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ATTY/ORD.449/ORDINANCE AMENDING MUNICIPAL CODE 72 HOUR & COMMERCIAL VEHICLE REV: 11-14-17 MI Page 2 of 4 WHEREAS, oversized commercial vehicles take up valuable parking spaces on City streets and make it difficult for drivers to see other drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians; and WHEREAS, the City desires to limit parking of oversized commercial vehicles. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The recitals set forth above are true and correct, and are hereby incorporated herein by this reference as if fully set forth in their entirety. Section 2. The proposed Ordinance Amendment is not a project within the meaning of section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines because it has no potential for resulting in physical change in the environment, either directly or ultimately. In the event that this Ordinance is found to be a project under CEQA, it is subject to the CEQA exemption contained in CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty to have no possibility of a significant effect on the environment. Section 3. If any section, subsection, clause or phrase of this Ordinance Amendment is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion or sections of the Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Redwood City hereby declares that it would have adopted the Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional. Section 4. The City Council hereby adopts the Ordinance Amendment by adding the text shown in underline (example) and deleting the text shown in strikeout (example), as provided below. Wording in brackets ([example]) is informational only and is not to be included in the published ordinance. Section 5. Section 20.95 of Chapter 20, Article VII, Division 1 of the Redwood City Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 20.95. - PARKING FOR MORE THAN SEVENTY-TWO CONSECUTIVE HOURS PROHIBITED; REMOVAL BY POLICE: A. No person who owns or has possession, custody, or control of any vehicle shall park or leave standing such vehicle upon a street, alley, or highway, or a parking lot owned or leased by, or under vehicular regulatory jurisdiction of, the City for more than a consecutive period of seventy-two (72) hours. B. In the event a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a street, alley, or highway, or a parking lot owned or leased by, or under vehicular regulatory jurisdiction of, the City in excess of a consecutive period of seventy-two (72) hours, any member of the Police Department authorized by the Chief of Police may remove the vehicle 6.4.A. - Page 8