ORDINANCE 1261ORDINANCE NO. 1261
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO AMENDING
SECTION 20.54.050E AND ADDING SECTION 9.42.010 TO THE EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO THE USE OF VEHICLES FOR HUMAN HABITATION
WHEREAS, the City desires to amend an existing ordinance and enact a new
ordinance to protect the public health, safety and general welfare;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 20.54.050 of the El Segundo Municipal shall be
amended to read as follows:
E. Parking of Licensed Recreation Vehicles and Habitable Vehicles.
Parking of any mobile home, camper, house trailer or other
habitable vehicle outside of an authorized mobile home park
or licensed recreation vehicle parking facility is prohibited
except that such vehicles may be parked on any public
property or right of way subject to any applicable parking
restrictions including without limitation Section 9.42.010 of the
El Segundo Municipal Code, or on any developed residential
lot as long as the vehicle, if parked in a front yard, is parked
on a nonporous surface pad adequate to accommodate the
parked vehicle.
2. A habitable vehicle parked on private property may be
occupied for residential purposes for no longer than 72 hours
(outside of an authorized mobile home park) within any 30
day period. No habitable vehicle may be occupied for
commercial purposes except as provided by Section
16.04.140 of the El Segundo Municipal Code.
SECTION 2. Section 9.42.010 shall be added to the El Segundo Municipal
Code as follows:
°9.42.010 USE OF VEHICLES FOR HUMAN HABITATION
(a) No person shall use or occupy or permit the use or occupancy of any
mobile home, camper, house, trailer or other recreational vehicle for
human habitation, including but not limited to sleeping, eating or resting,
on any street, park, beach, square, avenue, alley, public parking lot or
public way, within the City between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00
a.m.
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(b) No person shall use or occupy or permit the use or occupancy of any
motor vehicle for human habitation, including but not limited to sleeping,
eating or resting, on any street, park, beach, square, avenue, alley,
parking lot or public way, within the City, between the hours of 10:00
p.m. and 6:00 a.m. For purposes of this Section, "motor vehicle" shall
mean any self - propelled vehicle other than a house car, camper or
trailer coach. For purposes of this section "habitation" shall mean the
use of a motor vehicle for a dwelling place, and shall not mean the use
of a motor vehicle for amelioration of sickness or other temporary
physical inabilities causing an inability to operate such a motor vehicle.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence,
clause or phrase of this ordinance or any part thereof is for any reason held to be
unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this
ordinance or any part thereof.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance
and shall cause the same to be posted as required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 1st day of October 1996.
Sandra Jacobs, hffiOr
ATTESTED: City of El Segu o, alifomia
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Cindy M e en,
City Clerk (SEAL)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mark Hen ley,
City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 1261 was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of
the City Council on the i s t _day of nc. r nj,,,. , 1996, by the following four -
fifths vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Mayor Jacobs, Councilmember5 Friodkin',- Weston, Gordon
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Mayor ProTem Wernick
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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Cindy rtese ,
City Clerk
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