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Report regarding introduction of an ordinance adding Chapter 10.78 to the South San Francisco Municipal Code regulating signs on motor vehicles parked, left standing, or operated on city streets or public lands. (Sky Woodruff, City Attorney, and Ali Wolf, Assistant City Attorney)
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RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco waive first reading and introduce an ordinance adding Chapter 10.78 to the South San Francisco Municipal Code regulating signs on motor vehicles parked, left standing, or operated on city streets or public lands.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
Chapter 20.260, within the Zoning Code, sets forth restrictions on signs attached to vehicles within the City of South San Francisco ("City") when those vehicles are on private property. Among other restrictions, Section 20.360.004 currently restricts signs mounted, attached, or painted on a trailer, boat, or motor vehicle when parked, stored, or displayed conspicuously on private premises in a manner intended to attract attention of the public for the purpose of advertising or identifying the business premises, with certain exceptions.
The South San Francisco Municipal Code ("Municipal Code") does not currently regulate signs on vehicles when vehicles are on public streets or public lands. The placement of mounted or attached signs on vehicles using public streets and driving onto public lands, when the signs extend beyond the body of the vehicle threatens the health, safety, and welfare of the public as they create aesthetic blight that adversely affects the quality of life and traffic safety in the City, including but not limited to creating unsafe driving conditions and impacting the line of sight for residents, businesses, pedestrians, bicyclists, and persons in vehicles.
The proposed ordinance would establish that it is unlawful for any person to park, leave standing, or operate a motor vehicle on any public street or public lands in the City when...
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