19 ORDINANCE NO. 19
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, PRO-
HIBITING THE USE OF RESIDENTIAL STREETS
FOR THE STORAGE OF VEHICLES, AND IMPOS-
ING PARKING RESTRICTIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND TERRACE does hereby ordain as
follows:
Section 1 . Use of Streets for Storage of Vehicles - No person who owns
or who has possession, custody, or control of any vehicle or trailer,
shall park such vehicle or leave such vehicle standing upon any street,
alley, or public roadway within any Residential Zone for the purpose of
storage of such vehicle.
a. In the event any vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street,
alley or public roadway in excess of a consecutive period of 72
hours, it shall be presumed to be parked for the purpose of
storage.
b. No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any
commercial vehicle or truck having a load capacity of more than
one (1 ) ton, any motor home, trailer, camp trailer or other recrea-
tional vehicle, shall park such vehicle or leave such vehicle
standing upon any street, alley or public roadway within any
residential zone for the purpose of storage of such vehicle. If
such vehicle is parked or left standing on a street, alley or public
roadway for a consecutive period of time in excess of eight (8) hours,
it shall be presumed to be parked for the purpose of storage.
c. The City Manager or his appointed representative shall have the
authority to issue to any person a revocable written parking permit
to park or leave standing a vehicle referred to in this Section
upon written application setting forth the reasons therefore.
Such permit shall be issued for a specified period of time and
may be revoked by notice, in writing, to the applicant that such
terms and conditions as are reasonable and necessary to insure
safety of persons and property and that it will be in the best
interest of the neighborhood and that will prevent any adverse
effect upon persons or property affected thereby. The City
Manager may issue such permit if the following findings can be made:
(1 ) That good reason exists to park such vehicle upon a prohibited
area in that an emergency or unusual circumstance requires
the parking of such vehicle upon such area and no other
suitable alternative exists;
(2) That no adjacent properties will be adversely affected
thereby;
(3) That the parking or storage of the vehicle in the location
will not create a hazard to persons or property;
(4) That parking or storage of the vehicle in such location will
not obstruct nor interfere with visibility of adjacent
properties;
(5) That the vehicle and area immediately around it is maintained
in a clean and orderly manner without the accumulation of
trash or debris thereabouts.
Section 2. Vehicle Parkin - Intersection Obstruction - No person who owns
or has possession, custody, control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle
or leave such vehicle standing upon any street, alley or public roadway in
such a position or in such a manner that it will result in a sight obstruction
of traffic at any intersection.
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Section 3. Penalties - If any person shall violate any of the provisions
of this Ordinance, he shall be deemed guilty of an infraction. Any
person convicted of an infraction under the provisions of this Ordinance
shall be punishable by:
a. A fine not exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for a first violation;
b. A fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for a second
violation of the same Ordinance within one (1 ) year; and
c. A fine not exceeding Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) for each
additional violation of the same Ordinance within one (1 ) year.
Each such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every
day during any portion of which violation of any provision of this Ordinance
is committed, continued, or permitted by such person and shall be punishable
accordingly.
MW Section 4. Effective Date - This Ordinance shall become effective on and
after October 1 , 1979.
Section 5. Validity - If any Section, Subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such holding
or holdings shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares it would have passed this
Ordinance and each Section, Subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
Ordinance, irrespective of the fact that any one or more Sections, Subsections,
sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
ADOPTED this 5th day of July, 1979.
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Mayor f the City of Grand Terrace
and of the City Council thereof.
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Grand
Terrace and of the City Council
thereof.
(SEAL)
Approved as to Form:
City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss.
CITY OF GRAND TERRACE )
I,' SETH ARMSTEAD, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, DO
HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted by the City
Council of said City at the organization meeting of the City Council held
on the 5th day of July 1979, and that it was so adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Tillinghast, Erway; Mayor Petta
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilme Allen, Grant
City Clerk of the City of Grand
Terrace and of the City Council
thereof.
(SEAL)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss.
CITY OF GRAND TERRACE )
I, SETH ARMSTEAD, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, DO
HEREBY CERTIFY, that the above and foregoing is a full , true and correct
copy of Ordinance No. 19 of said City Council and that the same has not
been amended or repealed.
DATED: July 5, 1979
City Cler of the City of Grand
Terrace and of the City Council
thereof.
(SEAL)