Parking of RV's in Front of Resident's Houses
The city council of Garden Grove, CA has passed a new regulation that will require residents with RV's to register with the city for a no-cost permit to park their RV's in front of their residences f...
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Some interesting restrictions, many of which are illegal, but since residents don't know that and don't challenge them...
In California, ALL vehicles are restricted to 72 hour parking on any street or highway (gated, private communities are subject to their own restrictions). California cities have ONLY the authority over streets that the State Legislature gives them, and the California State Attorney General has already made it clear that any additional parking restrictions that a city wants to enact must be applied to ALL vehicles equally (SAG 89-602). That means that if a city wants to restrict RV's to just 12 "permits" per year, they must also restrict all other vehicles to just 12 times per year. If they want to restrict RVs to just 12 hours, they must restrict ALL vehicles to just 12 hours, and if they want to ban RVs from parking on the street at all, they must ban ALL vehicles from the street.
Unfortunately, most cities don't research the issue enough, act emotionally instead of logically, and pass illegally restrictive RV parking ordinances, and then no one challenges them on it.
In California, ALL vehicles are restricted to 72 hour parking on any street or highway (gated, private communities are subject to their own restrictions). California cities have ONLY the authority over streets that the State Legislature gives them, and the California State Attorney General has already made it clear that any additional parking restrictions that a city wants to enact must be applied to ALL vehicles equally (SAG 89-602). That means that if a city wants to restrict RV's to just 12 "permits" per year, they must also restrict all other vehicles to just 12 times per year. If they want to restrict RVs to just 12 hours, they must restrict ALL vehicles to just 12 hours, and if they want to ban RVs from parking on the street at all, they must ban ALL vehicles from the street.
Unfortunately, most cities don't research the issue enough, act emotionally instead of logically, and pass illegally restrictive RV parking ordinances, and then no one challenges them on it.
