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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 56851 0290188_20251119_ms29 Ordinance No. 5685 Emergency Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Prohibing Parking of Detached Trailers and Other Non-Motorized Vehicles on Public Streets The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows: SECTION 1. Findings and Declara ons. The City Council ﬁnds and declares as follows: A.Sec on 22507 of the California Vehicle Code authorizes the City to regulate the parking of vehicles on City streets. B.The City has experienced a prolifera on of detached trailers and other non-motorized vehicles parked on public streets and an associated increase in reports of public health, safety and aesthe c concerns. C. Street parking is a limited resource within the City. Storage of detached trailers and other non-motorized vehicles on public streets consumes limited parking supply and impedes the use of the public streets for temporary parking. D. Detached non-motorized vehicles that cannot be moved on a regular basis impede street sweeping and other clean-up opera ons and restrict views of motorists, cyclists and pedestrians. E. Inhabited non-motorized vehicles can lead to unauthorized gray and black water disposal with the poten al for illegal discharges of sep c waste, wastewater, fuels, or trash from such vehicles into City streets, gu ers, or storm drains due to their inability to move to access authorized disposal sites. This is par cularly hazardous to the public health because Palo Alto’s storm drain system ﬂows directly into the San Francisco Bay. The City has an obliga on under federal, state, and regional regula ons to keep pollutants out of the storm drain system. F. Detached trailers and other non-motorized vehicles cannot be easily or quickly moved in an emergency and may therefore cause safety hazards. G. This ordinance is necessary as an emergency measure to preserve the public peace, health, and safety by mi ga ng the public health concerns associated with unauthorized waste disposal and impeded street cleaning and the public safety concerns associated with detached nonmotorized vehicles. SECTION 2. Sec on 10.44.020 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code is amended to read as follows (addi ons underlined, dele ons struck through): 10.44.020 Standing or parking, two a.m. to six a.m. Docusign Envelope ID: 305A4DF0-7512-4F2B-B177-243E0FF44280 2 0290188_20251119_ms29 (a) No person shall, between the hours of two a.m. and six a.m. of any day, unless authorized by a hardship permit issued pursuant to Sec on 10.44.021 or a construc on or maintenance permit issued pursuant to Sec on 10.40.045, park upon streets or alleys located within a residen al zone or public facility zone any of the following vehicles: (1) Oversized vehicles; (2) Trailers; (3) Camper shells; (4) Tow trucks as deﬁned by California Vehicle Code Sec on 615; (5) Special construc on equipment as deﬁned by California Vehicle Code Sec on 565. (b)Notwithstanding the provisions of this sec on, no signs or markings are necessary to give eﬀect to the restric ons and prohibi ons contained in this sec on. No person shall park or leave standing a non-motorized vehicle upon any public street or highway. (1)For the purposes of this subsec on, “non-motorized vehicle” means any trailer, camp trailer, semitrailer or trailer coach as deﬁned by the California Vehicle Code. “Non-motorized vehicle” does not include any bicycle, scooter, or micromobility device. (2)This subsec on shall not apply to a nonmotorized vehicle that is a ached to a vehicle capable of moving the nonmotorized vehicle in a lawful manner upon the street, carries a hardship permit issued pursuant to Sec on 10.44.021 or a construc on or maintenance permit issued pursuant to Sec on 10.40.045, is ac vely being loaded or unloaded, or is undergoing emergency repairs. (c) Where not inconsistent with the U.S. Cons tu on or other applicable law, vehicles parked in viola on of this sec on are subject to tow. SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision, clause, sentence or paragraph of this ordinance, or the applica on to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not aﬀect the other provisions of this Ordinance which can be given eﬀect without the invalid provision or applica on and, to this end, the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable. SECTION 4. Eﬀec ve Date. This ordinance shall be eﬀec ve immediately upon adop on by four-ﬁ hs of the council members present. // // // Docusign Envelope ID: 305A4DF0-7512-4F2B-B177-243E0FF44280 3 0290188_20251119_ms29 