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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.
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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:
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City Clerk&
As Mayor of the City of South San Francisco, I do hereby approve the foregoing
Ordinance this 9th day of August 2006.