PARKING REGULATIONS
AS THEY RELATE TO YOUR TRAILER
Effective March 27, 2008, a new law went into effect regarding the permit parking of trailers on City streets. This new law increased the number of thirty-six hour permits to (8) per month for trailer owners who park their trailers on the City's streets. This law requires owners of trailer's to obtain a Parking Permit from the Fountain Valley Police Department PRIOR TO PARKING THE VEHICLE ON THE STREET. The fine amount was also increased to $75 per violation.
HOW TO GET A PERMIT
Initially you must come to the Police Department (Mon-Fri, 7am-7pm) to complete a simple form identifying your trailer and you, the registered owner or operator. Make sure you bring your ID and all supporting registration with you. After we have this initial information stored in our Parking Database, a simple phone call to the Police Department is all that is needed to secure a valid permit when needed. There is no need for any decal, sticker or other physical form of a permit that has to be displayed on your trailer. It’s that simple.
You may obtain no more that two consecutive permits and then must wait 36 hours until obtaining your next permit. However, in no event may you park your RV in excess of 72 hours, a violation of 10.44.080 FVMC.
Please remember that even if your trailer has a current permit on file, it is not exempt from street sweeping (10.44.076 FVMC)
WHAT IS THE LAW?
10.44.260 FVMC- Restricted Parking of Trailers
(a) No person shall stop, stand or park any trailer (as defined in the California Vehicle Code Sections 242, 630, 635 and 636) on any city street. The owner of the trailer or other person having control of the trailer shall also be guilty of the offense if aware that the trailer had been so parked and the person parking the trailer had the express or implied permission to utilize the trailer.
(b) Notwithstanding the above, parking of trailers, as defined in (a) above, shall be allowed for the purposes of loading or unloading or other appropriate short term use provided that one of the following permits has been issued in advance by the police department:
(1) A permit for loading, unloading, or other appropriate short term use for a thirty-six hour period, providing no more than eight such periods are allowed in a calendar month. Such permits may be only issued to a resident of the city and the resident must prove they are the registered owner of the trailer. In residential zones, such parking shall be limited to the area in front of the residence from which the loading or unloading will occur, or in reasonable proximity thereto if the front of the residence is not available for parking, or
(2) Where there are multiple registered owners of a trailer or a resident owns multiple trailers, only (8) permits per residence may be issued in any combination per month.
(3) A permit for visitor parking in a residential zone may be issued for a period of twenty-four hours, providing no more than three such periods are allowed per month per residence. Such permits may only be issued to persons visiting a resident within the city and such visitor must provide proof that the registered owner of the trailer resides outside the city. Such parking shall be limited to the area in front of the host residence, or in reasonable proximity thereto if the front of the hosting residence is not available for parking.
(4) A permit may be issued to park a commercial truck trailer where the person responsible for the trailer can prove the parking of the trailer is for a commercial or other type business in the city. However, no permit will be issued for a commercial vehicle trailer to park during the hours of darkness on any street.
(5) No permit will be issued to allow for a commercial truck trailer to park on a residential street.
(6) The issuance of a parking permit does not alleviate the responsible person or registered owner from other parking laws.
(7) A permit may only be extended for one additional thirty-six hour period. After the second 36-hour permit expires, an applicant must wait 36 hours before applying for an additional permit.
(8) A permit may be granted if any person proves that a medical necessity requires street parking.
(9) The details of the permit system shall be provided in an implementing ordinance.
Please call the Fountain Valley Police Department
Traffic Bureau if you have further questions.
714-593-4481
Or you can email the Traffic Bureau at policetraffic@fountainvalley.org
Once you have filled out the initial form,
you can call 714-593-4485 to obtain a valid permit