City Council
MEETING DATE: 3/11/2015
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Review Title 12, Chapter 12.28 of the Cathedral City Municipal Code Parking in Lots of Private Businesses
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FROM:
Pat Milos, Community Development Director
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council receive a report, discuss and provide direction.
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BACKGROUND:
Vehicles parked in the parking lots of private businesses for long periods are frequently targets of graffiti and other vandalism and are unsightly and a visual blight. Staff wishes to add language to the Municipal Code that directly addresses these concerns.
DISCUSSION:
Staff will present the provisions of Cathedral City Municipal Code Title 12 Vehicles and Traffic, Chapter 12.28 Stopping. Standing and Parking. The presentation will include a review of the current code and propose the addition of Chapter 12.28.170 entitled Parking in Lots of Private Businesses.
The following language is proposed for addition to the code:
12.28.170 Parking in Lots of Private Businesses.
A. No vehicle of any kind may be parked or left standing in the parking lot of any private business in the city for a period of longer than seventy-two (72) hours.
B. A vehicle shall not be re-parked or returned to any location within one-half mile of the location where such vehicle was first parked under this section sooner than seventy-two (72) hours following the time that the vehicle was first moved.
C. Vehicles parked in violation of this section are deemed a public nuisance and shall be subject to abatement pursuant to Title 13 of this code.
If Council is in support of the proposed amendment, it will be added to a future agenda for formal action.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Title 12, Chapter 12.28 of the Cathedral City Municipal Code
2. Proposed Chapter 12.28.170 to Title 12 of the Cathedral City Municipal Code