ORD 087 ORDINANCE NO. 87
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE
LA QUINTA MFNICIPAL CODE, PROHIBITING PARKING
OF CERTAIN COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IN THE CITY.
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. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more
than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a
period of not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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 21st day of January , 1986 by the following
vote:
ORDINANCE NO. 87
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AYES: Council Members Allen, Bohnenberger, Cox, Wolff and Mayor Pena.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
Y ATTORNEY ~' '~'~)/~~~
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. 87 which was adopted at a
regular meeting held on the 21st day of January
1986, 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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