6-1-430 OVERNIGHT PARKING PROHIBITED—OFF-STREET PARKING OF CERTAIN SIZE VEHICLES.
(a) Residential Streets:
(1) No motor vehicle having more than two (2) axles, or any single vehicle or combination of vehicles, which exceed twenty (20) feet in length, or any single vehicle or combination of vehicles seven (7) feet or more in height, or any single vehicle or combination of vehicles having a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or more shall be parked or left standing upon any street in any Residence District as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 515 between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. Emergency vehicles as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 165 are exempt from this provision.
(2) No motor vehicle shall be parked or left standing upon any street in any Residence District as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 515 between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., if any portion of such vehicle, when so parked or left standing, extends beyond eight (8) feet from the face of the curb. Emergency vehicles as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 165 are exempt from this provision.
(3) The City Manager may exempt an individual vehicle from the provisions of subsection (a)(1) of this section for owners of recreational vehicles upon request by the person in possession and control of such recreational vehicle of a reasonable need therefor. Such exemption shall expire at a specified time within seventy-two (72) hours, except that the City Manager or designee may extend such exemption for no more than one additional period of seventy-two (72) hours upon a request by a person in possession and control of such recreational vehicle that because of unusual circumstances, enforcement of said provision as to such recreational vehicle would cause undue hardship to such person. Such exemption and extension may be allowed twenty-four (24) times per year, equating to twenty-four (24) roundtrip permits per year for each San Leandro household. Vehicle owners requesting an exemption must register each request for exemption with the San Leandro Police Department. For purposes of this section, a recreational vehicle is as defined in Sections 18009.3 and 18010 of the California Health and Safety Code.
(4) The City Manager shall grant a variance from the provisions of subsection (a)(1) of this section if, from the information presented in an application for such variance, the following facts are established:
(i) The vehicle in question would otherwise be subject to the provisions of subsection (a)(1) of this section; and
(ii) Such vehicle is the sole vehicle registered to persons residing at the premises in question and is customarily parked at such premises; and
(iii) Such vehicle is unable to be parked off-street in compliance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.
A variance granted pursuant to these provisions shall remain valid only so long as the necessary facts established in order to obtain the variance continue to exist.
(b) Off-Street Parking of Vehicles of Certain Size—Residential:
(1) No motor vehicle exceeding the following two (2) dimensions: twenty (20) feet in length and seven (7) feet in height shall be parked or left standing within twenty (20) feet of the front yard or Street side yard (on a corner lot) side of the sidewalk; provided, however, that such motor vehicles may be so parked or left standing on the driveway portion thereof, if space is not available upon the driveway of the vehicles to be parked beyond said twenty (20) feet, or if space is not available in the rear yard or side yard, or there is no reasonable access to either the rear yard or side yard; a corner lot is presumed to have reasonable access to the rear yard.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (b)(1) of this section, no part of any motor vehicle may extend over the public sidewalk.
(c) Non-Motorized Vehicles: Except as provided herein, no vehicle other than a motor vehicle as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 415 shall be parked or left standing upon any street, except:
(1) Non-motorized vehicles owned, operated, or controlled by the City, so long as such non-motorized vehicles are parked or left standing for purposes reasonably related to official City business.
(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section, a fifth-wheel travel trailer as defined in Section 324 of the California Vehicle Code, a travel coach as defined in Section 635 of the California Vehicle Code, a vehicle designed for recreational purposes to carry persons or property on its own structure and so constructed as to be drawn by a motor vehicle, or any other trailer, whether attached or unattached to a motor vehicle, may be granted an exemption by the City Manager to park in a residence district, as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 515, under the same conditions applicable to motor vehicles as set forth in subsection (a)(3), of this section.
(d) Parking of Commercial Vehicles—Residential:
(1) No vehicle having more than two (2) axles, or any single commercial vehicle or combination of said vehicles, which exceed twenty (20) feet in length or seven (7) feet or more in height, any single commercial vehicle or combination of said vehicles seven (7) feet or more in width, or any single commercial vehicle or combination of said vehicles having a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or more shall be parked or left standing upon any street in any Residence District as defined by California Vehicle Code Section 515, except:
(i) For such reasonable time in excess of two (2) hours that may be necessary for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, and merchandise from or to any building or structure or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used for repair, alteration, remodeling, or construction of any building or structure upon a restricted street or highway; or
(ii) For such reasonable time in excess of two (2) hours that may be necessary when such vehicle is parked in connection with the performance of a service to or on a property in which such vehicle is parked; or
(iii) For such reasonable time in excess of two (2) hours that may be necessary time to make emergency repairs.
No regulations adopted in this section shall apply to any vehicle owned by a public utility or licensed contract while necessarily in use in the construction, installation, or repair of any public utility.