Ordinance 3015CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. 3015
New Series
AMENDING THE ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE BY .AMENDING
SUBSECTION 8 -7.8 (LEAVING VEHICLE ON STREET IN EXCESS OF
SEVENTY -TWO (72) HOURS); AMENDING SUBSECTION 8 -7.9
(HEAVY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES); AMENDING SUBSECTION 8 -7.10
(OVERNIGHT PARKING OF LARGE VEHICLES); AND ADDING
SUBSECTION 8 -7.11 (RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, TRAILERS, AND
BOAT TRAILERS PROHIBITED) PROHIBITING THE PARKING OF
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND TRAILER COACHES ON CITY
STREETS
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Alameda that:
Section 1. Subsection 8 -7.8 of the Alameda Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
8 -7.8 Leaving Vehicle on a Street i n Excess of Seventy -two (72)
Hours.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park or leave unattended any
vehicle on the streets of the City of Alameda continuously for a period
exceeding seventy -two (72) hours. Such vehicles may be towed to, and stored
at an impound facility at the vehicle owner's expense. For the purposes of this
section, a vehicle shall be considered parked or left unattended if it is not
moved at least 1.0 miles within any continuous seventy-two (72) hour period.
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Section 2. Subsection 8 -7.9 of the Alameda Municipal Code is hereby
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amended to read as follows:
8 -7.9 Heavy Commercial Vehicles.
No person shall park a heavy commercial vehicle more than three (3)
hours on a street in a residential district or in any other area in a residential
district except: (a) while loading or unloading property when additional time to
such three (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 vehicle is parked and
when additional time to such three (3) hour period is reasonably necessary to
complete such service.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, parking of heavy
commercial vehicles shall be prohibited along the frontage of all Cit y Parks.
The prohibition shall be effective when appropriate signage is installed giving
notice thereof. Records shall be established and maintained in the City
Engineer's Office detailing the location and limits of these prohibitions.
For the purpose of this section "heavy commercial vehicles" shall mean
either a single vehicle having more than two (2) axles, a single vehicle or
combination of vehicles six (6) feet, eight (8') inches or more in width an
automobile dismantler's tow vehicle, or a single vehicle or combination of
vehicles satisfying the definition of "tow truck" in California Vehicle Code 615, e
, and shall include, but shall not be limited to, dump trucks, moving pole trucks, g
vans
tractors, p cks, pipe dollies, and tow trucks, including those of
automobile dismantlers.
Section 3. Subsection 8 -7.10 of the Alameda Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read, as follows:
8-7.10 overnight Parking of Large Vehicles.
It shall be unlawful to park any large vehicle on any City street y eet or
property between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6 :00 a.m. For purposes of this
section, a large vehicle shall be any vehicle greater than eighty (80') inches in
width, twenty (20) feet in length, or greater than ten thousand (10000) p
in gross vehicle weight.
Section 4. Subsection 8 -7.11 of the Alameda Municipal Code is
hereby added and reads as follows:
8-7.11 Recreational Vehicles, Trailers, and Boat Trailers Prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park or leave unattended ed any
recreational vehicle (as defined in Section 1 8010 of the Health and Safety trailer �
}, (as defined in Section 630 of the Vehicle Code) or boat trailer
(whether or not such trailer or boat trailer is hitched to a motor vehicle) on the
streets of the City of Alameda. Such recreational vehicles, trailers and/or boat
trailers may be towed to, and stored at, an impound facility at the o w ner'
s
expense.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of its final assa e
� g.
Attest:
Lara VVeisiger, City C
City of Alameda
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esiding r o' he City Council
1, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a special
meeting assembled on the 6th day of January, 2010 by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers deHaan, Gilmore, Matarrese, Tam,
and Mayor Johnson — 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, 1 have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
said City this 7th day of January, 2010.
Lara Weisiger, City
City of Alameda