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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1725 - Removal & Storing of VehiclesAli [l • ORDINANCE NO. 1725 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING CHAPTER 12.40 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING SECTION 12.40.035; AMENDING SECTION 12.40.040 AND SECTION 12.40.190 DEALING WITH THE CAUSES FOR REMOVAL AND STORING OF VEHICLES The City Council of the City of Newport Beach DOES ORDAIN as follows: SECTION 1. Section 12.40.035 is added to the.Newport Beach Municipal Code to read as follows: "12.40.035. Parking on Private Streets and Drives. No person shall park a vehicle on a private street or drive in such a fashion that the vehicle blocks the private street or drive so as to prevent vehicular ingress or egress thereto; provided that signs giving notice that such parking is in violation of Section 12.40.035 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code are erected or placed twenty -four (24) hours prior to the violation." SECTION 2. Section 12.40.040 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code is amended in its entirety to read as follows: "12.40.040. Parking Duration Limited. No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of any vehicle shall park such vehicle upon any public street or upon any publicly owned, maintained or operated properties for a period of seventy -two (72) or more consecutive hours. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any vehicle owned or in the possession, custody or control of any public entity." SECTION 3. Section 12.40.190 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code is amended in its entirety to read as follows: "12.40.190. Causes for Removal and Storage. Any Police Officer, Police Cadet or employee of the City of Newport Beach assigned to parking control duties engaged in the enforcement of parking regulations may remove or E� cause to be removed and stored: A. Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon any public street or publicly owned, maintained or • operated properties for seventy -two (72) or more consecutive hours. B. Any vehicle which is parked or left standing on a street or highway at any place that has been established as a no parking area by resolution of the City Council when signs are posted giving notice that vehicles parked in such area are subject to removal. C. Any vehicle which is parked or left standin4 on a street or highway where the use of such street or highway or a portion thereof is necessary the cleaning, repair or construction of the street or highway or for the installation of underground utilities, or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is • authorized for a purpose other than the normal flow of traffic, or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is ncessary for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size, and the parking of such vehicle would prohibit or interfere with such use or movement; provided, that signs giving notice that such vehicle may be removed are erected or • placed at least twenty -four (24) hours prior to the removal. D. Any vehicle which is parked or left standing on private property used exclusively for a single family dwelling site where the vehicle is parked or left standing in a location on said residential lot that is not intended for public parking and without the permission of the resident of said residential lot. E. Any vehicle which is parked or left standing on a. private street which is not subject to Chapter 12.66 of this Code, or a private drive, in such a fashion that it blocks the private street or drive so as to prevent -2- _.. • • • vehicular ingress or egress thereto, provided that signs giving notice that such vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at all points of ingress at least twenty -four (24) hours prior to the removal. F. Any vehicle which is parked or left standing on public or private property which has been designated as a fire lane or fire access road by the Fire Chief, provided that signs giving notice that such vehicle may. be removed are erected or placed at least twenty -four . (24) hours prior to removal." SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall be published once in the official newspaper of the City, and the same shall be effective thirty (30) days after the date of its adoption. This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the 28th day of March , 1977 and was adopted on the 11th day of April , 1977, by the following vote, to wit: ATTEST: city clerk CERTIFIED AS THE ORIGINAL AND CERTIFIED AS TO PUBLICATION AL1�4 1977 DATE...... .. CITY CLERK OF TW CITY OF N� OPT BEACH AYES, COUNCILMEN:.Dostal, Barrett, Kuehn, McInnis, Rogers, Ryckoff, Williams NOES, None ABSENT COUNCILMEN: None -3- HRC:yz 1/lz/77