11A - 2ND READ ORD - OVERSIZED VEHICLES

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EXHIBIT 1 ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXXX AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING CHAPTER 36 ARTICLE I (IN GENERAL) DIVISION 1 (DEFINITIONS) TO ADD SECTION 36-19 (OVERSIZED VEHICLE); TO ADD SECTION 36-20 (RECREATIONAL VEHICLE); TO ADD SECTION 36- 21 (NON -MOTORIZED VEHICLE); TO ADD SECTION 36-22 (PARK ROAD); TO ADD SECTION 36-23 (PARKING, PARK OR PARKED); AMENDING CHAPTER 36 ARTICLE IV (PARKING REGULATIONS) TO ADD SECTION 36-149 (PROHIBITION OF PARKING OF OVERSIZED VEHICLES, NON -MOTORIZED VEHICLES, AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES); TO ADD SECTION 36-150 (EXCEPTIONS TO PROHIBTION ON PARKING OF OVERSIZED VEHICLES, NON - MOTORIZED VEHICLES, AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES); TO ADD SECTION 36-151 (NOTICE); TO ADD SECTION 36-152 (ENFORCEMENT REMEDIES); TO ADD SECTION 36-153 (PERMIT PROCESS FOR TEMPORARY OVERNIGHT PARKING ON PUBLIC STREETS). WHEREAS, in California Vehicle Code Sections 22507 and 22507.5, the Legislature delegated to local governments the authority to regulate vehicular parking within their jurisdictions. In accordance with this authority, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana ("City Council") adopted Article IV (Parking Regulations) of Chapter 36 (Traffic) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code ("Code") to regulate the parking of vehicles in the City of Santa Ana ("City"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 36-145 of the Code, no person shall park and/or leave standing on any street, or portion thereof, in any residential district located within the city any commercial vehicle with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or more for a period of time longer than two (2) hours. Such restriction shall not apply to any commercial vehicle which is making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on the residential street, or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling, or construction of any building or structure upon the residential street for which a building permit has previously been obtained; and WHEREAS, some large, oversized and recreational vehicles (collectively, "Oversized Vehicles") may exceed 22 feet in length or 7 feet in height but not meet the definition of vehicles restricted by SAMC Section 36-145; and WHEREAS, the proliferation of Oversized Vehicles parked on public streets raises public safety concerns, including the obstruction of access to rights -of -way, reduced site 11 A-3 1