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Ordinance No. 5206
Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Prohibiting Human
Habitation of Vehicles
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) Updating Title 9 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to provide for prohibition of
human habitation of vehicles, to provide for the continued effective
management of public property, and to provide for the continued enjoyment
and accessibility of public property by all Palo Alto residents and the public at
large; and
(b) Vehicle parking and storage restrictions are necessary to promote the health,
safety, aesthetic appearance and general welfare of the public, to stabilize and
protect the residential character of the neighborhoods and residential districts;
and
(c) The human habitation of vehicles causes the City to incur increased costs for
policing, maintenance, sanitation, garbage removal, animal control, and other
problems which may arise; and
(d) The human habitation of vehicles creates a risk to the health, safety, and
welfare of those persons in the vehicles, as well as the public at large.
SECTION 2. Chapter 9.06 of Title 9 (Public Peace, Morals, and Safety) of the
Palo Alto Municipal code is hereby added to read as follows:
"9.06.010 Human Habitation of Vehicles Prohibited
It is unlawful for any person to use, occupy, or permit the use or occupancy of,
any vehicle for human habitation on or in any street, park, alley, public parking lot
or other public way.
The following uses are exempt from the provisions ofthis section:
any mobile living unit used for human habitation allowed by another
provision of this code or required procedure of the city; and
guests of city residents for up to forty-eight consecutive hours when
parked adjacent to the resident's dwelling.
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For purposes of this section, ((human habitation" means the use of a vehicle for a
dwelling place, including but not limited to, sleeping, eating or resting, either single
or in groups and ((vehicle" is defined as set forth in Section 670 of the California
Vehicle Code, as amended.
SECTION 3.
date of its adoption.
This ordinance shall be effective on the thirty-first day after the
INTRODUCED: August 5, 2013
PASSED: August 19, 2013
AYES: BURT, KLEIN, KNISS, PRICE, SCHARFF, SCHMID, SHEPHERD
NOES: HOLMAN
ABSENT: BERMAN
ABSTENTIONS:
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Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
4#irJ 'City Attorney
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