HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 02 (1999)ORDINANCE NO. 2 (1999)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR ESTABLISHING A PERMIT
SYSTEM FOR THE PARKING OF UNATTACHED TRAILERS AND SEMITRAILERS
AND AMENDING SECTION 10.16.190 OF THE DIAMOND BAR MUNICIPAL CODE.
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 22507 of the California Vehicle Code, the Diamond
Bar Municipal Code prohibits the parking of unattached trailers and semitrailers on residential streets
thereby improving traffic safety and increasing the limited amount of on -street parking available;
and
WHEREAS, the City desires to authorize residents and their guests to park unattached
trailers and semitrailers for up to twenty-four hours for the purpose of loading and unloading.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1
Section 10. 16.190 of Division 6 of Title 10 of the Diamond Bar Municipal Code is hereby amended
to modify subsections (a) and (b) and to add subsection (c) to read as follows:
10.16.190 Trailers or Semitrailers: Parking Requirements.
(a). No person shall park any trailer or semitrailer upon any highway, street, alley, public
way or public place unless the trailer or semitrailer is at all times while so parked attached to a
vehicle capable of moving the trailer or semitrailer in a normal manner upon the highway, street,
alley, public way or public place, except with a Twenty -Four Hour Parking Permit as provided
below.
(b). This section shall not apply to trailers or semitrailers which are disabled in such a
manner and to such an extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the
disabled trailer or semitrailer on that portion of highway, street, alley, public way or public place
ordinarily used for vehicular parking.
(c). Notwithstanding subsection (a), a resident or a guest of a resident may, for the
purpose of loading and unloading, park an unattached trailer or semitrailer upon any residential street
for a period not to exceed twenty-four hours with a valid and properly displayed permit, in
accordance with the following procedures:
(1). In order to obtain a Twenty -Four Hour Parking Permit, the resident must submit an
application, which shall be prepared by the city engineer or his/her designee. Each
application shall be accompanied by a permit fee, which shall be set by Resolution
of the City Council.
(2). The permit must be affixed to the left side of the rear bumper of the vehicle when the
vehicle is parked and unattached. There is no limit upon the number of Twenty -Four
Hour Parking Permits which may be issued to a resident.
(3). Any person issued a permit shall comply with the provisions of this section and
the provisions of subsections (b), (c) and (d) of section 10.16.1310 of this Code.
Any person in violation of those provisions shall be subject to the permit
revocation procedures set forth in section 10. 16.1320 of this Code.
Section 2.
The City Clerk is directed to certify to the passage and adoption of the Ordinance and to cause it
to be published or posted as required by law.
Section 3
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, portion, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason
held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of any competent jurisdiction, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections, subsections, sentences, clauses,
portions, or phrases of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed
this Ordinance and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause, portion, or phrase without
regard to whether any other section, subsection, sentence, clause, portion, or phrase of the Ordinance
would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of January , 1999.
Mayor
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I, Lynda Burgess, the City Clerk of the City of Diamond Bar, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Diamond Bar California, held on the 5thday of January , 1999, and was finally passed at
a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar, held on the 19 thday of
January , 1999, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: An sari, Herrera, Huff,
MPT/O'Connor, M/Chang
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAINED: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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ATTEST:
LYNDA BURGESS City Clerk
City of Diamond Bax
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