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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. 1375-2006 ORDINANCE NO. 1375-2006 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 11, SECTION 11.40.210 TO INCLUDE LENGTH AND HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS ON THE PARKING OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IN RESTRICTED DISTRICTS AND REDUCE THE CONSECUTIVE AMOUNT OF TIME COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ARE ALLOWED TO P ARK IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS WHEREAS, the South San Francisco Municipal Code authorizes the City's Police Department to enforce provisions prohibiting commercial vehicles over a specified weight from parking or being stored in residential areas in excess of three (3) consecutive hours; and WHEREAS, with the recent increase in economic and community development, as well as population growth in South San Francisco and the surrounding area, parking in residential, mixed use, and industrial areas is at a premium, and has become an important "quality of life" issue for many residents; and WHEREAS, the South San Francisco Police Department continues to receive numerous complaints from citizens regarding overweight and/or oversized commercial vehicles that are parked or stored in residential areas; and WHEREAS, the Police Department does not have any enforcement options regarding such citizen complaints unless the particular vehicle is in fact overweight. NOW THEREFORE, tht: City Council ofthe City of South San Francisco does ORDAIN as follows: SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS The City Council hereby amends section 210 of Chapter 11.40 of Title 11 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code, as follows: It is unlawful for any person to park any commercial vehicle (as defined by California Vehicle Code section 260) in excess of two (2) consecutive hours on any public street in any residential district as follows: (a) Any commercial vehicle having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or more; or (b) Any commercial vehicle or combination of vehicles twenty-two (22) feet or more in overall length; or (c) Any commercial vehicle, load, or any portion of said commercial vehicle over eight feet five inches (8' 5") in overall height measured from the surface upon which the vehicle stands. This section does not apply to any commercial vehicle making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, and merchandise from or to any building or structure located in a residential district, or when such vehicle is parked in connection with and in aid of the performance of a service to property in the district, or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling, or construction of any structure for which a building permit has previously been obtained, when time in addition to the two (2) hour period is necessary to complete such work. SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of this Ordinance, including the application of such part or provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and shall continue in full force and effect. To this end, provisions of this Ordinance are severable. The City Council of the City of South San Francisco hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase hereof irrespective of the fact that anyone or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases be held unconstitutional, invalid, or unenforceable. SECTION 3. PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall be published once, with the names of those City Councilmembers voting for or against it, in the San Mateo Times, a newspaper of general circulation in the City of South San Francisco, as required by law, and shall become effective thirty (30) days from and after its adoption. * * * * * Introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of South San Francisco, held the 26th day of July 2006. Adopted as an Ordinance of the City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting of the City Council held the 9th day of August 2006, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Mark Addiego, Pedro Gonzalez, and Karvl Matsumoto, Vice Mayor Richard A. Garbarino and Mayor Joseph A. Fernekes NOES: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: None ATTEST: 1) .--) ()) M~_ City Clerk& As Mayor of the City of South San Francisco, I do hereby approve the foregoing Ordinance this 9th day of August 2006.