BILL NUMBER: AB 2228	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lieu

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend Section 22507.5 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2228, as introduced, Lieu. Vehicles: overnight parking.
   Existing law authorizes local authorities, by ordinance or
resolution, to, among other things, prohibit or restrict the parking
or standing of vehicles on certain streets or highways, or portions
thereof, between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that
law.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 22507.5 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:

   22507.5.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 22507,  a  local
 authorities   authority  may, by ordinance
or resolution, prohibit or restrict the parking or standing of
vehicles on certain streets or highways, or portions thereof, between
the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., and may, by ordinance or resolution,
prohibit or restrict the parking or standing, on  any
  a  street, or portion thereof, in a residential
district, of commercial vehicles having a manufacturer's gross
vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more. The ordinance or
resolution relating to parking between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m.
may provide for a system of permits for the purpose of exempting
from the prohibition or restriction of the ordinance or resolution,
disabled persons, residents, and guests of residents of residential
areas, including, but not limited to, high-density and
multiple-family dwelling areas, lacking adequate offstreet parking
facilities. The ordinance or resolution relating to the parking or
standing of commercial vehicles in a residential district, however,
shall not be effective with respect to any commercial vehicle, or
trailer component thereof, making pickups or deliveries of goods,
wares, and merchandise from or to any building or structure located
on the restricted streets or highways or for the purpose of
delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide repair,
alteration, remodeling, or construction of  any 
 a  building or structure upon the restricted streets or
highways for which a building permit has previously been obtained.
   (b) Subdivision (a) of this section is applicable to vehicles
specified in subdivision (a) of Section 31303, except that an
ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) of this
section shall not permit the parking of those vehicles  which
is   that are  otherwise prohibited under this
code.
   (c) For the purpose of implementing this section,  each
  a  local authority may, by ordinance, define the
term "residential district" in accordance with its zoning ordinance.
The ordinance is not effective unless the legislative body of the
local authority holds a public hearing on the proposed ordinance
prior to its adoption, with notice of the public hearing given in
accordance with Section 65090 of the Government Code.