First Name | Billy |
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Last Name | Newbery |
Email Address | bnewbery@sbcglobal.net |
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Subject | Law requiring movement of vehicles in street |
Comment | San Diego, CA has the following requirement in the Municipal Code. . Subject: Revision to Parking Code – 86.23(G) SDMC Please helpin epealing or modifying the subject parking code. This code reads as follows: 86.23 Use of Streets for Storage, Service or Sale of Vehicles or for Habitation. Prohibited (g) No person shall store or cause to be stored any vehicle upon any street. A vehicle shall be considered stored when it has been left standing on a street without having been moved more than one-tenth 1/10 of a mile within a seventy-two (72) consecutive hour period. The requirement to unnecessarily move any vehicle at least every 72 hours is incompressible. particularly in view of the environmental pollutants exhausted when driving, the shortage of gasoline, the traffic congestion, and traffic safety. The code should be deleted or revised to a more reasonable time period (at least two weeks or more), or motor homes exempted. In my particular case, I own a motor home which I park on the street (no other space available). The motor home is not being stored on the street. It is used on occasion for tailgating, towing boat to go fishing, long vacations (up to two months each year), short visits to the desert, beaches and Arizona, etc. The motorhome is also moved frequently to comply with the law. To move the vehicle, I must drive around a long block, a distance of approximately 0.6 miles, make 4 left turns and cross 2 streets, and then park it right back where it was! What has been gained? Nothing! But what has occurred – pollutants, from the exhaust, have been added to the atmosphere, rubber has been added to the streets, gasoline has been wasted (not to mention the wear and tear on a cold motor) and the vehicle movement has added to the traffic congestion and safety. When the vehicle is a motor home, the result of these occurrences is probably tripled. My motor home consumes about 1/12 of a gallon for that 0.6-mile trip around the block. Multiply this by a minimum of 121 moves per year, a significant amount of gas is wasted and a significant amount of pollutants is added to the already taxed atmosphere. If every vehicle in San Diego complied with the 72-hour standing or parking limit, our smog would be far worse than it is and we would have more traffic congestion. On the contrary to this law, people not driving their vehicles, unnecessarily, should be AWARDED, NOT PENALIZED! Bill Newbery |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2008-11-15 11:53:35 |
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