Ordinance 2709CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO.
New Series
2709
AMENDING THE ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING
SUBSECTION 8-7.9 (HEAVY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES) OF SECTION
7 (PARKING PROHIBITIONS) OF CHAPTER VIII (TRAFFIC AND
MOTOR VEHICLES), THEREOF , RESTRICTING HEAVY COMMERCIAL
VEHICLES FROM PARKING IN DRIVEWAYS
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Alameda that:
section The Alameda Municipal Code is hereby amended by
amending subsection 8-7.9 (Heavy Commercial Vehicles) of section 8-
(Parking Prohibitions) of Chapter VIII (Traffic and Motor
Vehicles) Thereof, to read:
8-7.Heavy Commercial Vehicles.
No person shall park a heavy commercial vehicle more thanthree (3) hours on a street in a residential district or in any
other area in a residential district that is not substantially
concealed by four opaque walls or other enclosures , except: (a)
while loading or unloading property when additional time to suchthree (3) hour period is necessary to complete the work, or (b)
when such a vehicle is parked in connection with, and in aid of,
the performance of a service to or on a property in the block in
which such vehicles parked and when additional time to such three
(3) hour period is reasonably necessary to complete such service.For the purpose of this section "heavy duty commercialvehicles" shall mean either a single vehicle having more than two
axles , a single vehicle or combination of vehicles twenty (20 '
feet or more in length, or a single vehicle or combination of
vehicle six (6 I ) feet , eight (8") inches or more in width, anautomobile dismantler I s tow vehicle, or a single vehicle or
combination of vehicles satisfying the definition of "tow truck" in
California Vehicle Code section 615 , and shall include , but shall
not be limited to dump trucks , moving vans , tractors , pole , pipedollies, and tow trucks , including those of automobile dismantlers.
This section shall not apply to recreational vehicles.
section 2 This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of
its final passage.
pre CouncilAttest:
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ty Clerk
, the undersigned , hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was
duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City
Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 7th day of,October , 1995 by the following vote to wit:
AYES:Councilmembers Arnerich , DeWitt , Lucas
Mannix and Presinent Appezzato - 5
NOES:None.
ABSENT:None.
ABSTENTIONS:None.
IN WITNESS , WHEREOF , I have hereunto set my hand and aff ixed the
official seal of said City this l8th day of October , 1995.
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Dia .. B. Felsch , cityci ty of Alameda
Clerk