HomeMy WebLinkAbout84-12 Amending Code; Parking and Storage of Motor Vehicles in Yard Areas in Residential ZonesORDINANCE NO. 84-12
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE COSTA MESA
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PARKING AND STORAGE
OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN ARD AREAS IN RESIDENTIAL
ZONES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa finds and
declares that:
(a) The parking or storage of motor vehicles, camp trailers, campers,
trailers, and boats in yard areas in residential zones is detrimental to
the aesthetics of neighborhoods and causes a loss of market values of other
properties in the surrounding area; and
(b) Existing ordinances concerning development standards for resi-
dential properties are not sufficient to prevent the use of such yard
areas for parking and storage of motor vehicles, camp trailers, campers,
trailers, and boats, and such use has become a problem to homeowners in
some portions of the City of Costa Mesa.
ACCORDINGLY, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby amends
the Costa Mesa Municipal Code as follows:
SECTICN 2. Section 13-548 is added to Chapter V of Title 13, to read
as follows:
"Section 13-548. Use of yard areas for parking or storage of motor
vehicles, camp trailers, campers, trailers, and
boats.
(a) No person who owns or is in possession of any parcel in a resi-
dential zone shall permit the parking or storage of any motor vehicle (as
defined in California Vehicle Code Section 415), whether operable or not,
or of any camp trailer, camper, or trailer (as defined in California
Vehicle Code Sections 242, 243, and 630, respectively), or of any camper
shell or boat, in any yard area visible from a public street, except upon
a paved driveway connecting a garage or carport with a public street,
unless the parked or stored items are screened from each public street
abutting the parcel by opaque fencing, six feet in height, in accordance
with applicable development standards."
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force
thirty (30) days from and after the passage thereof, and prior to the
expiration of fifteen (15) days from its passage shall be published once in
the ORANGE CQAST DAILY'PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed
and published in the City of Costa Mesa or, in the alternative, the City
Clerk may cause to be published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified
copy of the text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the
City Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance,
and within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to
be published the aforementioned summary and shall post in the office of
the City Clerk a certified copy of this Ordinance together with the names
of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of Apr
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Cosrt
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa
APPROVED AS TO FOOM
CITY ATTORNEY
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and fore-
going Ordinance No. 84-12 was introduced and considered section by section
at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 19th day of March,
1984, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting
of said City Council held on the 2nd day of April, 1984, by the following
roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
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NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 3rd day of April, 1984.
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expiration of fifteen (15) days from its passage shall be published once in
the ORANGE CQAST DAILY'PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed
and published in the City of Costa Mesa or, in the alternative, the City
Clerk may cause to be published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified
copy of the text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the
City Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance,
and within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to
be published the aforementioned summary and shall post in the office of
the City Clerk a certified copy of this Ordinance together with the names
of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of Apr
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Cosrt
sa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa
APPROVED AS TO FOOM
CITY ATTORNEY
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and fore-
going Ordinance No. 84-12 was introduced and considered section by section
at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 19th day of March,
1984, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting
of said City Council held on the 2nd day of April, 1984, by the following
roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
e
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 3rd day of April, 1984.
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City Clerk and ex -off icio Clerk of?fie