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Ordinance 1994-13• ORDINANCE NO. 94 -13 11 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY AMENDING SECTION 15.53 OF THE GILROY CITY CODE TO PROHIBIT THE DISPLAY OF VEHICLES FOR SALE ON STREETS IN AREAS WITH ZONING DESIGNATION M1, M2 (INDUSTRIAL), PO (PROFES- SIONAL OFFICE), Cl (NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL), C2 (CENTRAL COMMERCIAL), C3 (SHOPPING CENTER COMMERCIAL OR CM (COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL), AND TO PROHIBIT THE GREASING, MAINTENANCE OR REPAIR OF VEHICLES ON ANY CITY STREET WHEREAS, displaying vehicles for sale on streets in areas with zoning designation Mi, M2 (Industrial), PO (Professional Office), C1 (Neighborhood Commercial), C2 (Central Commercial), C3 (Shopping Center Commercial) or CM (Commercial Industrial) impedes the safe and efficient movement of vehicles in said areas, creates a hazard to pedestrians crossing streets in said areas, and also results in a visual blight impairing the aesthetic quality of said areas, thus, posing a threat to the public health, safety, and welfare; and, WHEREAS, greasing, maintaining or repairing vehicles parked on any City street impedes the safe and efficient movement of vehicles, presents a hazard to pedestrians, creates numerous potential pollution problems including the discharge of pollutants into the City storm sewer system, and results in a visual blight impairing the aesthetic quality of the City, thus, posing a threat to the public health, safety, and welfare; and, WHEREAS, Section 15.53 presently drafted only prohibits District or Business District for ing a vehicle for sale or for the repairing such vehicle. of the Gilroy Municipal Code as parking in the Central Traffic the principal purpose of display - purposes of washing, greasing or NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I The City Council hereby finds it necessary and appropri- ate in order to protect the public health, safety and welfare to adopt an ordinance amending Section 15.53 of the Gilroy Municipal Code to prohibit the display of a vehicle for sale on streets in areas with zoning designation Mi, M2 (Industrial), PO (Professional Office), Cl (Neighborhood Commercial), C2 (Central Commercial), C3 (Shopping Center Commercial) or CM (Commercial Industrial), and to prohibit the greasing, maintaining or repairing of a vehicle while such vehicle is parked on any City street, except when such repair is necessitated by an emergency. SECTION II Section 15.53 of the Gilroy Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 94 -13 -1- Section 15.53 Restrictions on Displaying Vehicles for Sale and on Repairing Vehicles Parked on City Streets. No person shall: (a) Park a vehicle for the purpose of displaying that vehicle for sale on a street in an area classified according to the Gilroy Zoning Ordinance with the zoning designations M1, M2 (Industrial), PO (Professional Office), C1 (Neighborhood Commercial) , C2 (Central Commercial) , C3 (Shopping Center Commercial) or CM (Commercial Industri- al); or (b) Grease, maintain or repair a vehicle while such vehicle is parked on any City street, except when such repair is necessitated by an emergency. SECTION III This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty (30) days from and after this ordinance's final adoption and approval. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of July, 1994 by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: KLOECKER, MORALES, ROGERS, ROWLISON, VALDEZ, GAGE NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: GILROY ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Norte APPRO 'D: Donald F. Gage, May ATTES 02 ") e Z&�— usanne : E. Steinmetz, City Cle ORDINANCE NO. 94 -13 -2- I, SUSANNE E. STEINMETZ, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do hereby certify that the attached Ordinance No. 94 -13 is an original ordinance, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 18th day of July_ 19 94, at which meeting a quorum was present. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Official Seal of the City of Gilroy this 19th day of July 19 94 City Clerk of the City 6f Gilroy (Seal)