6 rules for unincorporated El Dorado County, California.
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El Dorado County's Title 130 Zoning Ordinance regulates off-street parking and recreational-vehicle uses through Chapter 130.35 (Parking and Loading) and the Temporary Housing Option Recreational Vehicle provisions added by Ordinance No. 5136, which allow one temporary RV on lots of one acre or larger under a permit; on-street parking of RVs in the Tahoe Basin is subject to Sections 10.12.180 and 10.12.184 winter restrictions.
El Dorado County Code Title 130 (Zoning); Ordinance No. 5136 (Temporary Housing Option Recreational Vehicle)
Title 130 of the El Dorado County Code includes the Temporary Housing Option Recreational Vehicle provisions added by Ordinance No. 5136, which allow one temporary recreational vehicle on a parcel measuring one acre or larger as a temporary housing option subject to a permit.
El Dorado County does not adopt a separate countywide commercial-vehicle on-street parking ordinance for unincorporated residential areas; under California Vehicle Code Section 22507.5, the County may, by ordinance or resolution after a public hearing, prohibit or restrict on-street parking of commercial vehicles with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more in residential districts, with exceptions for pickups, deliveries, and bona fide construction at permitted sites.
California Vehicle Code Section 22507.5(a)
Local authorities may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit or restrict the parking or standing on any 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 shall not be effective with respect to any commercial vehicle making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, an...
El Dorado County Ordinance Code Sections 10.12.180 and 10.12.184 prohibit parking on County-owned roads, highways, and rights-of-way in unincorporated areas above 3,000 feet elevation and in the Lake Tahoe Basin Watershed Area whenever the Director of Transportation declares a snow removal condition; outside that area, California Vehicle Code Section 22651 governs removal of obstructing, hazardous, or long-parked vehicles.
El Dorado County Code Section 10.12.184
no person shall park any vehicle on a County-owned public road, highway, or right-of-way, during the period for which the Director of Transportation has declared a 'snow removal condition' exists. Park means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaging in loading or unloading.
El Dorado County does not impose a general countywide overnight on-street parking ban, but in the unincorporated Lake Tahoe Basin and at elevations above 3,000 feet, overnight parking on County-owned roads, highways, and rights-of-way is prohibited whenever the Director of Transportation has declared a snow removal condition (Sections 10.12.180 and 10.12.184); state law (CVC Section 22651(k)) allows removal of any vehicle parked on a highway for 72 or more consecutive hours.
California Vehicle Code Section 22651(k)
A peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, or a regularly employed and salaried employee who is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations of a city, county, or jurisdiction of a state agency in which a vehicle is located may remove a vehicle located within the territorial limits in which the offic...
The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office administers a state-funded vehicle abatement program under California Vehicle Code Section 22710 to remove abandoned vehicles that constitute a public nuisance on public or private property; once tagged, a contracted tow company removes and disposes of the vehicle, and California Vehicle Code Section 22651 provides peace-officer authority to remove vehicles in defined circumstances including 72-hour highway abandonment.
California Vehicle Code Section 22651(k)
If a vehicle is parked or left standing upon a highway for 72 or more consecutive hours in violation of a local ordinance authorizing removal.
In the Lake Tahoe Basin portion of unincorporated El Dorado County (Strawberry east to Tahoma and Meyers), the Board of Supervisors adopted updated winter no-parking restrictions on county-owned public roads, highways, and rights-of-way that are in effect annually from November 1 to May 1. The previous rule prohibited parking only 'when snow removal conditions exist' - which created enforcement ambiguity. The current ordinance, aligned with neighboring Placer County's approach, imposes a flat no-parking rule for the entire winter window so that snow plows can operate without interference. Violations are subject to citation and towing under Title 10 and California Vehicle Code.
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