HomeMy WebLinkAbout1377 - ORDINANCES - 3/20/1991 ORDINANCE NO. 1377
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 11.96 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE FOR FRONT YARD
PARKING OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES IN
RESIDENTIAL ZONES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Paragraph (2_) of subsection (2,) of Section 11 .96.020 of the Palm
Springs Municipal Code "is deleted and Paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of
Section 11.96.020 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is hereby amended to read
as follows:
(4) Unless otherwise permitted by Section 11.96.050, the vehicle or
boat is parked or stored outside of any required front or side front yard and
is screened from view from any adjoining property or street.
SECTION 2. Chapter 11.96 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is hereby amended
by adding thereto Section 11 .96.050 to read as follows:
11.96.050 Recreational Vehicle Parking Permit. (a) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 11.96.020, a resident of a residential parcel may
park a recreational vehicle in the front or side front yard of said parcel
provided that the resident has obtained a residential vehicle parking permit
pursuant to this section.
(b) The Planning Director may issue a recreational vehicle parking
permit if the director finds that compliance with Section 11.96.020(a) (3) is
not possible or practical , because there is no other more suitable location on
the property for the parking of the recreation vehicle. This finding may be
made if such other location would require significant physical remodeling of
structures, the removal of significant native vegetation, or otherwise be a
hardship to the applicant.
(c) Any permit granted 'hereunder must be subject to the following
conditions:
(1) Only one permit may be issued per residential parcel .
(2) The permit must identify the recreational vehicle by license
number. Said vehicle may not exceed 24 Meet in length unless the length in
excess of 24 feet can be parked within the allowable sideyard setback as
otherwise provided in this chapter.
(3) The permit must identify where on the parcel the recrea-
tional vehicle may be parked.
(4) The recreational vehicle must be screened from view from
surrounding properties to the degree possible as determined by the Planning
Director.
(5) The recreational vehicle must be maintained in a clean and
usable appearance.
(6) The permit shall expire upon the applicant's termination of
their residency upon the parcel .
(7) The parcel must be maintained in accordance with Section
9319.00 of the Zoning Ordinance.
(d) The applicant with the permit shall pay a fee as established by
resolution of the City Council which may be amended from time to time. Except
as provided 'herein, the permit shall be processed in accordance with the pro-
cedures in Section 9402.01 concerning land use permits. In the event that the
director believes that conditions of the recreational vehicle parking permit
have been violated, the director may revoke the permit by proceeding in the
same manner as for revocation of a land use permit under Section 9402.01.D.5.
SECTION 3. Chapter 11.96 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is hereby amended
by adding thereto Section 11.96.060 to read as follows: /�o Z� /` 96 bso) 1�-
11.96.060 Exemptions. This chapter shall not apply/where the recrea-
tional vehicle is brought into the city for a reasonable time for the sole
purpose of loading or unloading the recreational vehicle.
Ord. No. 1377
Page 2
SECTION 4. Chapter 11.96 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code is hereby amended
by adding there to Section 11 .96.070 to read as follows:
11.96.070 Violation an infraction. A violation of this chapter shall
be deems a' an infraction punisi�able as provided in Section 1.01 .155.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
thirty (30) days after passage.
SECTION 6. PUBLICATION. The City Clerk is hereby ordered and directed to
certify to the passage of this Ordinance, and to cause the same or a summary
thereof or a display advertisement, duly prepared according to law, to be pub-
lished in accordance with law.
ADOPTED this 20th _ day of March 1991.
AYES: Councilmembers Broich, Hodges, Murawski , Neel and Mayor Bono
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CITY OF—PALM SPRINGS, CA,L-PFORNIA
By
City Clerk 'Mayor-
REVIEWED & APPROVED:
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT the foregoing Ordinance 1377 was duly adopted
by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California., in a
meeting held on the 20th day of March, 1991, and that; same was duly
published in the DESERT SUN, a newspaper of general circulation on
March 26, 1991.
JUDITH SUMICH
City Clerk