ORDINANCE NO. 2040
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 PROHIBITING PARKING OF OVERSIZED AND
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES ON PUBLIC STREETS AND
HIGHWAYS AND PERMIT PROCEDURES
SECTION 1. Findings. The City Council finds as follows:
A. Cities are authorized to regulate and enforce laws to protect public health, safety and welfare pursuant to the California Constitution.
B. California Vehicle Code sections 22507 and 22507.5 authorize the City to restrict and regulate the parking of oversized vehicles, recreational vehicles, and commercial vehicles on public streets.
C. The parking of trucks and other types of oversized vehicles such as motor homes, box-type cargo trailers, and recreation vehicles of all sizes reduces visibility for drivers entering and exiting driveways. Concentrations of parked trucks and oversized vehicles also adversely impact the appearance of commercial and industrial areas, especially for visitors and patrons of the nearby businesses.
D. The long-term and overnight parking use of recreational vehicles and oversized vehicles on public streets is associated with the accumulation of trash, debris, and other waste that degrades surrounding properties and creates conditions detrimental to the public health.
E. Oversized vehicles and recreational vehicles parked on public streets can obstruct or delay access by fire apparatus, ambulances, and other emergency vehicles, endangering lives who depend on rapid emergency response.
F. The regular or routine parking of oversized and recreational vehicles on City streets 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, nearby agricultural land.
G. Since amendments to the code were made in 2024 reducing areas for parking Oversized Vehicles, to address public health and safety issues, all areas of the City, including residential areas, have seen an increase in overnight Oversized Vehicle and Recreational Vehicle parking after 5PM and on weekends. These vehicles have had an adverse impact on driver visibility at driveways and degraded the general safety and condition of the business and residential environments where these vehicles are parking, requiring further restrictions to now be considered in this Ordinance.
H. Significant City resources have been expended to address complaints relating to the parking of oversized and recreational vehicles and to address the discharge Ordinance No. 2040
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I. Restricting parking of oversized and recreational vehicles on City streets will promote the safety of the public roadways for motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians by eliminating such impediments and promoting 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 and recreational vehicles on City streets.
J. Pursuant to is legal authority and based on the above findings, the City Council desires to prohibit oversized and recreational vehicle parking on City public streets and highways in order to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the City.
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 and Recreational Vehicles--Parking Prohibited and 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 City’s adopted zoning map.
"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. "Oversized vehicle" does not mean or include a pickup truck, that is less than 25 feet in length and 82 inches in height.
“Recreational vehicle” means a motorhome, travel trailer, truck camper, camping trailer, or other vehicle or trailer, with or without motive power, designed or altered for human habitation for recreational, emergency, or other human occupancy. “Recreational vehicle” may include, but is not limited to: a “recreational vehicle” as defined by California Health and Safety Code Section 18010; a “truck camper” as defined by Health and Safety Code Section 18013.4; a “camp trailer” as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 242; a “camper” as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 243; a “fifth-wheel travel trailer” as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 324; a “house car” as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 362; a “trailer coach” as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 635; a van camper; or a van conversion.
Ordinance No. 2040
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"Industrial areas" shall mean those industrial areas of the city identified in the City’s adopted zoning map.
B. Except as provided in subsections (C) or (D) of this section, no person may park or leave standing any oversized vehicle or recreational vehicle on any public street or highway.
C. Exceptions. This section does not apply to:
1. Any person while actually engaged in the loading or unloading of an oversized vehicle or recreational vehicle;
2. Any person while actually engaged in making temporary or emergency repairs to an oversized vehicle or recreational 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, commercial, or industrial area;
4. Any person who has been issued a valid oversized or recreational vehicle parking permit under this section; or
5. Any public emergency vehicle.
D. Permits.
1. Oversized and Recreational Vehicle Parking Permit. An oversized vehicle or recreational vehicle may be parked on a highway in a residential, commercial, or industrial area if an oversized or recreational parking permit is issued by the City pursuant to the following:
(a) Purpose. The purpose of authorizing the issuance of oversized or recreational vehicle parking permits is to give owners of oversized or recreational vehicles an opportunity, for a limited time, to park the oversized or recreational vehicles on a highway adjacent to their residences or
businesses for the purpose of loading or unloading such oversized or recreational vehicles, and to allow an out-of-town visitor to park on a highway adjacent to the residence that the out- of-town visitor is visiting for a limited time period, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (B) of this section.
