ORDINANCE NO. 2736-03
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SUNNYVALE AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF TITLE 19 OF THE SUNNYVALE MUNICIPAL CODE (ZONING) RELATED TO THE PARKING OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, TRAILERS AND BOATS IN FRONT YARDS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SUNNYVALE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. CHAPTER 19.12 AMENDED. Chapter 19.12 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding Section 19.12.190 (3) to read as follows:
19.12.190 "R"
(1)-(2) [Text unchanged.]
(3) "Recreational vehicle" means all vehicles used for recreation except passenger vehicles, including, but not limited to, camp trailers, fifth wheels, truck campers, and motor homes.
(3)-(17) [Renumbered consecutively as (4)–(18).]
SECTION 2. CHAPTER 19.46 AMENDED. Chapter 19.46 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending Section 19.46.140 to read as follows:
19.46.140 Parking in front and side yards--When allowed.
(a) Except in a corner vision triangle on corner lots, parking is allowed in the required front and side yards in all residential zoning districts. Such parking shall be limited to currently registered operable vehicles, trailers and boats, shall be on a stabilized permanent surface approved by the director of community development and installed in accordance with Section 19.46.120, and such parking area shall not cover more than fifty percent of any required front yard. An operable vehicle is a vehicle that can move under its own power and which can operate legally and safely on the highways of the state.
(b) Effective January 1, 2005, in addition to complying with the requirements set forth in subdivision (a), all recreational vehicles, trailers and boats parked in a front yard must be parked perpendicular to the street, unless the legal driveway configuration dictates otherwise.
SECTION 3. EXEMPTION FROM CEQA. The City Council finds, pursuant to Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, Section 15061(b)(3), that this ordinance is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in that it is not a Project which has the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of its adoption.
SECTION 5. POSTING AND PUBLICATION. The City Clerk is directed to cause copies of this ordinance to be posted in three (3) prominent places in the City of Sunnyvale and to cause publication once in an adjudicated newspaper of general circulation in the City of Sunnyvale, of a notice setting forth the date of adoption, the title of this ordinance, and a list of places where copies of this ordinance are posted, within fifteen (15) days after adoption of this ordinance.
Introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held October 21, 2003, and adopted as an ordinance of the City of Sunnyvale at a regular meeting of the City Council held on _____________________, 2003 by the following vote:
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VALERIO, VORREITER, RISCH, WALKER, FOWLER, HOWE |
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NONE |
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MILLER |
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