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POSTPONED TO A FUTURE DATE.
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Council Chambers on the Friday preceding the meeting.
Special Meeting
Council Conference Room
November 12, 2002 6:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
SPECIAL MEETING
1. (CMR:443:02) Study Session Regarding Recommendations of the
Blue Ribbon Storm Drain Committee
ADJOURNMENT
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Regular Meeting
Council Chambers
November 12, 2002 7:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Members of the public may speak to any item not on the agenda; three minutes per speaker. Council reserves the
right to limit the Oral Communications period to 30 minutes
SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY
1. Green Business Recognition for the City of Palo Alto
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
September 23, 2002
CONSENT CALENDAR
Items will be voted on in one motion unless removed from the calendar by a Council Member.
LEGISLATIVE
2. 2nd Reading – Report and Ordinance of the Council of the
City of Palo Alto Amending Palo Alto Municipal Code Section
18.88.160 Pertaining to Vehicle Equipment Repair and
Storage (1st Reading 10/15/02, Passed 8-0, Kleinberg absent)
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3. (CMR:430:02) Resolution Accepting a $70,000 Grant from the
State of California to Expand the Electrical Load
Curtailment Capability in City Facilities
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto
Approving the Filing of an Acceptance for Grant Money with
the California Energy Commission for a Grant up to $70,000
to Partially Fund the Electric Load Curtailment and
Controls Systems Expansion for City Facilities
ADMINISTRATIVE
4. (CMR:432:02) Utilities Strategic Plan Performance Report,
March 2002 through June 2002
5. (Attorney Report) Request for Authority to Participate as
Amicus Curiae in Second District Court of Appeal Case City
of Long Beach v. State of California Department of
Industrial Relations
6. (Attorney Report) Request for Authorization to Increase the
Amount of the Existing Contract for Legal Services with the
law firms of McCarthy & Berlin, LLP; Davis, Wright &
Tremaine, LLP and Duncan, Weinberg, Genzer & Pembroke, P.C.
COUNCIL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
AGENDA CHANGES, ADDITIONS, AND DELETIONS
HEARINGS REQUIRED BY LAW: Applicants and/or appellants may have up to ten minutes at the outset of the
public discussion to make their remarks and up to three minutes for concluding remarks after other members of the
public have spoken.
OTHER AGENDA ITEMS: Public comments or testimony on agenda items other than Oral Communications shall
be limited to a maximum of five minutes per speaker unless additional time is granted by the presiding officer. The
presiding officer may reduce the allowed time to less than five minutes if necessary to accommodate a larger
number of speakers.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
PUBLIC HEARINGS
7. PUBLIC HEARING: Ordinances Adopting Various Parts of the
2001 California Building Standards Code (Consisting of
State Amendments to the 1997 Uniform Building, 2000 Uniform
Mechanical and Plumbing Codes, and the 1999 National
Electrical Code);and Enacting LocalAmendments.; Making Certain
Findings; and Setting a Public Hearing for November 12,
2002
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2nd Reading: Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo
Alto Adopting Parts 2, 4 and 10 of the 2001 California
Building Standards Code (1997 Uniform Building Code, 2000
Uniform Mechanical Code and California Historical Building
Code, Respectively) and the 2001 California Code for
Building Conservation; Amending Chapter 16.04 of the Palo
Alto Municipal Code; and Making Certain Findings with
Respect Thereto (1st Reading 10/21/02, Passed 8-0, Kleinberg absent)
2nd Reading: Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo
Alto Adopting Part 5 of the 2001 California Building
Standards Code (2000 Uniform Plumbing Code); Amending
Chapter 16.08 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code; and Making
Certain Findings with Respect Thereto (1st Reading 10/21/02,
Passed 8-0, Kleinberg absent)
2nd Reading: Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo
Alto Adopting Part 3 of the 2001 California Building
Standards Code (1999 National Electrical Code); Amending
Chapter 16.16 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code; and Making
Certain Findings with Respect Thereto (1st Reading 10/21/02,
Passed 8-0, Kleinberg absent)
8. (CMR:434:02) PUBLIC HEARING: The Palo Alto City Council
will consider the revised Draft Housing Element of the
Comprehensive Plan which incorporates changes based on
state review and limited staff revisions, including
modifications to the Housing Sites Inventory (Attachment A,
Map, Attachment C, Attachment F, Attachment H, Attachment
J, Attachment I, Attachment K, Attachment L)
Resolution Of The Council Of The City Of Palo Alto Amending
The 1998-2010 City Of Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan And Land
Use And Circulation Map By Adopting The 2002 Housing Element
And Housing Element Technical Document
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
REPORTS OF OFFICIALS
9. (CMR:428:02) Report from the Director of Planning and
Community Services to the City Council to Request a Budget
Amendment Ordinance for a Massing Study for SoFA II
COUNCIL MATTERS
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COUNCIL COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Members of the public may not speak to the item(s).
