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09/14/2020 ORDINANCE NO. 2485 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY AMENDING CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE VII OF THE REDWOOD CITY MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO OVERSIZED VEHICLES, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, AND SLEEPING IN VEHICLES WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Section 22507(a) authorizes the City of Redwood City (the "City") to regulate the parking of vehicles on City streets by ordinance or resolution, to prohibit or restrict the stopping, parking, or standing of vehicles on certain streets or highways during all or certain hours of the day; and WHEREAS, changes in parking demand have resulted in increased parking density and a short supply of street parking spaces on City streets; and WHEREAS, large non-commercial vehicles often contain storage receptacles for human waste and wastewater and the routine parking and/or storage of such vehicles on City streets creates a public health and safety hazard due to the illegal discharges of septic waste, wastewater, fuels, trash, or garbage from such vehicles into City streets, gutters, or storm drains; and WHEREAS, the City has received numerous documented complaints from residents and business owners of such activity; and WHEREAS, exposure to illegally dumped wastewater and septic waste, as well as accumulated trash, garbage, and other refuse, creates a health and safety hazard due to the potential presence of bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens to the general public and City staff tasked with responding to and cleaning up these hazards; and WHEREAS, the City has seen an increase in the number of complaints of traffic and pedestrian dangers arising from the long-term, routine and regular parking and/or storage of large non-commercial vehicles on the City's roadways; and WHEREAS, the use and occupation of large non-commercial vehicles as unregulated permanent or semi-permanent housing on City streets has resulted in several serious vehicle fires, damaging property and injuring vehicle occupants; and WHEREAS, Section 20.101 of Chapter 20, Article VII, Division 1 of the Redwood City Municipal Code regulates the parking of oversized commercial vehicles on City streets; and WHEREAS, the City desires to amend Section 20.101 to further clarify the dimension of oversized commercial vehicles subject to such regulation; and ATTY/ORD.520/CC ORDINANCE VEHICLE PROHIBITING RV OVERNIGHT PARKING ORDINANCE NO. 2485 REV: 08-18-2020 RL MUFF NO. 703 Page 1 of 5