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Supervisors direct targeted parking ordinance changes to address long-stay vehicles on county roads
Summary
Board directed county staff to work with supervisors and the sheriff to identify problem road segments and amend the county parking ordinance (posting time limitations/no-overnight-parking) to help mitigate long-stay vehicles that raise public-safety and neighborhood concerns; enforcement coordination with HHSA and code compliance was emphasized.
Supervisors and staff discussed repetitive problems with long-stay vehicles and informal encampments on county roads, including situations where vehicles remained for weeks and created safety concerns. Supervisor Tucker described a case in which vehicles remained for 28 days and suggested the existing 72-hour rule lacked practical enforcement value.
County staff recommended three potential approaches: (1) add posted time-limit/no-overnight signs at specific problem locations (simplest and fastest), (2) revise the county's 72-hour ordinance for clarification or stricter enforcement, or (3) adopt a more complex ordinance restricting sleeping in vehicles countywide (most legally complex). The sheriff's office and outreach teams described enforcement challenges and emphasized multi-agency responses (HHSA, code compliance, sheriff) to offer services before citations or removal.
Supervisors asked staff to work with each district supervisor and the sheriff to produce a targeted list of roads and ask staff to prepare an ordinance amendment for the Board's consideration; staff said such amendments are a formal process and would include public notice.
Next steps: Community Development Agency will meet with district supervisors and the sheriff to identify specific road segments, draft ordinance language for targeted no-parking/no-overnight areas and return the item to the Board for formal action and public notice.
