Fanny never expected she’d uproot her four children from their Santa Clara apartment to a small RV parked on a side street off Stevens Creek Boulevard in Cupertino. When her landlord kicked her out due to a minor dispute about two months ago, she began renting the RV for $900 a month to stay off the streets as a single mother.
Now, her future, along with roughly 20 other households that park their RVs in the same area, is uncertain as Cupertino works to enact a policy prohibiting prolonged RV parking.
The Cupertino City Council unanimously voted Sept. 3 to require permits for oversized vehicles on public streets to address neighborhood complaints about RVs parked along Saich Way and Alves and Bandley drives. Each household in the city can receive up to 20 free permits annually to park their RVs in the same spot for up to 72 hours. Residents who violate the permit program will be cited. The city is still determining the citation cost…