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Council advances amendments to Chapter 90 to revive permit parking, modernize parking payment rules and restrict vehicle habitation
Summary
The San Fernando City Council on July 8 advanced a package of Municipal Code revisions to Chapter 90 that would relaunch a petition‑based residential permit parking program, update city authority over paid parking devices and rates, and prohibit habitation in vehicles and overnight parking of recreational vehicles with a 30‑day outreach period before enforcement.
The city continued a public hearing on proposed amendments to Chapter 90 (Traffic and Vehicles) and advanced the ordinance for first reading on July 8.
What the ordinance would do: - Residential Permit Parking (RPP): Establish a petition‑based process for creating or dissolving RPP zones. The ordinance sets a baseline guideline that a proposed zone should be roughly 1,500 feet of street frontage (about four contiguous blocks) but delegates detailed rules (petition thresholds, block definitions, low‑income fee waivers, signage and enforcement rules) to administrative guidelines prepared by the public works director and reviewed by the Transportation & Public Safety Commission for council approval. - Parking payment devices and rates: Modernize municipal code language to cover pay stations,…
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