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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 346 CERTIFICATION I, Marcia McClure Torgerson, City Clerk of the City of Atascadero, hereby certify that the foregoing is the true and correct original of Ordinance No. 346 adopted by the Atascadero City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on May 12, 1998 and that it has been duly published pursuant to State Law. DATED: Marcia McClure Torgerson City Clerk City of Atascadero, California ORDINANCE NO. 346 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ATASCADERO ADDING SECTION 4-2.1306 FORBIDDING THE PARKING OF VEHICLES FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISPLAYING FOR SALE IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS WHEREAS, The City Council finds that an ordinance prohibiting the parking of vehicles for the purpose of displaying such vehicle for sale is in the best interests of the City in preserving the health, safety and commerce of the City. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Atascadero does ordain as follows: Section 4-2.1306 of the Atascadero Municipal Code is added to read: 4-2.1306 Parking vehicles for certain purposes prohibited. No person shall park any vehicle including but not limited to boats and motor homes,: (a) On any public or private street located within the city limits for the purpose of displaying such vehicle thereon for sale unless the property is duly licensed and zoned by the City to transact that type of business at that location. (b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not prohibit persons from parking vehicles on private residential property belonging to the owner of the vehicle nor on the public street immediately adjacent to said private residential property. (c) Violation of this section shall result in the following: 1) Issuance of a warning by the Police Department to remove the vehicle within 24 hours. 2) If the vehicle is not moved within 24 hours, the vehicle will be impounded and towed at the owner's expense. 3) If the vehicle is found on a city street in violation of this section a second time within 30 days, the vehicle will be impounded and towed at the owner's expense. (d) Vehicles towed under this section will not be released to the owner until such time as the costs of towing and impounding the vehicle are paid in full. Ordinance No. 346 Page 2 (e) The parking or placing of any vehicle with a sign or other advertising device thereon or proximate thereto indicating such vehicle is for sale shall constitute prima facie evidence that such vehicle was parked or placed for the purpose of displaying same for sale. The foregoing ordinance was approved and adopted at a meeting of the City Council held on May 12,1998, by the following vote: AYES: Council Members Johnson, Lerno, Luna, and Mayor Carden NOES: Council Member Clay ABSENT: None ATTEST: CITY OF ATASCADERO BY: � BY: Marcia M. Torg erson Harold L. Carden II City Clerk Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: BY: a, RA. Hanley Ci Attorney