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Palo Alto approves consent calendar including RV/oversized-vehicle rules after extensive public comment
Summary
Despite many residents and local businesses urging stronger enforcement and removal of the item from the consent calendar, the council approved the consent calendar (including item 4 on oversized vehicles and related parking rules); public commenters described safety, sanitation and business impacts from RV dwellers.
Palo Alto’s City Council on Dec. 8 approved its consent calendar, including emergency measures and code amendments addressing oversized vehicles, van loading and detached trailers, after extended public comment from businesses and neighborhood residents who said the city’s business districts are being harmed by a large-and-growing presence of RVs and other vehicle residents.
Dozens of speakers — business owners, residents and advocates — told the council the presence of roughly 200 RVs in some commercial corridors has caused persistent parking loss, blocked sight lines, sanitation concerns, trash on sidewalks, and safety risks…
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