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RV parking - "a public nuisance"
Possible $1,000 per day fine
A boon to storage firms?

Update: Ordinance now to be put to public vote

Parking your RV is becoming more of a problem - and more expensive - in more and more places.

Antioch in California - like many places - has provision in the city code regarding the storage of RVs, boats etc. in residential neighborhoods. RoTi wrote about this in an earlier article - here.

The code declares as �a public nuisance � any trailer, camper, boat or other mobile equipment stored for an unreasonable length of time in any yard areas open to public view from the street causing depreciation of nearby property values.�

The fine for this can be up to $1,000 per day. Storage facilities in the area have been seeing their business boom ... and storage costs are becoming more and more expensive. Residents are fighting back however, and council meetings now feature irate RV and boat owners.

But at the latest city council meeting (6/19/07), according to the Contra Costa Times Antioch leaders decided to put the controversial RV parking ordinance to a public vote, saying the matter has become too divisive and too big for them to render a decision on their own.

This is just one place where RV parking is seen as an issue and parking costs are rising.

What do you think? ...

Readers' comments:
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blueknight : I worked with a group of Boulder City Nevada registered voters to collect 1,974 signatures for one City Council person and 1,978 for the second Council person to have a "RECALL" election, I want to remove them from office for trying to take my right given to me and others under Boulder City Nevada ordinance 10-6.3 to park any legally registered and insured vehicle on the public street directly in front of my residence.

Michael : It should not matter where you live, if you can park a car there you should be able to park your rv, they have a lic. and you do pay taxes on them.

Blueknight : Collecting petition signatures impressed the Mayor and 2 other City Council members to vote against 2 activist new council members and blocked any new law that would prohibit the parking on public streets in Boulder City Nevada. Safety issues wasn't proven, loss of property values wasn't proven, now a recall of these 2 City Council members have begun on March 5th. Voting with your signatures is lethal to elected officals, get involved, fight for your rights.

Stan : Hello, I owned a boat for 10 years, I store my boat in a boat storage to be a good neighbor. My new neighbor got an 30' R.V. and stores it in the driveway. It is a public nuisance and is causing depreciation of property value. What do i do?

Donald Levitt : Hello out there. I live in Fresno. I just bought an RV and I love it. Wished I had started this stuff earlier. I received 3 Municipal citations costing a total of $1,500.00 from the city of Fresno. I parked the RV in my driveway as I was constructing a place on the side of my house for my RV. The city refused to wait while I completed it. TOO BAD, they said and left me with a bill. Now I want to fight it. Does anyone know about these things? What do your municipalities have say about this?

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