I'd also like to echo the previous commenters. The trucks pose a safety hazard on L St and are seemingly always parked there making L St, effectively, a one lane road during this stretch. Being next to a school where a student might get injured walking home should add extra priority to this complaint.

This app replied that since it's a "truck route" the parking is allowed even though those semis partially block a lane of traffic for everyone else.

We cannot wait for a fatality to solve this problem.

There's also a couple of semis that park on 4th going south before L st next to the tennis courts of the school where children walk to and from school.

This issue needs to be corrected as soon as possible. Many families and students drive and walk this way.

I drive everyday with my kids and it's very difficult to drive around the big semi trucks parked on L Street on the south side of Chula Vista High School. It's very dangerous.

I filed a report on SeeClickFix months ago when these huge trucks, 18 wheelers started parking there and NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE!! Isi it really "SeeClickIgnore?" I thought our city was more responsive than this! To my knowledge there have been two serious injuries accidents at this location. First, a female traveling westbound veered into the parked trucks and in a different incident a male in a motorhome traveling eastbound veered across the center line and impaled his vehicle on another parked truck. It took CV firefighters a long time to cut this man from the wreckage. WHY IS THIS ALLOWED ON OUR RESIDENTIAL STREETS? Does Code Enforcement need to become involved? Perhaps nobody has alerted them to the situation.

City of Chula Vista Municipal Code prohibits these commercial vehicles from being parked there. The stated area is a residential district. 10.52.090 Commercial vehicles – Parking in residential districts prohibited when.

I wrote to Code Enforcement and they quickly responded that parking is a police matter and said they were forwarding my letter to the CVPD. Still 4 or 5 big rigs parked there the night of 3-2-23.

As has been explained on the prior complaints: The trucks are legally parked and on the truck route so long as they are on the north (westbound) side of the street and not in the red or blocking the driveway. There is no enforcement action the Police Department can take against a legally parked vehicle. The Chula Vista Municipal Code section quoted specifically defines a residential area for the purpose of this code, and the north side of the street does not meet the definition of a residential district as defined by the code. This request is being forwarded to Traffic Engineering for further response.

R. Rea (PD) assigned this issue to TrafficEngineering

TrafficEngineering assigned this issue to Traffic Eng Ops D2D3

White trailer has been there for days with no motor. Partly in red. Illinois Plate # 691-457

As you can see, many people are objecting to the presence of these huge trucks and tractor trailers parked in the 400 block of L St., however, the response from the police officer above states that that the North curb line is designated as commercial and the police department can’t do nothing about it. The police officer is moving the complaints over to the city’s engineering department, perhaps for a change of designation in that area. Otherwise it looks like this is going to be a political football kicked back-and-forth by the city’s departments while more serious or fatal accidents occur because of this dangerous practice. I am planning on contacting our new mayor to see if he might become involved in this situation.

Hi all, I just sent an email to the new councilmember of district 2, Jose Preciado, who just recently took office. I'm hoping he can get this issue moving in the appropriate department. I encourage you all do the same voicing your concerns and linking to this thread. Here are the emails to send to:
jpreciado@chulavistaca.gov
District2@chulavistaca.gov

Also note that commercial big rigs also park on 4th Ave (south) before L st right next to the school green area where students walk every day.

Chula Vista residents are submitting complaints to the Police Department via the SeeClixFix app and complaints are being archived and when they archive complaints it removes the compliant from being visible to the public. We want to know how many complaints the Police Department has received regarding the parking of these semi-trucks?

This request which was a new and specific request with new evidence regarding a white trailer that is a danger to the community public was marked as a duplicate and archived in a separate parking complaint that was submitted to the police.

Parking complaints should not be removed until the issue is resolved. The community public needs to see that their neighbors are reporting such matters and share the same concerns.

A white trailer that is inoperable and in red zone has been parked there for more than a week. To my knowledge the police department has been receiving calls about this at least since 2/28/23.

Important point of clarification: Truck Route is NOT synonyms for Truck Parking.

Please consult with your police department legal experts on this.

Parking of recreational vehicles or trailers on public streets is prohibited at all times, except while in the process of actively loading or unloading, or by permit. See Chula Vista Municipal Code §10.52.495 for additional information.

This is a trailer and for even greater safety concern the residents of Chula Vista are being endangered by this trailer that is parked in red zone and inoperable.

https://www.chulavistatoday.com/community/rv-crashes-into-parked-tractor-trailer-in-chula-vista-6235211

I agree these comments shouldn't be archived and left for residents to see and give their opinion. I summited my concerns to District2@chulavistaca.gov and have gotten an confirmation that they have received it.

This trailer does not meet the definition of a recreational trailer as defined in the CVMC listed in the prior comment. The trailer is legally parked.

If you add comments to the existing open or acknowledged complaint, they are not archived. If you continue to open new complaints for the same vehicle/issue while an existing complaint for that vehicle/issue is open/acknowledged, you are only clogging the system and those complaints will be marked as a duplicate and archived.

@Police department- Is this huge cabinless Truck Trailer legally parked into the red curb?

Yes. The vehicle is in exactly the same spot it was parked in all of the prior submitted photographs, no more than a couple of inches into the red. 2 traffic officers and myself have checked it, both before and now after your post. Submitting photos taken from a vantage clearly intended to alter the perception doesn't change where the vehicle actually is.

Hello,
Lt Rea has been helpful explaining the parking regulations for the trucks. Traffic Engineering has reviewed the travel lane widths in the westbound direction as you approach Fifth Ave. Additional red curb has been requested which will eliminate future parking in the transition area where the travel lanes veer slightly to the right.
Thank you

@Police department - Chula Vista Municipal Code §10.52.495 does account for this trailer coach. A semitrailer with no auxiliary is considered a trailer coach. This is not even a motor vehicle.

https://chulavista.municipal.codes/CVMC/10.52.495

See Chula Vista Municipal Code §10.52.495 for additional information.

B. For the purposes of this section, “recreational vehicle” shall include, but is not limited to, the following:

The following information is required in order to issue a Recreational Vehicle / Trailer Permit.

635.
A “trailer coach” is a vehicle, other than a motor vehicle, designed for human habitation or human occupancy for industrial, professional, or commercial purposes, for carrying property on its own structure, and for being drawn by a motor vehicle.

California Code Violation:

CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE VIOLATIONS:

22669(d) Immobilized vehicle parked on any street, alley or public right-of-way lacking parts or equipment to operate safely is declared a hazard to public health, safety and welfare requiring immediate removal.

No. It is not a "trailer coach". Read the definition you provided. A "trailer coach" is designed for human habitation or human occupancy.

No, 22669(d) does not apply. The trailer is not missing any of the parts or equipment required to operate safely.

I assure you. If the Police Department could legally cite or tow this vehicle, we would.

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