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City’s Oversized Vehicles Ordinance Goes Down
The Coastal Commission has again overruled City of Santa Cruz parking ordinance along the City’s coastline. Renders ordinance useless.
CITY’S OVERSIZED VEHICLE ORDINANCE GOES DOWN
Santa Cruz, JUL 15, 2022
ACLU and Santa Cruz Cares won their appeal against the Oversized Vehicle Ordinance! They plan to continue the struggle in future.
As a result, the Coastal Commission has taken control of the permit process for OVO in the Coastal Zone. Now, the OVO is unenforceable on Delaware Ave, Shaffer Rd, or Natural Bridges unless the Coastal Commission decides that they are allowed to get a permit. In 2016, when the city pitched a previous version of the OVO, HUFF (Homeless United for Friendship and Freedom) appealed the prior ordinance to the Coastal Commission, the Commissioners found a substantial issue.
So the city gave up on implementing the ordinance entirely. They revisited the idea recently, building public support for a revised version for its misguided plans to destabilize vehicle dwellers’ homes.
If a Coastal Commission "de novo" hearing happens later, it will be anywhere from 3-9 months from now. Santa Cruz Cares has promised to keep us informed in future.
This is a monumental victory for the rights of people living in their vehicle. Pass it on!
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The SC Sentinel put out a more detailed story on the weekend. -LL
Santa Cruz, JUL 15, 2022
ACLU and Santa Cruz Cares won their appeal against the Oversized Vehicle Ordinance! They plan to continue the struggle in future.
As a result, the Coastal Commission has taken control of the permit process for OVO in the Coastal Zone. Now, the OVO is unenforceable on Delaware Ave, Shaffer Rd, or Natural Bridges unless the Coastal Commission decides that they are allowed to get a permit. In 2016, when the city pitched a previous version of the OVO, HUFF (Homeless United for Friendship and Freedom) appealed the prior ordinance to the Coastal Commission, the Commissioners found a substantial issue.
So the city gave up on implementing the ordinance entirely. They revisited the idea recently, building public support for a revised version for its misguided plans to destabilize vehicle dwellers’ homes.
If a Coastal Commission "de novo" hearing happens later, it will be anywhere from 3-9 months from now. Santa Cruz Cares has promised to keep us informed in future.
This is a monumental victory for the rights of people living in their vehicle. Pass it on!
###
The SC Sentinel put out a more detailed story on the weekend. -LL
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The Coastal Commission's encouraging decision last month, like it's decision in 2016, didn't stop both the City and the County from creating new laws and setting up parking restriction signs in the Coastal zone. They did this without the required local permits and Coastal Commission permission.
If the past is any indication, they're likely to be continuing this practice.
Please report any citations, warnings, etc. of parking violations along the Coast whether inside Santa Cruz or elsewhere in the Coastal Zone to HUFF (Homeless United fort Friendship & Freedom) and/or Santa Cruz Cares and/or the local ACLU.
You might also post word of such violations here.
If the past is any indication, they're likely to be continuing this practice.
Please report any citations, warnings, etc. of parking violations along the Coast whether inside Santa Cruz or elsewhere in the Coastal Zone to HUFF (Homeless United fort Friendship & Freedom) and/or Santa Cruz Cares and/or the local ACLU.
You might also post word of such violations here.
For more information:
http://www.huffsantacruz.org
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