CLOSED SESSION
This item may occur during the recess or after the Regular Meeting.
Public Comments: Members of the public may speak to the Closed Session item(s); three minutes per speaker.
ADJOURNMENT
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would like information on the City’s compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, may
contact 650-329-2550 (Voice) or 650-328-1199 (TDD)
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ORDINANCE NO. _____
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO
ALTO AMENDING PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE
SECTION 18.88.160 PERTAINING TO VEHICLE
EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND STORAGE
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as
follows:
SECTION 1. Legislative Findings. The Council finds and
declares as follows:
A. The public interest requires that periodic
revision of the municipal code is necessary in order to make
editorial changes for clarification and to make revisions that
are consistent with current practice and public policy.
B. Palo Alto Municipal Code Section 18.88.160
pertaining to vehicle equipment repair and storage requires
revision in order to be consistent with current practice and
public policy.
SECTION 2. Section 18.88.160 of the Palo Alto Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
18.88.160 Vehicle and Equipment Repair and Storage.
Except as otherwise provided, parking is allowed in all
residential districts and on all sites in any other district
used for residential occupancy:
(a) No person shall service, repair, assemble,
disassemble, wreck, modify, restore, or otherwise work on any
vehicle, motor vehicle, camper, camp trailer, trailer, trailer
coach, motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, house car, boat, or
similar conveyance except when conducted within a garage or
accessory building, or during the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00
9:00 p.m. when conducted in an area screened from view from the
street and adjoining lots by a legally located fence, wall, or
equivalent screening. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this
section shall not be construed to prohibit occasional minor
maintenance such as changing spark plugs, oil, belts and hoses.
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(b) No person shall store, place or park any of the
conveyances designated in subsection (a), or any part thereof,
which is disabled, unlicensed, unregistered, inoperative, or
from which an essential or legally required operating part is
removed, including an unmounted camper, camp trailer, trailer,
trailer coach and similar nonmotorized conveyance, or any other
structure or device exceeding .46 cubic meters (sixteen cubic
feet) in volume to be carried upon or in any such conveyance, or
any equipment, machinery, or similar material unless conducted
within a garage or accessory building, or in an area screened
from view from the street and adjoining lots by a legally
located fence, wall, or equivalent screening.
(c) No person shall service, repair, assemble,
disassemble, wreck, modify, restore, or otherwise work on, or
store, place, and park any of the conveyances designated in this
section (excluding [1] passenger vehicles other than house cars,
and [2] “pickup” motor trucks on which no equipment other than a
camper is mounted), whether disabled or fully operative, for an
aggregate period of over seventy-two hours during any continuous
period of ninety-six hours in any open areas on a lot only in
locations where an accessory building or principal building of
equivalent height or bulk would be permitted by the provisions
of this title.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a)
and (b), emergency repairs and short-term or temporary parking
of any conveyance listed in subsection (a), when owned by a
person residing on the lot, may be conducted for an aggregate
period of up to seventy-two hours in any continuous period of
ninety-six hours exclusive of the screening requirements.
(e) For the purpose of this section, references to
types of conveyances shall have the same meanings as defined in
the Vehicle Code of the state of California, where such
definitions are available.
(f) Chapter 18.94 shall not be applicable to this
section.
(g) Subject to securing a permit therefor from the
building official and otherwise complying with applicable law,
the use of a recreational vehicle, as defined in this title, may
be permitted for sleeping purposes only for a period not to
exceed thirty consecutive days in any calendar year for not more
than two nonpaying guests of the occupant of a single-family
dwelling in accord with all applicable regulations governing
parking and storage of vehicles.
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(h) Except in the OS (open space) and AC
(agricultural conservation) districts, no person shall store,
place, or park any of the conveyances designated in this
section, whether disabled or fully operative, in any areas
visible from a public street unless it is parked or stored upon
either permeable or impermeable paving surface.
(i) No person shall store, place, or park any of the
conveyances designated in this section within the thirty-five
foot triangle of property at the intersection of streets
improved for vehicular traffic.
(j) No person shall store, place, or park any of the
conveyances designated in this section in a manner that they
cover more than 50 40 percent of any required front yard.
(k) Violation of this section is a misdemeanor,
punishable as provided in this code. Each day of violation
constitutes a separate offense and may be separately punished.
SECTION 2. The City Attorney shall report to the
Council approximately six months and one year after the
effective date of this ordinance in order to allow Council to
assess further the propriety of misdemeanor penalties.
SECTION 23. The Council finds that this is not a project
under the California Environmental Quality Act and, therefore no
environment impact assessment is necessary.
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SECTION 34. This ordinance shall be effective on the
thirty-first day after the date of its adoption.
INTRODUCED:
PASSED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:
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City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED:
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City Attorney City Manager
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Police Chief
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Director of Administrative
Services