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Ordinance No. 5286
Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Repealing the Prohibition
on Human Habitation of Vehicles (Ordinance No. 5206, codified as Palo
Alto Municipal Code Section 9.06.010)
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The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. Findings and Declarations. The City Council finds and declares as
(a) On August 5, 2013, the City Council passed on first reading an ordinance
amending the Palo Alto Municipal Code, Chapter 9, to add Section 9.06.010, prohibiting the
human habitation of vehicles.
(b) In conjunction with adopting the ordinance, the Council, by motion, directed
City staff to stay enforcement of the ordinance for six months to allow for public education and
outreach regarding the ordinance. The ordinance passed on second reading on August 19,
2013, and became effective September 19, 2013. At that time, City staff prepared for a period
of education and outreach. Enforcement of the ordinance was stayed through February 10,
2014.
(c) In June 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the Los
Angeles vehicle habitation ordinance was unconstitutionally vague in violation of the First and
Fourteenth Amendments. Cheyenne Desertrain, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Case No. 11-
56957 (9th Cir. June 19, 2014).
(d) Since initial passage of the ordinance, the City has engaged in social services
outreach using $250,000 appropriated by the City Council in the fall of 2013, together with
funding provided by the County of Santa Clara for housing subsidies.
SECTION 2. Section 9.06.010 of Chapter 9.06 of Title 9 (Public Peace, Morals,
and Safety) ofthe Palo Alto Municipal code is hereby repealed in its entirety.
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SECTION 3.
date of its adoption.
This ordinance shall be effective on the thirty-first day after the
INTRODUCED: November 17, 2014
PASSED: December 1, 2014
AYES: BERMAN, BURT, HOLMAN, KNISS, PRICE, SCHARFF, SCHMID, SHEPHERD
NOES: KLEIN
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATIEST: ~~ M CityClerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED:
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