Part IV Chapter 17.39.070 of the Goleta draft zoning ordinance.

I bought my house and my boat BEFORE Goleta, Inc. came into being. The TOWN of Goleta is NOT a gated enclave. It is NOT a homeowners association. When Goleta starts paying my property tax then they can dictate what I can and cannot store in that driveway. Goleta City Council and planning commission members need to BACK OFF on this. If you want to improve our quality of life and uphold property values then slow down the wholesale, rapid development!

There is something wrong with the program this site is using. It has listed me as living in Carpenteria...and I live in Goleta. AND I recognize a couple other folks' names and I know they live here too....but this site's program shows them living elsewhere in the state..... Would you folks kindly correct this.....and Please change my location to Goleta. Thanks, Jeff Wayco

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness are RIGHTS that we Goletans need to fight for. AND we all need to remember that the Loss of Freedom begins in small neighborhoods and towns and moves to county and state governments. It usually starts with a handful of pushy, vocal "complainers" who our (not) "well intentioned" politicians think speak for the rest of us...and they pass laws that take away our freedoms, one by one. I think our city government has gotten too big and It is time that we remind our city council that they cannot control every aspect of our lives. The few people who have raised this issue Do Not speak for the rest of the thousands of us. Hmmmm, I find it interesting that our neighbors can have pot farms in their back yards and we can't park our boats, trailers, 5th wheels and RV's in our front yards. This is NOT the America I remember...and this is NOT the Goleta I moved to 40 years ago. Let's stop our city counsel before they go any further. We count on our RV for recreation and as our escape vehicle, should a fire or earthquake ravage our home. Please have your family and friends get involved - sign this petition and go to the planning meetings - we need their support....thanks.

My motor home is my family's life-line to safety in case of a disaster. It's stocked with emergency food, water, etc.

This is an outrage

Goleta, the "Goodland". We bought our home here because their was no restrictions on RV parking on your own private property like in Santa Barbara. We also didn't want all the rules and regulations that have in SB. So now after making sure we could have a motor home on our person property, last year we bought a new 2015 RV and spent many long hours of work and expenses to create a parking pad to store our RV on. This is our only vacation recreation that is affordable for us who have also adopted out of the Foster program. "A public nuisance is one that has more far reaching effects. It has the ability to affect the health, safety, welfare or comfort of the public in general. " RV's, etc. parked on our own private property doesn't create a safety hazard, or any condition that would dramatically impact the public interest, health or welfare. Above all else, our country seems to value the right of people to the peaceful, uninterrupted enjoyment of their property. Where will you park all these 1000's of recreational vehicles that you are thinking of taking away from our home? I am a person with disabilities, have you looked into the possibility that this could be discrimination against disable persons? Who is driving this? What City Councils members are for and against this zoning? And what about the mayor, in favor or not? Don't look for re-election next time if this passes by you. The elected ones who are suppose to be protecting Goleta property owners rights, not taking them away from us. Why else did we want Cityhood, so we could have the same rules as Santa Barbara? No way, isn't that right Michael Bennett.

We bought our home in 1984 because we could have our RV. Now the city of Goleta that we call home wants to take that away! We live on social security and can't afford to store it even if there was a place to do so. I thought this was a free country!

I do not own an RV, boat or trailer, but I might one day. This ordinance seems unnecessary and burdensome. I'd even say it lowers the value of the home because it reduces what you can do with your property. Please Goleta: do not do this.

When I bought my home 38 years ago I chose not to buy into a community with arbitrary HOA rules that tell me what color to paint my house or what to park in my driveway. If the city of Goleta wants to take on the responsibility for my front setback I request that they install a new paver driveway and mow my lawn. With all the things now going on in our city I'm regretting my vote on city hood

If RV parking is not going to be allowed in driveways/on private properties, they need to be able to park back on the streets! Don't take privileges away from people who own RVs.

I have owned my home in Goleta for 25 years and parked my RV in my driveway for 20 years with no issues with my neighbors. I keep it covered,clean and leveled in order to maintain a nice curb appeal. There are no options for storage as it is fiNancy ally a burden and not in my budget and ev r n if I could afford this extra monthly expense, there are no avail as be storage units in the area. The City needs to grandfather existing RV owners to continued ability to park as is. Thank you for working with the citizens of goleta.

Why is Goleta trying to be Santa Barbara? Why is this ordinance even being considered? Who's agenda? Sure there are some unsightly vehicles, but there are many more that are actively used and are not a problem. Unsightly yards are a bigger problem than RVs.

I was born and raised in the Neighborhood where I have owned my home now for 13yrs. I have two Recreational vehicles. I have a class c motor home, which I store and have stored off my property in Goleta for 4 years now at $100.00/ mo My Neighbor has for some reason been able to keep his motor home on the street!! why I dont know. What this tells me is that there is no enforcement of this new law that has been put into action. Now you want me to move / store my boat which I have owned for 13 yrs and store in my driveway on my property. FYI city of Goleta !! there is no storage yards available to store RV'S!! If you want me/ us to move our RV'S off of our property(which is costing me $ 0 to store) then you should provide the public with a low cost alternative storage area. Otherwise I am not moving my boat and you can fine me!!

Purchased home in Goleta 20+ yrs ago because did not like all the restrictions in City of SB. Looked into laws regarding RV parking on property and asked neighbors if they would mind me parking my RV in front yard. Found no restrictions and ok with neighbors so spend $70k on new Motor home plus pad to park it on. If this passes I will be forced to sell Motor home at a loss. When looking for a home discovered that lots with RV parking available improved the marketability and actually increased the property value. The city needs to stop taking rights away from landowners. Especially what can be parked in one's own driveway. Goleta Homeowner

These proposed restrictions are just wrong! We cannot allow this to happen!

It would be devastating for my business if I were not able to park my trailer on my property!!! I have an 18' travel trailer parked on my driveway at 6213 Muirfield, Goleta. I am a self employed artist and travel each month with my trailer to art shows and other events to earn my living selling my art. I cannot afford to; 1. pay for a hotel at every event location, and 2. cannot afford to pay for RV storage, which is difficult to find and overpriced in the Goleta/SB area. I also can't imagine after a busy weekend of selling my work and heading home exhausted on Sunday night, having to take my trailer to a storage yard, unload it into my SUV and then make my way home. This then becomes a safety issue when a VERY tired artist must drive any number of miles home, late at night. As an artist I am very aware of how the parking of RV's on residential driveways may not be the most aesthetically pleasing. The new zoning ordinance should take into consideration those who already have an RV on their property (a grandfather clause?) or need their RV readily available for their livelihood! Thank you for your consideration.

I purchased my house on Coronado Drive and my Lance camper before Goleta became a city. My camper parks on the side of my driveway- on my property- without blocking anybody's passage. It is not an eyesore. What or who is driving this proposed ordinance? I strongly object. If we wanted to live with frivolous ordinances we would have chosen Santa Barbara-not Goleta. Why doesn't the City of Goleta put it's power of law into preserving the open space instead of allowing a building frenzy which is rapidly looking like another Los Angeles. Citizens of Goleta, wake up!

Please keep government from trespassing on my American freedoms.

This is truly an uncalled for law that completely does away with a persons property rights. Please do not pass this law or anything like it unless you are preparing the way to deny us the freedoms and rights that so many have fought and died for and that then would be dictatorship with no rights at all.

Seems like a Violation of my Property Rights, I won't Stand, Sit or Tolerate this infringement of our rights!