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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2115 ORDINANCE NO. 2115 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE BY AMENDING SECTIONS 9lo6 . 5 THEREOF AND ADDING SECTIONS 9700 . 3 . 7 AND 9700. 15.1 THERETO, AND AMEND- ING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 10 . 44 . 060 THEREOF AND ADDING SECTION 10 . o4 .135 THERETO, ALL PERTAINING TO OVERSIZED VEHICLE PARKING REGULATIONS The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain as follows : SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby amended by amending Section ,9106 . 5 to read as follows : 9lo6 .5 PERMITTED PARKING AREA. Oversized vehicles may be parked or stored on private property in all yard areas except the required front yard setback and any side yard abutting a street right-of-way. Semi-trailers, camp trailers, campers and/or house cars may be parked on the apron in front of a garage or within that portion of the required front yard setback located between the driveway and the side property line closest to the driveway if: (1) the trailer or vehicle doe& not project over any property line; (2) the parking or storage area has a paved or graveled surface; and (3) the area around said trailers and vehicles is kept clean and free of trash, debris and/or parts . No commercial oversize vehicle or special purpose machine shall be parked or stored in any poriton of any yard area. SECTION 2. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby amended by adding thereto Sections 9700 . 3 .7 and 9700 . 15. 1 to read as follows : 9700 . 3 .7 COMMERCIAL VEHICLE. A commercial vehicle is any vehicle, motorized or nonmotorized, that is used or maintained for .the transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or profit; or designed, used or maintained for the transportation of property. jOC :er 1. 9700. 15.1 OVERSIZE VEHICLES. An oversize vehicle is any vehicle, motorized or nonmotorized, that exceeds twenty-five (25) feet in length, or exceeds seven (7) feet in width, and/or exceeds seven (7) feet in height . Oversize vehicles shall include all buses, truck tractors, semi-trailers, motor trucks, trailers, campers, camp trailers, house cars, trailer coaches and other equipment or machinery regardless of width, length or height . (1) Buses . A "bus" is any motor vehicle, other than a motor truck or truck tractor, designed for carrying more than ten (10) persons, including the driver, and used or maintained for the transportation of passengers. (2) Camp Trailer. A vehicle designed to be used on a highway, capable of human habitation for camping or recreational purposes, that does not exceed sixteen (16) feet in overall length from the foremost point of the trailer hitch to the rear extremity of the trailer body and does not exceed ninety-six inches (96" ) in width and includes any trailer coach. (3) Campers . A camper is a structure designed to be mounted upon a motor vehicle and to provide facilities for human habitation or camping purposes . A camper having one axle shall not be con- sidered a vehicle . (4) House Car . A house car is a motor vehicle originally designed, or permanently altered, and equipped for human habitation or to which a camper has been permanently attached. (5) Motor Truck. A motor truck is a motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property. (6) Semi-trailer. A semi-trailer is a vehicle designed for carrying persons or property, used in ,connection with a motor vehicle, and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon, or is carried by, another vehicle . (7) Trailer. A trailer is a vehicle designed for carrying persons or property on its own structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon any other vehicle. (8) Trailer Coach. A trailer coach is a vehicle, other than a motor vehicle, designed for human habitation, or human occupancy for industrial, professional, or commercial purposes, for carrying property on its own structure, and for being drawn by a motor vehicle . (9) Truck Tractor. A truck tractor is a motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn. SECTION 3. The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby 2. amended by amending Section 10. 44 .060 to read as follows : 10. 44 . 060 Oversize vehicle parking regulations . (a) No person shall park and leave standing upon any public street or highway in a residential district any motor vehicle of a length in excess of twenty-five feet; further provided that also prohibited from being parked on public streets and highways in a residential district is any vehicle used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, .compensation, or profit; and designed, and used, or maintained for the transportation of property, including buses, motor trucks, trailers, semi-trailers, trailer coaches or truck tractors as defined in the Vehicle Code and similar vehicles of a width in excess of ninety inches as measured at the widest portion of the body not including mirror or other extensions; or any item of farm machinery or special purpose machine . Prohibited vehicles may be parked on public streets and highways while loading or unloading persons and/or property; or when such vehicle is parked in connection with, or in aid of, the performance of a service to or on a property in the block in which such vehicle is parked; or to perform repairs of an emergency nature on the motor vehicle itself, for a maximum of seventy-two (72) consecutive hours . (b) No person shall at any time park or leave standing a nonmotorized vehicle, or camper regardless of width or length, when it has been detached from its motor vehicle on any public street or highway in the city. SECTION 4. The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding thereto Section 10 . 04 . 135 to read as follows : 10. 04 .135 Residential district . A "residential district" is an area that is primarily used as the location for single family and multiple family dwellings . In determining whether a street is within a residential district, any street or portion of a street abutting single or multiple family dwellings except those streets and portions of streets designated as "truck routes" per Section 10. 24 . 010 of the Municipal Code, shall be considered within a residential district . SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days after its adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and cause same to be published within fifteen days after adoption in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in Huntington Beach, California . PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the nth 3 . day of October, 1976. ATTEST: Mayor City Clerk APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: APPRO AS TO FORM: 4 Ci y Administrator City ttorn APPROVED, ITIITIATING DEPARTMENT: <ii�"/l ' NO FISCAL IMPACT FISCAL IMPACT -- BUDGETED_ _ FISCAL IMPACT -- NOT BUDGETED REQUIRES FINANCIAL IMPACT REDORT s 4 . Ord. No. 2115 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss: CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ) I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 20th day of September 19 76 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular adjourned meeting thereof held on the 6th day of October 19 76 and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council. AYES: Councilmen: Bartlett, Coen, Gibbs, Siebert, Shenkman, Wieder NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: Pattinson City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California 1, Alicia M. Wentworth CITY CLERK of the City of Hurt;n t"n ^^cch caerk of the City Cou ,r'i, ordnance has been t: r. a 11 -e✓✓s on "�ty- I.� .. 1A M. �V)U, 0RTH� Clerk L�,De u it.