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Department Approval �. � �. Item Description BACKGROUND 1J� REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 04-21-2014 Item No.: 9.a City Manager Approval �� � A request by the Community Development Department to amend Roseville's City Code to prohibit the long term storage of trailers, boats on trailers, and large RV's on public streets. City staff (Police and Community Development) periodically receive complaints when a resident parks a trailer, a boat on a trailer, or, a large RV on a public street in a residential neighborhood for extended periods. Sometimes these are parked on the street, continuously, for periods exceeding a month, or, all summer long without ever moving. In effect they are being `stored' on the public street. While many other cities regulate the placement of large RV's or boat/trailer combinations on public streets, Roseville's City Code presently does not. However, Roseville's public roadways were not designed, nor intended, for this purpose. In response to concerns from citizens, Council requested the Community Development Department address the issue of long term storage of trailers, boats on trailers, and large RV's on public streets. Community Development Department staff is proposing a City Code ordinance amendment that will identify the long term storage of trailers, boats on trailers, and RV's, on public streets, a public nuisance violation (within City Code Section 407). This amendment is specifically structured to: • Allow the parking of trailers, boats on trailers and large recreational vehicles on a public street (subject to existing regulations) for a maximum period of 4 days in any (and each) calendar month. • Not affect the allowed parking of other types of vehicles on public streets (cars, trucks, smaller RV's, etc.). • Not affect the allowed parking of these items on one's own driveway. • Allow for residents to park these items on a public street for a few days at a time (often residents will bring one home from storage to clean or pack it for a trip). • Allow for visiting relatives, arriving in an RV, to park on a public street for a few days or a week at a time. • Address violations effectively: limit the ability to circumvent the ordinance by simply moving an item periodically, and, bring violations before City Council relatively quickly. • Allow an affected resident to speak before Council and identify any special circumstances. • Allow for Council to review and rule on a violation prior to any staff abatement action (such as impound). • Allow for staff to abate a violation (and impound a trailer, a boat on a trailer, or, an RV, under Section 406.06 City Abatement of Public Nuisances) following authorization from Council. Page 1 of 2