Chapter 8.41
PROHIBITION OF BOAT TRAILER AND TRAILER OVERNIGHT PARKING
Sections:
8.41.040 Parking on City streets.
8.41.050 Violation—Authority to impound.
8.41.010 Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall mean and include:
A. “Boat” means any vessel suitable for and able to float and travel on water, including by paddle, sail, fans, or motorized jet or propeller. This definition includes but is not limited to: hovercraft, fan boats, motor boats, jet skis, personal water craft, canoes, rowboats, sailboats, submarines and submersibles or any vessel required to be registered by the State of California.
B. “Boat trailer” means a trailer or similar conveyance designed for the purpose of carrying or transporting a boat or vessel, whether required to be registered with the State of California or not.
C. “Camper” means a structure on a trailer designed to accommodate persons and equipment, primarily designed and used for “camping.”
D. “Person” means an individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, entity, association, social club, fraternal organization, joint stock company, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, trustee, syndicate, or any other group or combination acting as a unit, excepting the United States of America, the State and any political subdivision of either thereof.
E. “Trailer” means a structure or similar conveyance designed to be drawn, carried or towed by a motor vehicle or required to be registered with the State of California. (Ord. 1488 § 1 (part), 2015)
8.41.020 Limitations.
No person shall park any boat, camper, trailer or boat trailer, whether registered with the State of California or not, on any public property, street, avenue, alley, or other public way, within the City of San Carlos between the hours of ten p.m. and six a.m. the following day, except where use occurs lawfully through issuance of a temporary permit by the Chief of Police, or his/her designee or as provided in Section 8.41.040(C). (Ord. 1488 § 1 (part), 2015)
8.41.030 Permit.
A. The Chief of Police or his/her designee, by written permit, may allow the temporary overnight parking of a boat, camper, trailer or boat trailer on or in any public street or public right-of-way on a finding that the use will not be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare, or unduly impair parking in the street and may impose conditions on the permit.
B. The permit shall be valid for up to fourteen days, or such shorter time as determined by the Chief of Police, and shall not be renewable until a minimum period of six months has passed from the expiration of the prior permit.
C. The permit granted hereunder is subject to revocation at any time the Police Chief finds there has been a violation of conditions of the permit.
D. Whenever a permit is granted under the provisions of this section, vehicles shall be exempt from Section 10.32.400 (seventy-two-hour parking) during the permit period and from Section 8.41.040. (Ord. 1488 § 1 (part), 2015)
8.41.040 Parking on City streets.
A. Except as provided in this chapter, the parking of any boat, camper, trailer or boat trailer on any public street, the definition of which includes any avenue, highway, lane, alley, court or public place, remains subject to regulation of parking pursuant to established City or State traffic and zoning regulations.
B. Except as provided pursuant to subsection C of this section, no person shall park or leave standing a boat, camper, trailer or boat trailer on any public street between the hours of ten p.m. and six a.m. the following day.
C. Notwithstanding subsection B of this section, a person may park a boat, trailer or boat trailer during the hours of ten p.m. and six a.m. the following day on a public street immediately abutting the lot upon which such resident resides, subject to the following limitations:
1. Such parking shall be for the purpose of convenient departure from or return to the residence by such resident in connection with a use of the boat, camper, trailer or boat trailer commencing or ending the same day of such parking, including any loading or unloading for the preparation of the boat, camper, trailer or boat trailer being conveyed incidental to such departure or return; and
2. The parking set forth in subsection C of this section shall in no event occur on more than two occasions during any thirty-day period. (Ord. 1488 § 1 (part), 2015)
8.41.050 Violation—Authority to impound.
A. In the event that any boat, trailer or boat trailer is placed on, located or allowed to stand in any place in the City in violation of the provisions of this chapter, or is used for any purpose in violation of this chapter, a police officer of the City may, at the officer’s discretion, impound such boat, camper, trailer or boat trailer, and cause the same to be taken to an approved storage facility or impound area. The expenses of towing such boat, camper, trailer or boat trailer to such facility or impound area and the storage of same, as herein provided, shall be paid by the person or persons owning such boat, camper, trailer or boat trailer prior to its release.
B. The fine for a parking violation pursuant to this chapter shall be fifty dollars, per violation. (Ord. 1488 § 1 (part), 2015)