10.16 Citywide Parking
Ordinance Amendments
June 2, 2026
2City of Sunnyvale – 10.16 Parking Ordinance Amendments On February 2, 2026 Council directed staff to:
• Amend the 72-hour parking ordinance (10.16.120) to require vehicles be moved at least 1,000 feet and prohibit returning to the same parking space within 24 hours.
• Develop an ordinance to prohibit inoperable trailers on City streets. • Develop an ordinance to prohibit “vanlording”.
Background
3City of Sunnyvale – 10.16 Parking Ordinance Amendments • Clarifies that a vehicle or trailer is considered continuously parked if it remains inoperable, is not moved at least 1,000 feet, or returns to the same parking space within 24 hours.
• Defines an inoperable vehicle as a vehicle or trailer that cannot move under its own power or cannot legally and safely operate on public roadways.
72-hour Parking – Amended Ordinance 10.16.120
4City of Sunnyvale – 10.16 Parking Ordinance Amendments • Prohibits renting or loaning oversized vehicles for habitation or sleeping on public property in exchange for compensation.
• Prohibits unauthorized individuals or entities from selling, renting, reserving, or facilitating use of public right-of-way spaces without City approval.
• Defines “oversized vehicles” to include RVs, trailers, campers, van conversions, and other vehicles designed or altered for human habitation.
• Prohibits advertising of oversized vehicles for rent, lease, or loan for habitation or sleeping on public property.
“Vanlording” – Added Section 10.16.180
5City of Sunnyvale – 10.16 Parking Ordinance Amendments • There are approximately 120-150 known inhabited RVs in the City of Sunnyvale.
• For the first 30 days following passage of the ordinance Public Safety will conduct community outreach and education consisting of:
Public education through social media;
In-person flyers with the new ordinance language and unhoused resources will be distributed to subjects contacted who live in defined vehicles; Following the education period, enforcement efforts will commence consiting of citations and towing of vehicles.
• Currently, Family Tow indicated they are ready to tow RVs if needed.
Implementation Plan:
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