HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 03-86 Recreational VehiclesORDINANCE NO. 3-86
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ~IN
AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 2 OF TITLE 8
OF ~TE DLm~.TN ZONING C~D~
~J)ING RECREATIONAL V~{ICI~S (R. V. OP4DINA~2E)
The City Council of the City of Dublin does ordain as follows:
SF~ON 1 AMENDMENTS:
A. Section 8-21.2.2 is added to read as follows:
"Section 8-21.2'. 2 HOUSE CAR. A 'house car' is a motor vehicle which
was originally designed, or pez~uanently altered, to -be equipped for
human habitation, or to which a camper has been permanently attached."
B. Section 8-22.12.7 is added to read as follows:
"Section 8-22.12.7 STOP, GE. The term 'storage' or 'store' shall n~an
to place or keep an item on a lot for not less than seventy-two (72)
consecutive hours."
C. Section 8-22.51 is amended %o read as follows:
"Section 8-22.51 ~PdEATICX~ALVEHICI~. 'Recreational vehicle' means a
vehicle with or without motive power, designed for human habitation for
recreational or emergency occupancY. The term 'recreational vehicle'
includes, but is not limited to, canto cars, motor homes, travel
trailers, tent trailers, pickup truck campers, and house cars. For the
purpo, ses of this section, references to types of conveyances shall have
the same meanings as defined in the California State Vehicle Code,
where such definitions are available."
D. Section 8-23'.2.1 is added to read as follows:
"Section 8-23.2.1 VEHICLE~ .A 'vehicle' is a device by which any person
or property.maybe propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, excepting
a device moved'by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails
or tracks."
E. Section 8-60.33 is amended to read as follows:
"Section 8-60.'33 YARD REGULATIONS. In order to secure minimumbasic
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 District
in which the lot is located, and the following sections shall apply and
control. Every such Yard shall be open andunobstructed 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 Section 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).
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The diagram 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.
A mobilehome, recreational vehicle, utility trailer, unmounted
camper top, boat, car, truck or other vehicle may be stored in the rear
yard (designation n~mber 1), the area between the rear yard and the
rear of the main building (designation number 2) and a sideyard
(designation number 3) provided that there is at all times one
unobstructed sideyard, and provided further, that the stored item (1)
is screened from view from the street and adjoining lots by a six foot
high fence, wall, hedge or equivalent screening, and (2) is provided
with access and a curb cut in conformance with the Standard Plans of
Alameda County as adopted and established by the City Engineer.
~D ~bbilehome, Recreational Vehicle, utility trailer, unmounted
camper, top, boat, car, truck, or other vehicle shall be parked or
stored in the Front Yard (designation number 5), in the area between
the Front Yard and the front of the Main Building (designation number
6), or within twenty (20) feet of the corner contain to a Corner Lot and
a Key Lot in any R District except as follows:
a) A ~bbilehome, Recreational Vehicle, utility trailer,
unmounted campe_ r top, boat, car, truck, or other vehicle may be
parked or stored in the driveway (designation number 5a) for an
indefinite period of time, provided that it is at all tLmes
validly licensed and operable.
b) Provided that the parking or storage (1) is on a concrete
pad, and (2) is accessed by a curb cut in conformance with t]~e
Standard Plans of Alameda County as adopted and established by
the City Engineer, a single ~bbilehome, Recreational Vehicle,
utility trailer, unmounted camper top, boat, car, truck, or other
vehicle may be parked or stored in the front yard (designation
numbers 5 and 5b) and in the area between the front yard and the
front of the main building (designation number 6), provided that
it is at all times validly licensed and operable.
c) At no time shall the stored it~be located on a corner lot
within thirty (30) feet of the intersection of the street 10t
lines or projection of such lines.
d) At no time shall the stored or parked item encroach in, over,
across or upon the sidewalk.
No Mobilehome, ReCreational Vehicle, utility trailer, u~ounted
camper top, boat, car, truck, or other vehicle parked or stored on a
lot shall be occupied for living, sleeping, or any other purpose except
as legally allowed in a bona-fide trailer park.
No MDbilehome, Recreational Vehicle,.utility trailer, unmounted
c~per top, boatr car, truck, or other vehicle parked upon any public
right-of-way shall be occupied for living or sleeping put-poses.
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A Mobilehome, Recreational Vehicle, utility trailer, unmounted
camper top, boat, car, truck, or other'vehicle stored as herein
provided shall be o%~edby the occupants of the premises upon which it
.is stored.
F. Section 8-63.2 is amended to read as follows:
"Section 8-63.2 PARKING SPACES: ACCESSIBILITY. These regulations are
intended to provide off-street spaces for the parking of the
automobiles of tenants of the premises and visitors in the cases of
residential uses, and for clients, customers,.-employees and callers in
the case of nonresidential uses. Off-street spaces are required to. be
kept accessible for these purposes continuously, and the use of any
such required space or spaces, or of any driveway or maneuvering space
necessary to provide access thereto for the storage of inoperable motor
vehicles, structures, materials or goods of any kind shall constitute
discontinuance thereof in violation of Section 8-63.1."
SECTION 2 EFFECTIVE DATE AND POSTING OF ORDINANCE
This Ordinance shall taPe effect andbe in force ninety (90) days fromand
after the date of its passage. The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause
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this Ordinance to be posted in at least three (3) public places in the City of
Dublin in accordance v~th Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of
California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY ~ CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN on this 10th day
of March, 1986, bythe following votes:
AYES:
Councilmembers Hegarty, Jeffery, MDffatt, Vonheeder and
Mayor Snyder
NOES: None
ABSENT: ~bne
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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