ORD 072 ORDINANCE NO. 72
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE LA QUINTA
MUNICIPAL CODE, PROHIBITING PARKING OF CERTAIN
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND
PROHIBITING REPAIRING OF VEHICLES IN RESIDENTIAL
AREAS.
The City Council of the City of La Quinta, California, does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Sections 12.32.110 and 12.32.120 of the La Quinta Municipal Code
are hereby amended to read as follows:
12.32.110 Certain Commercial Vehicles Prohibited from Parking on Private
Property and Public Rights-of-Way. Unless excepted pursuant to Section 12.32.120,
no commercial or construction vehicle, or towed commercial or construction equip-
ment, shall be parked on private property or on public rights-of-way unless said
vehicle or equipment is screened from public view and adjacent properties. The
terms commercial or construction vehicle and/or equipment shall include, but is
not necessarily limited to: utility body trucks, farming and construction
tractors, construction vehicles and towed equipment, semi-truck tractors,
semi-truck trailers, dump trucks, step van delivery trucks or any parts or
apparatus of any of the above.
12.32.120 Commercial Vehicles Exempted. from Section 12.32.110. The
following commercial and construction vehicles are exempted from the prohibition
contained in Section 12.32.110:
(a) pickup trucks, utility vans and similar utility vehicles, each of which
do not exceed eight feet in height or twenty feet in combined total length;
(b) all vehicles while being used in actual construction work on a permit
approved construction site;
(c) all vehicles in the process of making a pickup or delivery; and
(d) governmental and utility emergency service vehicles.
SECTION 2. Sections 11.72.310 and 11.72.320 are hereby added to Chapter 11.72
of the La Quinta Municipal Code, to read as follows:
11.72.310 Repairing Motor Vehicles on Private Property. Repairing,
storing, servicing, assembling, disassembling, wrecking, modifying or otherwise
working on any motor vehicle, parts, equipment, machinery, tools or other
automotive materials of any kind is prohibited within any residential area of
the city; and any violation of this section constitutes a public nuisance.
11.72.320 Exemptions. The provisions of Section 11.72.310 shall not
apply to:
(a) Vehicles or parts thereof which are completely enclosed and are not
visible from the street or other public or private property.
(b) Emergency repairs or service to a motor vehicle owned by the person
residing on said property when conducted in areas where such activity is
otherwise prohibited by this section, provided such repairs or service shall
not extend beyond a period of 72 hours.
All repairs authorized by this section shall be restricted to vehicles
owned by the persons and members of the family residing at the premises.
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SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
thirty (30) days after passage.
SECTION 4. POSTING. The City Clerk shall within 15 days after passage of this
ordinance, cause it to be posted in at least 3 public places designated by resolution
of the City Council; shall certify to the adoption and posting of this ordinance; and
shall cause this ordinance and its certification, together with proof of posting, to
be entered in the book of ordinances of this City.
The foregoing ordinance was approved and adopted at a meeting of the City
Council held this 19th day of March , 1985 by the following
vote:
AYES: Council Members Allen, Bohnenberger, Pena, Wolff and Mayor Cox.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ATTEST:
DEP~CLE~
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF LA QUINTA )
I, FRANK M. USHER, City Clerk of the City of La Quinta, do
hereby certify the foregoing to be a full, true and correct
copy of Ordinance No. 72 which was adopted at a
regular meeting held on the 19th day of March
1985, not being less than five days following date of
introduction. I further certify that the foregoing
ordinance was posted in three (3) places within the City of
La Quinta.
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