A "public parking lot," as used in this Chapter, shall mean
an off-street parking lot or parking structure owned and operated
by the City of Santa Monica or the Parking Authority of the City of
Santa Monica.
(Prior code § 3200; added
by Ord. No. 501CCS, adopted 7/26/60; amended by Ord. No. 2403CCS § 2,
adopted 7/24/12)
(a)
No
person shall park or leave standing any vehicle in any beach parking
lot, except the Santa Monica Pier Deck Parking Lot, Parking Lot 1N,
and the Beach House for any period between sunset and sunrise of the
next succeeding day, without a valid parking permit.
(b)
Beach
parking lot parking permits authorizing parking during times when
it would otherwise be prohibited may be issued as follows:
(1)
To a City resident living in a designated permit area and to a resident's
guest for up to one year;
(2)
To a member of the public participating in or attending a regional
event within the City, if the City Council determines by resolution
that issuing parking permits or parking receipts for beach parking
lots will further the City's interests by facilitating the event.
(c)
The
City Manager or designee shall establish hours of operation for the
Santa Monica Pier Deck Parking Lot.
(Prior code § 3201A; amended
by Ord. No. 1078CCS, adopted 2/14/78; Ord. No. 1680CCS § 1,
adopted 3/30/93; Ord.
No. 2084CCS § 2, adopted 6/24/03; Ord. No. 2305CCS § 1,
adopted 2/9/10; Ord. No.
2403CCS § 2, adopted 7/24/12; Ord. No. 2696CCS § 1,
adopted 3/8/22)
(a)
Parking
fees and permit fees, if any, designated permit areas, exempted periods,
and overstay charges for spaces designated for use of public electric
vehicle charging stations may be established and changed, from time
to time, by resolution.
(b)
The
City Manager, or designee, is authorized to adjust, not more than
twice per year and not more than once in any six-month period, parking
fees, permit fees, if any, designated permit areas, exempted periods,
and overstay charges for spaces designated for use of public electric
vehicle charging stations for any off-street public parking lot, off-street
parking meter, or other off-street public parking facility, including
parking structures and designated permit areas, in order to facilitate
the parking goals set forth in the Land Use and Circulation Element
("LUCE") and based on occupancy, comparable location surveys, and
relationship to adjacent parking facilities. Off-street incremental
parking rates may not be increased or decreased more than twenty-five
percent at any one time and may be adjusted up or down in twenty-five
cent intervals. Overstay charges for spaces designated for use of
public electric vehicle charging stations may not be increased or
decreased more than twenty-five percent at any one time and may be
adjusted up or down in five cent intervals.
(c)
No
parking permit will be issued until all outstanding parking citations
are paid by the permit applicant.
(Added by Ord. No. 2403CCS §
2, adopted 7/24/12; amended by Ord. No. 2573CCS § 1, adopted 5/8/18; Ord. No. 2629CCS § 2,
adopted 1/28/20)
Any vehicle parked or left standing in violation of this Chapter
may be towed from the parking lot and impounded.
The registered owner of the vehicle shall be responsible for
any fees in connection with such towing and impounding.
(Prior code § 3201B; amended
by Ord. No. 1078CCS, adopted 2/14/78; Ord. No. 1680CCS § 2,
adopted 3/30/93; Ord.
No. 2084CCS § 3, adopted 6/24/03; Ord. No. 2403CCS § 2,
adopted 7/24/12)
(a)
Parking Lots with Attendants. No person shall park a vehicle
in a public parking lot with an attendant on duty unless he or she
has paid the posted parking fee and displayed the receipt for payment
on the vehicle. Any person who parks in an attended parking lot when
no attendant is on duty shall pay the parking fee at the pay machine
located in the lot, or, if there is no pay machine, when exiting the
lot if an attendant is then on duty. If a vehicle is parked in an
attended public parking lot without a pay machine and the vehicle
does not display a parking receipt, it shall be presumed that the
vehicle entered the parking lot when there was no attendant on duty.
(b)
Parking Lots with Pay Machines and No Attendants. No person
shall park a vehicle in an unattended public parking lot with a pay
machine unless he or she has paid the posted parking fee. If instructed
by a posted sign to display the receipt of payment, the receipt must
be visibly displayed on the vehicle as instructed by the posted signage.
No person shall exit a public parking lot without payment of the applicable
parking fee at the on-site pay machine for the time that the person's
vehicle was parked in the public parking lot.
(c)
Removal of Parking Receipts Prohibited. No person shall remove
a parking receipt from another vehicle in a public parking lot.
(d)
Transfer of Parking Receipts Prohibited. No person shall transfer
or cause to be transferred a parking receipt from another vehicle
in a public parking lot to avoid payment of posted parking fees.
(Prior code § 3202; added
by Ord. No. 501CCS, adopted 7/26/60; amended by Ord. No. 1941CCS § 1,
adopted 4/27/99; Ord.
No. 2084CCS § 4, adopted 6/24/03; Ord. No. 2403CCS § 2,
adopted 7/24/12; Ord.
No. 2416CCS § 1, adopted 2/26/13)
No person shall remove a vehicle from a public parking lot except
through a marked exit gateway or driveway.
(Prior code § 3204; added
by Ord. No. 501CCS, adopted 7/26/60; amended by Ord. No. 2403CCS § 2,
adopted 7/24/12)
No vehicle shall be parked in any public parking lot except entirely within a space indicated by painted lines, said space being commonly referred to as a "parking space," "parking slot," or "parking stall," unless exempted by permit pursuant to Section 3.04.150 of this Chapter.
(Prior code § 3206; added
by Ord. No. 501CCS, adopted 7/26/60; amended by Ord. No. 2403CCS § 2,
adopted 7/24/12)
No person shall drive a large vehicle as defined in Section 3.12.870 onto any public parking lot, unless the person has a permit issued by the City. This Section does not apply to any large vehicle actively engaged in business deliveries to or pick up from merchants maintaining an established place of business adjacent to such parking lot.
(Prior code § 3209; added
by Ord. No. 501CCS, adopted 7/26/60; amended by Ord. No. 2403CCS § 2,
adopted 7/24/12)
No person shall engage in any sports or recreational activity
in any public parking lot that endangers public health or safety or
threatens injury to persons or damage to property.
(Prior code § 3210; added
by Ord. No. 501CCS, adopted 7/26/60; amended by Ord. No. 2403CCS § 2,
adopted 7/24/12)
No person shall drive a vehicle in excess of the posted speed
limit on any public parking lot.
(Prior code § 3211; added
by Ord. No. 501CCS, adopted 7/26/60; amended by Ord. No. 2403CCS § 2,
adopted 7/24/12)
Unless otherwise posted, no person shall drive a motor vehicle
upon any public parking lot at a speed greater than fifteen miles
per hour.
(Prior code § 3213; added
by Ord. No. 589CCS, adopted 2/19/63; amended by Ord. No. 2403CCS § 2,
adopted 7/24/12)
(a)
Any
person violating any provision of this Chapter, except for provisions
restricting the parking or standing of vehicles, shall be guilty of
either an infraction, which shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding
two hundred fifty dollars per violation, or a misdemeanor, which shall
be punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars per violation,
or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not exceeding six
months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(b)
Any person who violates any provision of this Chapter, except for provisions restricting the parking or standing of vehicles, shall be subject to administrative fines and administrative penalties pursuant to Chapter 1.09 of this Code.
(c)
The
remedies provided in this Chapter are not exclusive, and nothing in
this Chapter shall preclude any person from seeking other remedies,
penalties or procedures provided by law.
(Added by Ord. No. 2403CCS §
2, adopted 7/24/12)
