Chapter 3.04 PUBLIC PARKING LOTS

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.

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.

§ 3.04.035 Parking fees and permit fees.

The City Manager or designee shall establish hours of operation for the Santa Monica Pier Deck Parking Lot.

(d)

No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle in the Santa Monica Pier Deck Parking Lot during times when it is prohibited pursuant to subsection (c) or without a valid parking permit.

(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)

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.

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.

§ 3.04.050 Payment of posted fee required.

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)

§ 3.04.040 Towing.

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)

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.

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.

§ 3.04.150 Large vehicles in public parking lots.

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)

§ 3.04.080 Marked exits.

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)

§ 3.04.100 Parking spaces.

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)

§ 3.04.160 Prohibited activities.

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)

§ 3.04.170 Posted speed limits.

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)

§ 3.04.190 Maximum speed limit.

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)

§ 3.04.200 Penalties.

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.

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.