Sonora Municipal Code § 15.24 Garages and Storage Space

The provisions of this chapter are necessary for the safety and general welfare of persons using the public streets of the city; and for the protection of the motor vehicles of tenants or occupants of buildings mentioned in this chapter in overnight or longer storage; and to alleviate abuse of parking facilities on such streets by continuous storage and parking thereon by such tenants or occupants, where the facilities for other than temporary parking should be provided by the respective owners of the building facilities mentioned in this chapter.

(Ord. 261 § 3, 1956.)

Any apartment house, multiple-unit family dwelling house, house court or autocourt hereafter established, constructed and occupied by the tenants thereof, in the city, shall provide, by the owner or owners thereof, adequate sheltered garage space, or storage space in the yard thereof out of the driveway to such garage or storage space, for the parking or housing of one automobile or motor vehicle for each apartment, multiple-unit family dwelling, house court unit, and autocourt unit, and each unit thereof, for such tenants or occupants thereof.

(Ord. 261 § 1, 1956.)

No building permit shall be issued for the erection, establishment or construction of any apartment house, multiple-unit family dwelling, house court or autocourt, in the city unless and until the requirements of Section 15.24.020 have been complied with.

(Ord. 261 § 2, 1956.)

Any owner or person violating the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person is guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of the provisions of this chapter is committed, continued or permitted, and upon conviction of any such violation, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 261 § 4, 1956.)