to 90 percent of the parked vehicles are owned by businesses not located in the Flynn Road area.
C. The regular or routine parking of oversized vehicles on City streets also poses serious public health risks, environmental contamination, and mixed waste accumulation that are detrimental to the general welfare of the community and those using the street and sidewalks; and
D. Significant City resources have been expended to address complaints relating to the parking of oversized vehicles and to address the discharge of Ordinance No.
environmental contaminants, to dispose of and clean up large quantities of mixed waste, and to investigate and respond to nuisance activities associated with the parking of oversized vehicles on City streets for prolonged periods; and E. Restricting hours of parking of oversized vehicles on certain City streets will promote the safety of the public roadways for motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians by eliminating such impediments and promote the general health and safety of the community by removing the serious traffic safety risks and other dangers associated with the regular or routine parking of oversized vehicles on certain City streets.
E. F. The City desires to expand the areas of the City where oversized vehicle parking restrictions apply in order to address the impacts of on- street parking in the vicinity of the West Ventura Boulevard and Verdulera Street industrial area, the Dawson Drive and Dawson Place industrial area, the Pancho Road and Calle Plano industrial area, and the Springville residential area. Flynn Road and Mission Oaks commercial areas and the Village at the Park and Crestview residential areas.
SECTION 2. Amendment to Chapter 11.20. Section 11.20.220 of Title 11 of the Camarillo Municipal Code is amended and restated as follows:
"11.20.220 Oversized vehicles--Parking prohibited--Parking permits.
A. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following words or phrases are defined as follows, unless the context clearly otherwise requires:
"Commercial areas" mean those commercial areas of the city identified in the map attached as Exhibit A.
"Out-of-town visitor" means any natural person who does not reside in the city and who is temporarily visiting a resident of the city.
"Oversized vehicle" means any vehicle, as that word is defined in the Vehicle Code, or a combination of connected vehicles, that exceeds 25 feet in length and 80 inches in width or 82 inches in height, exclusive of such projecting lights or devices as are expressly allowed under the California Vehicle Code. "Oversize vehicle" does not mean or include a pickup truck, that is less than 25 feet in length and 82 inches in height.
"Residential areas" means those residential areas of the city identified in the map attached as Exhibit A.
"Industrial areas" shall mean those industrial areas of the city identified in the map attached as Exhibit A.
B. Daytime Parking Prohibited. Except as provided in subsection (C) or (D) of this section, no person may park or leave standing any oversized vehicle at any Ordinance No.
time between the hours 10 9 a.m. and 4 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, including holidays, upon any highway within a residential , area or commercial, or industrial, area of the city.
C. Exceptions. This section does not apply to:
1. Any person while actually engaged in the loading or unloading of an oversized vehicle;
2. Any person while actually engaged in making temporary or emergency repairs to an oversized vehicle;
3. Any person while actually engaged in the pickup or delivery of goods, wares and merchandise, including, without limitation, building materials, from or to a property or building located in a residential, area or a commercial, or industrial area;
4. Any person who has been issued a valid oversized vehicle parking permit under this section;
5. Any public emergency vehicle; or
6. Any oversized vehicle properly displaying a valid oversized vehicle handicap permit.
D. Permits.
1. Oversized Vehicle Parking Permit. An oversized vehicle may be parked on a highway in a residential , area or a commercial , or industrial area if an oversized parking permit or an oversized vehicle handicap permit is issued by the city pursuant to the following:
a. P
urpose. The purpose of authorizing the issuance of
oversized vehicle parking permits is to give owners of
oversized vehicles an opportunity, for a limited time, to park the oversized vehicles on a highway adjacent to their
residences or businesses for the purpose of loading or
unloading such oversized vehicles, and to allow an out -of- town visitor to park on a highway adjacent to the residence that the out
- o
f-town visitor is visiting for a limited time period,
notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (B) of this section. The purpose of authorizing the issuance of oversized vehicle handicap permits is to allow a handicapped person, whether or not such person has a handicap license plate, to park a designated oversized vehicle on highways in the city.
