Ordinance - 1628ORDINANCE NO. 1628
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL
CODE, CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE VIII, BY ADDING SECTION
26-391(k) AS IT RELATES TO THE PARKING OR STORING OF
• INOPERABLE VEHICLES ON PROPERTY ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL
USE. (Amendment No. 188)
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as
follows:
SECTION NO. 1: Chapter 26, Article VIII, Division 1, Sec-
tion 26-391 of the West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended by
adding paragraph "k" to read as follows:
k. Parking or storing of inoperable vehicles is prohibited
1. It shall be unlawful to park or store for more than 72
hours any inoperable vehicle in the front yard on property
that is zoned for residential use.
2. It shall be unlawful to park or store for more than 72
hours any inoperable vehicle in areas other than the front
yard that are exposed to view from off -site at ground
level, on property that is zoned for residential use.
3. It shall be unlawful to park or store more than two
(2) inoperable vehicles in areas other than the front yard
that are not exposed to view from off -site at ground
• level, on property that is zoned for residential use ex-
cept in a garage.
4. As used in this section, an inoperable vehicle is any ve-
hicle, defined in Section 26-118, in a state of being dis-
mantled, immovable, assembled, disassembled, unlicensed or
incapable of legally performing its design function on
City or State streets or highways.
5. Inoperable vehicles legally stored on parcels prior to the
adoption of this ordinance shall be permitted to remain on
said parcel for a period not to exceed 30 days from the
effective date of this ordinance, provided that no addi-
tional inoperable vehicles shall be added to the premises
during that period of time.
SECTION NO. 2: The City Council finds and determines that
said Amendment to the Municipal Code is a minor modification to the
City's Zoning Ordinance and is, therefore, categorically exempt
(Class 5) from the requirements of the California Environmental Qual-
ity Act of 1970 (CEQA).
SECTION NO. 3: The City Clerk shall certify to the pas-
sage of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as
required by law.
• PASSED AND APPROVED this 12th day of March , 1984.
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ATTEST:
City. lerk
• STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF WEST COVINA )
I, Helene M. Mooney, City Clerk of the City of West Covina, do here-
by certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1628 was regularly in-
troduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of
the City Council on the 27th day of February , 1984. That,
thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 12th day of March
1984, by the following vote, to.wit:
AYES: Tennant, Bacon, Chappell
NOES : Tice
ABSENT: Shearer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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CERT IFICAT ION
State of California. )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of West Covina. )
I, JANET BERRY, Deputy City Clerk of the City of
West Covina., Sta.te of California., do hereby certify
that a true and accurate copy of Ordinance No.��
was published, pursuant to law, in the West Covina.
Tribune, a. newspaper of general circula.tion published
and circula.ted..in the City of West Covina.
Jane Berry, Deputy City Clerk
City of West Covina, California
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