ORD-29-88 PROHIBITS PARKING OF TRUCKS OR SIMILAR VEHICLES UPON CITY STREETS AND ALLEYS WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONSORDINANCE NO. 29-
88 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ORANGE AMENDING SECTION 10.34.
060 OF THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE TO
PROHIBIT,WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS STATED,
THE PARKING OF TRUCKS OR SIMILAR
VEHICLES UPON CITY STREETS AND ALLEYS AT ANY
TIME.WHEREAS, since 1980, Section 10.34.060 of the Orange
Munici-pal Code has prohibited, with certain exceptions, the parking
of trucks and similar vehicles on public streets and alleys in
all residential and commercial districts of the City;
and WHEREAS, the exceptions, that is when the parking
prohibition does not apply, are when vehicle is mechanically disabled; or
when the vehicle is parked to load or unload merchandise, goods,
build-ing materials, etc.; or when a vehicle is parked in
connection with the performance of a service to or on real property in
the same block in which the vehicle is parked;
and WHEREAS, the parking prohibition has not applied to
public streets and alleys in the industrial district;
and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that unrestricted parking
of trucks and similar vehicles has caused or contributed
signifi-cantly to many unsafe and unhealthful conditions
including obscured vehicular sight distances at driveways and
intersections;the possibility of unauthorized storage of materials hazardous
to the public health; damage to street pavement by dolly wheels
on trailers; noise from refrigeration units causing annoyance
to adjacent tenants; and inability of City to perform an
acceptable level of street sweeping;
and WHEREAS, the city Council determines that the health,
safety and public welfare would be best served by imposing in
the industrial districts the same prohibition on the parking of
trucks and similar vehicles as are now imposed in the residential
and industrial districts of the City of Orange, subject to the
same
exceptions.NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ORANGE ORDAINS AS
FOLLOWS:Section
I:Amend Chapter 10.34 of the Orange Municipal Code to
revise Section 10.34.060 to read in its entirety as
follows:
10.34.060 Prohibited Parkinq - Truck~ and Similar Vehicles No
person shall park and leave standing on any public street,any
public or dedicated alley, any of the following vehicles,except
while mechanically disabled, or while loading or unloading merchandise,
goods, building materials, etc. property, or when such
vehicle is parked in connection with, and in the performance of
a service to or on a property in the block in which such vehicle
is parking or left standing:A.
Any trailer not attached to a motor vehicle, except recreational
vehicles, as defined in the Health & Safety Code;
B.
Any bus, as defined by the California Vehicle Code;C.
Farm machines;D.
Special purpose machines;E.
Any unlicensed vehicles; and F.
Any motor truck, any truck tractor with or without attached
trailer, and any trailer as defined by the California
Vehicle Code, with any two of the following three
features:1.
A diameter of the wheel rim of seventeen inches or larger;
2.
Having more than ~o axles; or 3.
Having more than ~o wheels on anyone axle.section
II:A
summary of this Ordinance shall be published and a certified
copy of the full text of this Ordinance shall be posted in
the Office of the City Clerk at least five (5) days prior to the
City Council meeting at which this Ordinance is to be adopted.
A summary of this Ordinance shall also be published once within
fifteen (15) days after this Ordinance's passage in the Orange
City News, a newspaper of general circulation, published and
circulated in the city of Orange. The City Clerk shall post in
the Office of the City Clerk a certified copy of the full text of
such adopted Ordinance along with the names of those City Coun-cil
members voting for and against the Ordinance in accordance with
Government Code section 36933. This Ordinance shall take effect
thirty (30) days from and after the date of its final passage.
ORD.
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ADOPTED this 9th day of August 1988.
ATTEST
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF ORANGE )
I, MARILYN J. JENSEN, City Clerk of the city of Orange,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was
introduced at the regular meeting of the City Council held on
the 26th day of July , 1988, and thereafter at the
regular meeting of said City Council duly held on the 9th day
of August , 1988, was duly passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
YES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: SMITH, BARRERA, COONTZ, MAYOR PEREZ, BEYER
COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
4fA~f~/ ~ ~/i Y Cler of th Ci~of Orange
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