...Title
Regulating Oversized Vehicles Citywide. (Mahan, Jimenez, Cohen and Doan)
...Recommendations
Direct the City Manager and the City Attorney to explore the following concepts and return to Council within 90 days with recommendations and a framework for evaluation and discussion. The staff analysis should include:
1. Potential oversized vehicle (boats, large trucks, and recreational vehicles) parking regulations citywide. Staff should research the following potential strategies:
a. Determining if there are appropriate on-street locations (that is, on public right-of-way) that can be identified as safe and permissible for oversized vehicles to be parked, and establishing a free, low-barrier permit program to direct individuals to park their vehicles in those areas, where they could remain temporarily if they adhere to a code of conduct
i. Evaluate the practicality of limiting the number of permits to the number of lived-in RVs counted in the latest point-in-time census
ii. Evaluate the staff and resource implications of providing services like portable sewage disposal to the specified areas
b. Identifying characteristics of city streets, such as narrow streets, streets with bike lanes, and streets within a certain proximity to sensitive receptors, where a new ordinance restricting parking of oversized vehicles could be enforced
c. Designing a pilot program that would phase in implementation and enforcement of oversized vehicle parking restrictions in areas that would most benefit from restrictions
d. Providing notice and maps to residents living in oversized vehicles regarding areas they can park and corresponding enforcement actions
e. Understanding the ability of San José to enforce existing laws and restrictions pertaining to oversized and lived-in vehicles
i. Consider and provide alternative enforcement tools, including the existing 72-hour parking restriction; current street cleaning schedules to maintain our public roads clear of debris, oil...
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