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b. Issuance of Permits. Oversized vehicle parking permits and oversized vehicles handicap permits will be issued by the police chief of the city, or designee.
c. Requirements for Oversized Vehicle Parking Permits. Any bona fide city resident may obtain an oversized vehicle parking permit to park a designated oversized vehicle, for a limited period of time, on a highway adjacent to their residence or their commercial or industrial business. Any out -of-town visitor to a residence within the city may obtain an oversized vehicle parking permit authorizing the visitor to park a designated oversize vehicle on a highway adjacent to a
specified residence where the visitor is a guest.
d. Requirements for Oversized Vehicle Handicap Permit. Any bona fide city resident may obtain an oversized vehicle handicap permit, if such person would be entitled to receive a handicapped placard or license plate under the California Vehicle Code, and if the oversized vehicle is the only vehicle able to accommodate the resident seeking the permit.
Oversized vehicle handicap permits will be valid so long as the permit holder meets the requirements of this section relating to such permits, and meets the qualifications for a handicap placard or license plate under the Vehicle Code, regardless of whether such an individual applies for and receives a
handicap placard or license plate.
e. Application Forms --Fees. Each applicant desiring an oversized vehicle parking permit or an oversized vehicle handicap permit must file with the police chief, a completed city application form, and pay any applicable processing fee approved by a resolution of the city council.
f. Description of Permits. Oversized vehicle parking permits and oversized vehicle handicap permits will be issued in a form approved by the police chief, and will include the license plate number of the oversized vehicle to which it relates, and, as to oversized vehicle parking permits, the date of the issuance and the day of its expiration.
g. Display. All permits must be placed at the lower driver's side of the windshield of the oversized vehicle to which it relates so that it is clearly visible from the exterior of the oversized vehicle.
h. Oversized Vehicle Permit--Duration--Renewal.
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(i) Oversized Vehicle Parking Permit. An oversized
vehicle parking permit will be valid for a period not to exceed five consecutive calendar days.
Upon expiration of an oversized vehicle parking
permit issued under this section, the applicant may
apply for and be granted additional oversized vehicle
parking permits, if the applicant still qualifies under the conditions set forth in this section. In no event
will oversized vehicle parking permits be issued to
an applicant for a total period in excess of ten days
within any consecutive 90-day period.
(ii) Oversized Vehicle Handicap Permits. Oversized
vehicle handicap permits will be valid for a period of
two years, and may be renewed, if the applicant
continues to meet the qualifications. An oversized
vehicle handicap permit will be automatically
revoked, if the permit holder no longer meets
requirements of subsection (D) of this section.
i. Signs giving reasonable notice of the prohibitions contained in this section will be erected within the city as required by Vehicle Code section 22507."
SECTION 3. Amendment to Exhibit A. Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein, of Section 11.20.220 of the Camarillo Municipal Code is amended to include the following areas as residential, and commercial, and industrial areas where oversized vehicle parking restrictions apply:
The area from U.S. 101 Freeway northeasterly to Valerio Way and Pitts Ranch Park; and from Lewis Road southeasterly to Calleguas Creek.
The area from U.S. 101 Freeway northeasterly to Adolfo Road; and from Camino Ruiz southeasterly to Conejo Creek.
The area from Pleasant Valley Road north to U.S. 101 Freeway; and from Constitution Avenue and Camarillo Street east to Calleguas Creek.
The area bounded by Ponderosa Drive, Central Avenue, west City Limits, Wood Road, West Ventura Boulevard, and Las Posas Road.
The area bounded by Adohr Lane, Pancho Road, Howard Road, and Conejo Creek.
The area bounded by U.S. 101 Freeway, Dawson Drive, Calle San Pablo, Pleasant Valley Road, and Village at the Park.
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SECTION 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, 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 will not affect the validity of the 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 thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. Publication. The City Clerk is directed to certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause the same to be published in the manner required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 13
th day of December 2023.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
Attached: Exhibit A
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF VENTURA ) ss.
CITY OF CAMARILLO )
I, Kristy Buxkemper, City Clerk of the City of Camarillo, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No._______, was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 1 3th day of December 2023.
That, thereafter, said Ordinance No._______ was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 10th day of January 2024, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
Kristy Buxkemper, City Clerk
c: Department of Public Works
Police Department