Agenda Item Wording:
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Potential Municipal Ordinance Update - Receive staff presentation and provide comment and/or direction on Visalia Municipal Code Chapter 10.16.050 Use of Streets for Storage of Vehicles Prohibited (on-going parking).
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Deadline for Action: 10/7/2024
Submitting Department: Community Development
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Jesse Villegas, Code Enforcement Officer, jesse.villegas@visalia.city, (559) 713-4191,
Tracy Robertshaw, Neighborhood Preservation Manager, tracy.robertshaw@visalia.city, (559) 713-4187,
Paul Bernal, Planning and Community Preservation Director, paul.bernal@visalia.city, (559) 713-4025,
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the Visalia City Council receive the staff report, presentation, and take public comment regarding Visalia Municipal Code Section 10.16.050 "Use of Streets for Storage of Vehicles Prohibited" and direct to staff revise Section 10.16.050, as noted in the staff report. Changes to the Municipal Code will require the revisions to be adopted by a separate ordinance at a future public hearing before the City Council.
Summary:
Over the past year, Code Enforcement and Visalia Police Department have received numerous complaints related to the storage of personal vehicles and the minimal movement of parked or standing vehicles located on the public street. These complaints tend to mostly consist of personal vehicles (i.e., cars and trucks), recreational vehicles, travel trailers, and camper trailers. These vehicles/trailers/RVs have been found to impact city streets as the storage of these vehicles tends to impair traffic flow, obstruct line of sight visibility near intersections, crosswalks and for drivers backing their vehicles out driveways onto public streets. This has also increased new open cases throughout the city for Code Enforcement and increased the number of calls for service for the Visalia Police Department.
Visalia Municipal Code Section 10.16.050 currently states...
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