HomeMy WebLinkAbout98-16 Storage of Inoperative Vehicles on Private PropertyORDINANCE NO. 98-16 -
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION
11-67 AND SECTION 13-86 OF THE COSTA MESA
MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING THE STORAGE OF
INOPERATIVE VEHICLES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (4) is hereby added to subsection (a) of section 11-67
of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code to read as follows:
(4) A vehicle stored or parked on private property, either behind a permanent,
solid, opaque fence or under a commercially available, custom -fitted car cover in
good repair secured to the vehicle, in a lawful manner, where it is not visible
from the street or other public or private property.
Section 2. Subsection (b) of section 13-86 of the Costa Mesa Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
(b) Exceptions.
(1) Such vehicle parking and storage may be allowed on a paved driveway
connecting a garage or carport with a public street as long as such vehicle is
under a commercially available custom -fitted car cover in good repair secured
to the vehicle, in a lawful manner, where it is not visible from the street or
other public or private property in accordance with Chapter IV of Title 11 of
this Code.
(2) Such vehicle parking and storage may be allowed as long as the parked or
stored items are screened from each public street abutting the lot by
permanent, solid, opaque fencing, six (6) feet in height, in accordance with
applicable development standards and Chapter IV of Title 11 of this Code.
Section 3. Severability.
If any chapter, article, section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause,
phrase, or portion of this Ordinance, or the application thereof to any person, is for
any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portion of this Ordinance or its application to other persons. The City Council
hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each chapter,
article, section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more subsections, subdivisions, sentences,
clauses, phrases, or portions of the application thereof to any person, be declared
invalid or unconstitutional. No portion of this Ordinance shall supersede any local,
State, or Federal law, regulation, or codes dealing with life safety factors.
Section 4. Publication.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect thirty (30)
days from and after its passage and, before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after
its passage, shall be published once in the NEWPORT BEACH -COSTA MESA 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 /5rday of 1998
ATTEST:
City Cler f the
City of C to Mesa
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, MARY T. ELLIOTT, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing
Ordinance No. 98-16 was introduced and considered section by section at a regular
meeting of the City Council held on the 18th day of May, 1998, and thereafter passed
and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 1st day
of June, 1998, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Buffa, Monahan, Erickson
NOES: Cowan, Somers
ABSENT: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the City of Costa Mesa this 2nd day of June, 1998.
T
Deputy City erk and ex -officio Clerk of
the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
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