There will be no more RV street parking in the city of San Diego. The practice of RV and trailer owners of commandeering prime parking spots on city streets month after month,
especially in the beach communities, has gone the way of the dinosaur, thanks to new city of San Diego regulations which are scheduled to go into effect after the California Coastal Commission gives its final approval, which is anticipated to happen as early as October. The Commission must certify certain laws applying to coastal areas.
The current law allows 72 hour street parking, after which time the owner must move their vehicle at least 1/10 of a mile. The city council had tried for 7 years to enact a stricter law, and it finally was passed with a vote of 6-2. The council had entertained two options: either to create a pilot program which would ban RVs in just coastal neighborhoods, or to enact a citywide ban.
The new citywide ordinance will ban street parking of RVs, nonmotorized trailers and oversized vehicles between 2AM and 6AM; additionally, these vehicles will not be allowed to park within 50 feet of an intersection at any time. Violators will receive a $100 ticket. Residents and their guests will be able to apply for permits to park on the same block where their home is located while they are preparing fo
r trips.
The announcement was met with mixed opinions-- elation from hotel and restaurant owners near the beach, to ire from responsible RV owners. Many people agreed that the current 72-hour rule had only been sporadically enforced, and if it had been, might have had a positive effect in removing the “10-20” junky RVs which had taken up permanent residence by the beach for months on end, without ever having been ticketed.
© 2013 Barb Fischer San Diego La Mesa
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