HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1986-04-30Mayor Roberta Cerri Te§lia
Vice Mayor Mark N. Addiego
Counci 1:
John "Jack" Drago
Ri chard A. Haffey
Gus Nicolopulos
A G E N D A
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
CALL TO ORDER: (Cassette No. 1)
ROLL CALL:
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
AGENDA REVIEW
City Manager Birkelo Requested:
- A Closed Session for the City
Attorney to discuss litigation.
-- 1. Discussion of the Drafted Ordinance
on Recreational Vehicles Regulated.
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 8.44
OF THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO MUNICI-
PAL CODE AND ORDINANCE NO. 229
ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE REGULATING
THE USE OF TRAILERS OR CAMP CARS
IN THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO"
AND ADDING CHAPTER 8.44 ENTITLED
"PARKING AND STORAGE OF RECREA-
TIONAL VEHICLES REGULATED" ~--/ ~./
MINUTES
City Council
Municipal Services Building
Community Room
April 30, 1986
0181
ACTION TAKEN
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
7:45 p.m. Mayor Teglia presiding.
Council present: Nicolopulos, Drago,
Haffey and Teglia.
Council absent: Addiego.
The pledge of allegiance was recited.
AGENDA REVIEW
So ordered.
Mayor Teglia requested that the Staff
Report be deliberate, by going through
each section of the draft ordinance so
that everyone understood the document.
She stated that the Council would not be
taking action on this item tonight,
instead it was an opportunity to explore
the subject and allow questioning from
the Council.
Police Sgt. Petrocchi stated that during
the months of March and April 1985, Staff
had worked with a large citizens commit-
tee in order to draft a nuisance abatement
ordinance which was subsequently adopted
by the City Council in May 1985. He con-
tinued, during that process, the citizen
committee identified the storage and
parking of recreational vehicles in resi-
dential areas of the city as an area that
needed enforcement attention in the
interest of public health, safety and
welfare, to ameliorate street congestion,
sight blockage, and aesthetic blight
caused by the improper storage and
parking of such vehicles. He stated that
it had been determined that a new ordi-
nance had to be written and it was also
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AGENDA
1. Discussion - Continued.
ACTION TAKEN
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agreed that the RV regulations should be
codified in one location rather than be
spread out in different codes.
He stated that since January 1986, Staff
had been involved in several open public
meetings and citizen committee workshops,
in order to draft a new chapter that
would address the concerns of the
Committee, and still respond to the con-
cerns of community recreational vehicle
owners.
He stated that this draft ordinance was a
result of this cooperative effort and was
fair to all involved, interested parties,
and would serve as an acceptable enforce-
ment tool for City Staff.
He spoke of the community meetings held:
300+ members of the community had
attended the first meeting and had
resembled a lynch mob; that subsequent
meetings had dwindled down to 5 or 6
people that were not satisfied with the
ordinance; that Village Way did not have
on-street parking because there were no
distances between curb cuts and the drive-
ways were not long enough to park even
a compact car, let alone an RV; etc.
He stated that the ordinance had been
written to correct the concerns of the
nuisance abatement committee, rather than
draft an ordinance that was geared more
on the lines of doing away with RVs from
city streets. He stated that the draft
ordinance's objective was to get vehicles
stored and parked in an acceptable
fashion that would be both to the liking
of adjacent neighbors and to accommodate
the recreational vehicle owners so they
can keep their RVs within their own view
or on their own property.
He gave a summary of changes to the
existing Chapter 8.44 of the Municipal
Code.
Assistant City Attorney Kasper spoke in
depth of the Ordinance Summary he had
written: prohibited parking and storage
of any RV which exceeds 35' in length, 8'
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AGENDA ACT];ON TAKEN
1. Discussion - Continued.
in width or 13'6" in height and regulated
the parking, storage and use ol~ any other
RV within the City; regulated parking on
City streets; storage of RVs; use
restrictions and penalties for
violations.
Discussion followed: the definition of a
temporary parking period of RVs; storing
of RVs on private property, etc.
Mr. Dan Fogliasso, Good Sam Group,
stated that his group was working with
cities and counties to effect ordinances
where necessary and needed. He stated
that the draft ordinance was a fair ordi-
nance that people could deal with -
provided that it was not changed.
Councilman Drago questioned whether the
draft ordinance was more or less
restrictive than other cities.
Mr. Fogliasso stated that it was no more
or less restrictive. He stated that
today 15-18% of the people had RVs and
that in five years 30% would have RVs.
He spoke of the possibility of using RVs
for evacuation purposes in the event of a
disaster in the community.
Mr. Leonard Valdivia stated that the way
the ordinance stood now was a drastic
change from the original draft. He
stated that the 300 people who attended
the first meeting were scared that they
were being told to get out of town, that
they were not wanted. He stated that now
95% of the RV owners concurred with the
ordinance after all of the meetings and
public input.
Discussion followed: that a person could
cement a part of the frontyard provided
that section was not more than 1/3 of the
property; that an individual could cement
up to his property line; RVs parking on
lawns; that a camper shell could not be
stored in the front yard, etc.
Consensus of Council - That the RV ordi-
nance should be agendized for the next
meeting.
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 0i84
Council determination of which two
members of the Historic Preservation
Commission, that were newly appointed,
will have their terms expire on
12/31/86 and which three members
terms will expire on 12/31/88
until a successor is appointed and
qualified.
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Discussion of Council's Goals and
Objectives 1986-1987 as proposed
by the Council Subcommittee.
Council determination that the newly
appointed Youth Commissioners'
terms will begin on July 1, 1986~O~
and expire on 6/30/87 or until a
successor is appointed and qualified.
CLOSED SESSION:
RECALL TO ORDER:
A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE COUNTY OF
SAN MATEO AS THE AGENT OF THE CITY OF
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO FOR SERVICE OF
PROCESS (REVENUE AND TAXATION CODE 0~- ~
S5149) .~.~
M/S Drago/Haffey - Determined the
following terms of office for the
Commission: Donald Arndt 12/31/88; Edna
Harks 12/31/88; Victor Feudale 12/31/86;
Eugene Mullin 12/31/88; Helen Godkin
12/31/86.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Council chose not to discuss this item.
M/S Addiego/Haffey - That the terms will
begin on 7/1/86 and expire on 6/30/87 or
until a successor is appointed and
qualified.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
M/S Addiego/Haffey - To appoint Madonna
Mallari as an alternate member of the
Youth Commission.
Council adjourned to a Closed Session at
7:50 p.m., to discuss litigation con-
cerning Sears Roebuck vs. City of South San
Francisco.
Mayor Teglia recalled the meeting to
order at 8:07 p.m., all Council present,
no action taken.
City Attorney Rogers suggested that the
City Council adopt a Resolution and order
him to draft the resolution, and deliver
it to the City Clerk, which designates the
County of San Mateo as its agent for ser-
vice of process for any and all actions
brought against the City under the
Article of Revenue & Taxation Code in
which Section 5149 appears. He con-
tinued, these acts are actions to recover
taxes paid because of allegations of
improper assessments, illegally collected
taxes, overpaid taxes and that type of
thing.
M/S Haffey/Drago - To adopt the
Resolution by title only.
RESOLUTION NO. 85-86
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 0185
ADJOURNMENT
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
City of South San Francisco
M/S Haffey/Addiego - To adjourn the
meeting.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:08 p.m.
APPROVED.
City of South San Francisco
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