Vacaville has not codified short-term rental parking conditions because STRs are not authorized in residential zones. Parking for lawful lodging uses (hotels, motels, bed and breakfast inns in commercial/mixed-use districts) is governed by the off-street parking provisions of Title 14 (Land Use and Development Code), which set the minimum number of stalls per guest room and per employee, ADA accessibility, drive-aisle dimensions, and landscaping. For residential addresses, on-street and overnight parking is regulated by Chapter 10.20 (Stopping, Standing and Parking), including a prohibition on parking commercial vehicles with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more within 600 feet of any occupied dwelling and the city's posted permit and time-limit zones.
Because Vacaville does not authorize short-term rentals in residential zones, there is no STR-specific parking-stall requirement, no STR-specific street-permit program, and no published parking-pass rule for transient occupants. Parking for lawful lodging uses follows the Title 14 off-street parking standards adopted in Division 14.09 (Zoning) and the standards section in Chapter 14.09.270, which set use-specific minimums for hotels, motels, and bed and breakfast inns (commonly expressed as one parking space per guest unit plus additional spaces per employee on the largest shift, subject to refinement for specific districts and shared-parking reductions). New lodging projects must satisfy these minimums as part of the use permit and site plan review process administered by the Community Development Department. For street parking adjacent to any property, Vacaville Municipal Code Chapter 10.20 (Stopping, Standing and Parking) sets the operative rules: Section 10.20.020 includes restrictions on parking commercial vehicles with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more on any street within a 600-foot radius of any occupied dwelling (with exceptions for active deliveries), and the chapter generally implements posted no-parking, time-limit, and permit zones throughout the city. Chapter 10.28 (Loading and Unloading) governs designated loading zones. Chapter 10.44 (Motor Vehicles on Public or Private Property) and Chapter 10.48 (Abandoned Vehicles) cover off-street and abandonment issues. Recreational vehicles, oversized vehicles, and trailers are subject to general city parking limits and posted signs rather than a unified RV-storage code.
Off-street parking deficiencies for a lodging project are addressed at the Title 14 use-permit stage by Community Development; failure to maintain required parking after occupancy is a zoning violation enforceable through Chapter 1.28 (Abatement of City Ordinance Violations). On-street violations under Chapter 10.20 are enforced through parking citations issued by the Vacaville Police Department; the city decriminalized parking citations under California Vehicle Code Sections 40200 et seq. and Chapter 10.56 (Violations and Penalties), and the City Council sets the penalty schedule by resolution. Commercial-vehicle parking within 600 feet of an occupied dwelling outside of an active delivery exposes the operator to citation and, for repeated violations, vehicle abatement under Chapter 10.48. Loading-zone misuse is enforced separately under Chapter 10.28.
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