SECTION 5. CEQA. The City Council ﬁnds and determines that this Ordinance is not a project within the meaning of seco n 15378 of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) because it has no poten al for resuln g in physical change in the environment, either directly or ulmately. Alternavely, it is exempt from CEQA under CEQA Guidelines secon 15308 as a regulatory acon for the protecon of the environment. INTRODUCED: DECEMBER 8, 2025 PASSED: DECEMBER 8, 2025 AYES: BURT, LAUING, LU, RECKDAHL, STONE, VEENKER NOES: LYTHCOTT-HAIMS ABSTENTIONS: ABSENT: ATTEST: ____________________________ ____________________________ City Clerk Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED: ____________________________ ____________________________ Assistant City Aorney City Manager ____________________________ Chief Transportaon Oﬃcial ____________________________ Chief of Police Docusign Envelope ID: 305A4DF0-7512-4F2B-B177-243E0FF44280 Certificate Of Completion Envelope Id: 305A4DF0-7512-4F2B-B177-243E0FF44280 Status: Completed Subject: ORD 5685 - Emergency Ord Prohibiting Parking of Detached Trailers/Non-Motorized Vehicles Source Envelope: Document Pages: 3 Signatures: 6 Envelope Originator: Certificate Pages: 2 Initials: 0 Christine Prior AutoNav: Enabled EnvelopeId Stamping: Enabled Time Zone: (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) 250 Hamilton Ave Palo Alto , CA 94301 Christine.Prior@PaloAlto.gov IP Address: 165.225.242.120 Record Tracking Status: Original 12/11/2025 8:26:45 AM Holder: Christine Prior Christine.Prior@PaloAlto.gov Location: DocuSign Security Appliance Status: Connected Pool: StateLocal Storage Appliance Status: Connected Pool: City of Palo Alto Location: Docusign Signer Events Signature Timestamp Tim Shimizu Tim.Shimizu@paloalto.gov Assist. City Attorney City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 73.241.45.80 Sent: 12/11/2025 8:36:35 AM Resent: 12/11/2025 8:50:32 AM Viewed: 12/12/2025 2:10:47 PM Signed: 12/12/2025 2:11:03 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via Docusign James Reifschneider James.Reifschneider@paloalto.gov Acting Chief of Police Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None)Signature Adoption: Drawn on Device Using IP Address: 50.226.37.6 Signed using mobile Sent: 12/12/2025 2:11:05 PM Resent: 12/23/2025 1:14:31 PM Viewed: 12/23/2025 1:50:54 PM Signed: 12/23/2025 1:51:09 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via Docusign Ria Hutabarat Lo Ria.Lo@paloalto.gov Chief Transportation Official City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 159.253.162.25 Signed using mobile Sent: 12/23/2025 1:51:11 PM Viewed: 12/30/2025 11:52:52 PM Signed: 12/30/2025 11:55:35 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via Docusign Ed Shikada Ed.Shikada@paloalto.gov City Manager City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 2600:1700:1152:8650:bc68:6830:d7c5:66bf Sent: 12/30/2025 11:55:36 PM Viewed: 1/4/2026 1:38:58 PM Signed: 1/4/2026 1:39:45 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via Docusign Signer Events Signature Timestamp Ed Lauing Ed.Lauing@paloalto.gov Mayor Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None)Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 2601:647:6880:a6f0:b53e:6d6c:cb58:2b85 Sent: 1/4/2026 1:39:46 PM Viewed: 1/4/2026 2:11:14 PM Signed: 1/4/2026 2:11:45 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via Docusign Mahealani Ah Yun Mahealani.AhYun@paloalto.gov City Clerk Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None)Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 170.85.155.47 Sent: 1/4/2026 2:11:46 PM Viewed: 1/6/2026 10:52:01 AM Signed: 1/6/2026 10:52:15 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via Docusign In Person Signer Events Signature Timestamp Editor Delivery Events Status Timestamp Agent Delivery Events Status Timestamp Intermediary Delivery Events Status Timestamp Certified Delivery Events Status Timestamp Carbon Copy Events Status Timestamp Witness Events Signature Timestamp Notary Events Signature Timestamp Envelope Summary Events Status Timestamps Envelope Sent Hashed/Encrypted 12/11/2025 8:36:35 AM Envelope Updated Security Checked 12/11/2025 8:50:32 AM Envelope Updated Security Checked 12/11/2025 8:50:32 AM Envelope Updated Security Checked 12/11/2025 8:50:32 AM Envelope Updated Security Checked 12/23/2025 1:14:30 PM Envelope Updated Security Checked 12/23/2025 1:14:30 PM Certified Delivered Security Checked 1/6/2026 10:52:01 AM Signing Complete Security Checked 1/6/2026 10:52:15 AM Completed Security Checked 1/6/2026 10:52:15 AM Payment Events Status Timestamps