8-18 PARKING OF OVERSIZED VEHICLES AND TRAILERS PROHIBITED.

The Town Council finds that the parking of oversize vehicles and trailers and unattached trailers on public streets can, unless controlled, provide neighborhood blight and deterioration, impair visibility, constitute a nuisance, and be injurious to the health, safety and general welfare. Therefore the presence of such vehicles on public rights-of-way is prohibited except as permitted in this section and is declared to constitute a public nuisance. (Ord. #73, §1)

As used in this section:

Loading and unloading shall mean and include the packing of food, clothing or supplies, preparing a vehicle’s refrigeration, and unpacking the vehicle after a trip.

Oversize vehicle shall mean a vehicle or vehicle and trailer combination the dimensions of which exceed twenty (20’) feet in length or seven (7’) feet in height.

Residential area shall mean a residential land use district, including the residential area of a P-1 district, as set forth in Chapter XXX, Planning and Land Use, of this Code.

Trip shall means an extended overnight use of an oversize vehicle which requires additional time to prepare the vehicle beforehand.

Unattached trailer shall mean a trailer, as defined in Section 630 of the California Vehicle Code, which is left free standing and is not attached, connected or joined to a motor vehicle.

• (Ord. #73, §1)

Except as provided in subsection 8-18.4, no person may park or leave standing an oversize vehicle or unattached trailer on a street in a residential area. (Ord. #73, §1)

a. The parking prohibition of subsection 8-18.3 does not apply to:

1. An authorized emergency vehicle (as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 165).

2. A resident with a permit issued by the Danville Police Department whose oversize non-commercial vehicle or trailer is parked for a period not to exceed forty-eight (48) consecutive hours in front of the permittee’s residence for the purpose of loading or unloading before or after a trip.

3. Any bona fide guest of a resident who has secured a permit from the Danville Police Department. A permit not to exceed seven (7) days will be issued if:

• (a) The guest is not a resident of the Town; and

• (b) The vehicle is registered to an address not within the Town.

4. A person who is engaged in the loading or unloading of a noncommercial vehicle or is making emergency repairs on such a vehicle.

5. A commercial oversize vehicle making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, or merchandise or delivering building materials to a site for which a building permit has previously been obtained and posted.

b. The exceptions listed above shall not apply to any oversize vehicle or trailer parked (1) within twenty-five (25’) feet from the street corner; or (2) in such a manner as to obstruct and prevent the free use of sidewalks.

c. An oversize vehicle parked at night under paragraph a. shall be equipped with reflecting safety devices to alert oncoming vehicles to the oversize parked vehicle.

d. An oversize vehicle or unattached vehicle parked under paragraph a. above is not permitted to connect to utilities such as water, electricity or sewer.

(Ord. #73, §1)

8-18.5 Posting Signs.

Signs announcing the parking prohibition in this section shall be posted at major entry points to the Town and this section applies only after such notice is posted. (Ord. #73, §1)

a. Violation of this section is an infraction, punishable under Chapter I, Section 1-5 of this Municipal Code.

b. In addition, under California Vehicle Code Section 22651, the Town may remove a vehicle parked or left standing in violation of this section.

(Ord. #73, §1)