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Home My WebLink About6.1 Sleeping in Vehicles Ordinance AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: April 27, 1987 SUBJECT: Public Hearing: PA 87-015 Zoning Ordinance Amendment - Sleeping in Vehicles EXHIBITS ATTACHED: Exhibit A: Ordinance Amending the City Zoning Ordinance Regarding Sleeping in Vehicles RECOMMENDATION: U�(l. Open public hearing. 2. Receive Staff presentation. p3. Receive public testimony. 4. Close public hearing and deliberate. 5. Waive Second Reading and Adopt Ordinance Amending City Zoning Ordinance Relating to Sleeping in Vehicles. FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None. DESCRIPTION: On April 13, 1987, the City Council introduced an Ordinance regarding Sleeping in Vehicles, and adopted a Resolution for the associated Negative Declaration. The Ordinance proposes to amend the City's Zoning .Ordinance to prohibit sleeping in vehicles within any zoning district, and reorganizes Section 8-60.33 of the Zoning Ordinance to enhance the usability and readability of the existing Ordinance. Staff recommends the City Council waive the second reading and adopt the Ordinance relating to Sleeping in Vehicles. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ITEM NO. ♦ COPIES TO: File PA 87-015 ORDINANCE NO. - 87 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN AMENDING THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCE RELATING TO SLEEPING IN VEHICLES .WITHIN ANY ZONING DISTRICT AND AMENDING SECTION 8-60.33 - YARD REGULATIONS The City Council of the City of Dublin does ordain as follows: Section 1. That Section 8-60.33 YARD REGULATIONS of the Dublin Zoning Ordinance (as previously amended under City of Dublin Ordinance No. 3 - 86) is hereby amended to read as follows: 118.60.33 YARD REGULATIONS. In order to secure minimum basic provision for light, air, privacy, and safety from fire hazards, it is required that every building shall be upon a building site of dimensions such as to provide for the yards specified for the zoning district in which the lot is located, and the following sections shall apply and control. Every such yard shall be open and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided for accessory buildings in Sections 8-60.27, 8-60.31, and 8-60.32, for fences in Sections 8-60.53 and for other buildings in Section 8-60.37, and for signs as regulated by Section 8-60.65 and Section 8-60.59 (b) . " Section 2. That Section 8-60.33.1 STORAGE OF VEHICLES IN YARDS of the Dublin Zoning Ordinance is hereby added to read as follows: "8-60.33.1 STORAGE OF VEHICLES IN YARDS. The following provisions shall relate specifically to the parking or storage of a mobilehome, recreational vehicle, utility trailer, unmounted camper top, boat, car, truck, or other vehicle (referred to herein collectively as a "vehicle") in any zoning district. Violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor. a) A mobilehome, recreational vehicle, utility trailer, unmounted camper top, boat, -car, truck, or other vehicle stored as herein provided shall be owned by the occupants of the premises upon which it is stored. b) At no time shall a stored vehicle be located on a corner lot within thirty (30) feet of the intersection of the street lot lines or projection of such lines. c) At no time shall a stored or parked vehicle encroach in, over, across or upon the sidewalk. d) At no time shall a stored or parked vehicle be located within twenty (20) feet of the corner common to a corner lot and a key lot in any R District. AM ffs e) At no time shall a mobilehome, recreational vehicle, 1 utility trailer, unmounted camper top, boat, car, truck, or other vehicle parked or stored on a lot in any zoning district be occupied for living, sleeping, or any other purpose except as legally allowed in a bona fide trailer park, mobilehome park, or recreational vehicle park. f) At no time shall a mobilehome, recreational vehicle, _ utility trailer, unmounted camper top, boat, car, truck, or other vehicle parked upon any public right-of-way in any zoning district be occupied for living or sleeping purposes. g) Figure 1 of Section 8-60.33.1 entitled "Areas On A Typical Residential Lot" is made a part of this Ordinance and the numerical designations of areas of the typical corner lot shall be used to define the areas for storage of recreational vehicles as hereafter set forth. 1. Front: A mobilehome, recreational vehicle, utility trailer, unmounted camper top, boat, car, truck or other vehicle may be parked or stored in: a. Areas 5, 5b or 6 - provided that: 1) the parking or storage is on a concrete pad, or similar all weather surface; and 2) the parking or storage is accessed by a curb cut in conformance with the Standard Plans of Alameda County as adopted and established by the City Engineer; and 3) that the parked or stored item is validly licensed and operable at all times; and 4) only one item may be parked or stored in the combined areas of 5, 5b or 6. b. Area 5a - provided that the parked or stored item is validly licensed and operable at all times. 2. Rear or Side: A mobilehome, recreational vehicle, utility trailer, unmounted camper top, boat, car, truck, or other vehicle may be parked or stored in: a. Areas 1, 2 and 3 - provided that: 1) the parked or stored item is screened from view from the street and adjoining lots by a six foot high fence, wall, hedge or equivalent screening; and 2) an access and curb cut is provided for the parking or storage in conformance, with the Standard Plans of Alameda County as adopted and established by the City Engineer; and 3) there is one unobstructed sideyard at all times. -2- l'-. +nc}vr-°S � y�+"+ —isr'Yr .0'e�'�" t7'.�`: �p?�,.-. .r.3 4` t.S'^+'-`r�' ��•'�� .rr .�"'9S^Ta y .,� •G i•,�. -rte r 4....n•.A."w'�'ECna.�'-. c��'��``+eel $:`;,n.�;x�..'�•1�y�..,.'•!•_ �....._....� .......,.t, >.��.,p....> .,.,z.%'....sv ..-.......,,.a^.�_,:3_..a'1--r,.�.�tr.,'�i�:..i�...._;•s: ._... - 8-60.33.1 Figure 1 2 AREAS ON A TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL LOT O �O 1) Rear Yard ' 2) Area between Rear Yard- _1 and rear of Main Building MAIN BUILDING 4 3) Side Yard 4) Area. between Side Yard and adjacent side wall 5) Front. Yard ; - a) Front Yard = driveway �� b) Front Yard = narrower 6 �►� of two areas along side of driveway Area between Front Yard - and front of Main Building 0 , 5b 30 SIDEWALK J-1 -3- Section 3. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, or any part thereof, is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby. . Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from and after the date of its passage. The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause this Ordinance to be posted in at least three (3) public places in the City of Dublin in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of California. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Dublin on this day of 1987, by the following votes: AYES NOES: ABSENT:. 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