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Petition to San Jose Mayor Mahan and City Council Members
Add Sensible Limitation to Front Yard RV/Trailer Parking – Rev A
Current San Jose ordinances allow front yard RV/trailer parking without considering proximity to neighboring homes. Under certain configurations this can result in an RV/trailer parked unreasonably close to the living space of a neighbor’s home, significantly diminishing comfortable enjoyment of the home. San Jose ordinance 17.02.010 prohibits “any thing or condition” which “interferes with comfortable enjoyment of life or property”.
We request that protection be provided against RV/trailer parking closer than a prescribed distance from our street-facing, living-space windows. Adoption of the any of, or a combination of, the following options would provide the requested protection:
- Enforce Existing ordinance (e.g. 17.02.010) in cases where an RV/trailer is parked closer than the prescribed distance from the window
- Limit proximity – allow such parking only if the parking location is at least the prescribed distance from the window
- Require screening – if the parking location is closer than the prescribed distance from the window
A suggested and reasonable prescribed distance is the distance between the impacted window and the street.
If this distance is less than 25 feet, then the prescribed distance shall be 25 feet.
The rationale is to prevent conditions any more intrusive than someone else’s RV parked on the street directly in front of one’s home.
Enforce on complaint and without regard to how long the RV/trailer has been parked in the reported location.