(b) Issuance of Permits. Oversized or recreational vehicle parking Ordinance No. 2040
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(c) Requirements for Oversized or Recreational Vehicle Parking Permits. Any bona fide city resident may obtain an oversized or recreational 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 or recreational vehicle parking permit authorizing the visitor to park a designated oversized or recreational vehicle on a highway adjacent to a specified residence where the visitor is a guest.
(d) Application Forms--Fees. Each applicant desiring an oversized or recreational vehicle parking permit must file with the police chief, City Manager, or designee a completed city application form, and pay any applicable processing fee approved by a resolution of the City Council.
(e) Description of Permits. Oversized or recreational vehicle parking permits will be issued in a form approved by the police chief, City Manager, or designee and will include the license plate number of the oversized vehicle to which it relates, and, as to oversized or recreational vehicle parking permits, the date of the issuance and the day of its expiration.
(f) Display. All permits must be placed at the lower driver's side of the windshield of the oversized or recreational vehicle to which it relates so that it is clearly visible from the exterior of the oversized or recreational vehicle.
(g) Oversized and Recreational Vehicle Permit--Duration-- Renewal. Oversized and Recreational Vehicle Parking
Permit. An oversized or recreational vehicle parking permit will be valid for a period not to exceed five consecutive calendar days.
2. Upon expiration of an oversized or recreational vehicle parking permit issued under this section, the applicant may apply for and be granted additional oversized or recreational vehicle parking permits, if the applicant still qualifies under the conditions set forth in this section. In no event will oversized or recreational vehicle parking permits be issued to an applicant for a total period in excess of ten days within any consecutive 90-day period.
(a) Signs giving reasonable notice of the prohibitions contained in this section will be erected within the City as required by Ordinance No. 2040
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9 Vehicle Code section 22507.
3. Oversized and Recreational Vehicle Parking Permit Denial. An oversized or recreational vehicle permit may be denied if one of the following findings are made:
(a) There are public safety concerns relating to the parking of the oversized or recreational vehicle on the street on which the parking would be provided, including but not limited to a street being too narrow to safely accommodate the recreational vehicle;
(b) The street on which parking would be provided prohibits parking of all vehicles;
(c) The applicant provided information that was materially false; (d) There are unpaid parking citations associated with the recreational vehicle.
4. Revocation. An oversized or recreational vehicle permit may be removed if any findings necessary to deny a permit are made. Notice of the revocation must be in writing and served by mail, personal delivery, or posting on the effected vehicle.
5. Appeals. A denial of an application or revocation of a permit may be appealed by submitting a written request stating the reasons for review within 10 calendar days of the decision. The effectiveness of a revocation is not stayed pending appeal. The police chief, City Manager, or designee who did not make the initial decision, shall consider the request and any supporting information and may affirm, modify, or overturn the decision. The standard of review is whether the decision is supported by substantial evidence and consistent with this code. The reviewing official shall issue a brief written decision within 30 calendar days of receiving the request. The decision is final within the City after administrative review is exhausted.
E. Violation. It is unlawful for any person to park, leave standing, or permit to be parked or left standing any oversized or recreational vehicle on any public street, public right-of-way contrary to the provisions of this Section. A violation of this Section may be enforced through issuance of a parking citation and shall be subject to a fine in the amount established by resolution of the City Council.
SECTION 3. Rescission of Exhibit A. The map formerly attached to Section
11.20.220 as Exhibit A of the Camarillo Municipal Code is rescinded. Parking restrictions under the amended Section 11.20.220 apply as set forth therein and are not limited to any mapped area.
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 Ordinance No. 2040
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9 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 2. 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 July 8, 2026.
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Mayor
Attest to on
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Acting City Clerk
I, Silvia Jaquez, Acting City Clerk of the City of Camarillo, certify Ordinance No. 2040, was introduced by the City Council at a regular meeting held June 24, 2026, and subsequently passed and adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting held July 8, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
NOES: Councilmembers:
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
Acting City Clerk
cc: Department of Public Works
Police Department