This Chapter is adopted pursuant to the City's police powers
and Vehicle Code Section 22507, and any successor statute or regulation,
in order to allow permit parking in specified areas within the City's
jurisdiction.
(Ord. 1312 § 6, 5/23/16)
Unless the contrary is stated or clearly appears from the context,
the following definitions will govern the construction of the words
and phrases used in this Chapter:
means the City Manager, Director of Public Safety, or their
designees.
means any self-contained house, apartment, stock cooperative,
or condominium occupied solely for residential purposes.
means for purposes of preferential parking district formation
only, all residential property abutting or having frontage along one
side of the right-of-way of a public street or highway between a street
or highway and a railroad right-of-way, terminus or dead-end street
or highway, or City boundary. An intersecting street or highway only
determines the boundary of the parking block on the side of the street
or highway that it intersects.
means any area specially designated by resolution as a residential
or business parking district.
means any person who lives in a dwelling unit located in
a specified area.
means locations within the City's jurisdiction designated
by City Council resolution as permit parking areas.
means a person visiting residents living in a dwelling unit
in a specified area.
(Ord. 1312 § 6, 5/23/16; Ord. 1366 § 1, 11/13/18; Ord. 1412 §
1, 4/11/21)
The time limitations on standing or parking in this Code will
not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive
provisions of the Vehicle Code or this Code prohibiting or limiting
the standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified
times.
(Ord. 1312 § 6, 5/23/16)
Every person who is issued a notice of parking violation pursuant
to this Chapter may request review of that notice under Vehicle Code
Sections 40215, et seq.
(Ord. 1312 § 6, 5/23/16)
A.
Except
as otherwise provided in this section, it is unlawful for any person
to park or leave standing any vehicle on any street or structure in
a parking permit area.
B.
Exceptions.
This section does not apply:
1.
To
any person holding a valid vehicle parking permit issued pursuant
to this Chapter;
2.
To
any person holding a valid handicap permit issued pursuant to applicable
law;
3.
To
the following vehicles, provided that the vehicle operators are actively
working or on-duty:
a.
Vehicles with exempt "E" plates;
b.
Vehicles bearing United States government plates;
c.
Utility company vehicles displaying warning devices;
d.
Commercial vehicles engaged in work that requires the vehicle to
be parked in a particular location;
e.
Contractors providing service to a property located in a specified
area;
f.
Vehicles engaged in the performance of services contracted by the
City; or
g.
Any public emergency vehicle.
(Ord. 1312 § 6, 5/23/16)
A.
It
is unlawful for any person to falsely represent themselves as eligible
for a parking permit under this Chapter or to furnish false information
in an application for a parking permit.
B.
It
is unlawful for any person to copy, produce, or otherwise bring into
existence a facsimile or counterfeit parking permit.
C.
It
is unlawful for any person to knowingly use or display a facsimile
or counterfeit parking permit, with intent to evade prohibitions or
limitations on parking in a specified area.
(Ord. 1312 § 6, 5/23/16)
Every person seeking a parking permit must file an application
with the Director of Public Safety containing the following:
A.
The
name, address and phone number of the registered owner and applicant
of the designated vehicle;
B.
The
license number, make and model of the designated vehicle;
C.
Additional
information the Director of Public Safety may reasonably require;
and
D.
The
applicant must sign an application under penalty of perjury.
(Ord. 1312 § 6, 5/23/16)
Applicants for permits issued pursuant to this Chapter will
pay to the City a fee equal to the sum of money sufficient to reimburse
the City for all expenses incurred by it in connection with processing
permit applications, along with any other costs that are reasonable
and necessary to ensure their effectiveness. The amount of such fees
will be established periodically by City Council resolution.
Where an annual permit is purchased after June 30th, the permit
holder need only pay 50% of the regular fee for the annual permit.
Current fees are listed in the Comprehensive User Fee Schedule,
which is available at the City Clerk's office.
(Ord. 1312 § 6, 5/23/16)
B.
Use
of any permit issued pursuant to this Chapter will conform to the
general permit conditions of this Chapter.
(Ord. 1312 § 6, 5/23/16)
A parking permit is valid for one calendar year. Upon expiration,
the applicant may apply for and be granted additional parking permits
if the applicant still qualifies under the conditions set forth herein.
(Ord. 1312 § 6, 5/23/16)
A permit must be denied if the Director of Public Safety finds
that:
A.
The
applicant is not a bona fide City resident;
B.
The
proposed location is not in a specified location;
C.
Information
submitted by the applicant is materially false; or
D.
The
number of permits issued exceed the number allowed by this Chapter.
(Ord. 1312 § 6, 5/23/16)
Permits issued pursuant to this Chapter will be in a form prescribed
by the City and include the permit number, the letter of the permit
parking district, and the expiration date.
(Ord. 1312 § 6, 5/23/16)
All permits will be hung from the rear view mirror of the vehicle
to which it relates so that it is clearly visible from the exterior
of the vehicle.
(Ord. 1312 § 6, 5/23/16)
Signs giving reasonable notice of the prohibitions contained
in this section will be erected within the specified areas as required
by the Vehicle Code.
(Ord. 1312 § 6, 5/23/16)
The City Council may designate specified areas by resolution
upon making the following findings:
A.
Vehicles
owned or operated by persons who are not residents substantially and
regularly interfere with the use of the majority of available public
street or alley parking spaces in the proposed specified area by adjacent
residents;
B.
Interference
by such vehicles occurs in the proposed specified area at regular
and significant daily or weekly intervals;
C.
Such
vehicles cause or are the source of unreasonable noise, traffic hazards,
environmental pollution, or devaluation of real property in the area
of the proposed specified area; and
D.
There
is shortage of reasonably available and convenient residential related
parking spaces within the proposed specified area.
(Ord. 1312 § 6, 5/23/16)
A.
A specified
area may be requested through a petition signed by residents living
in at least 66% of the dwelling units of the proposed specified area
and the Director of Public Safety verifies that the petition contains
signatures from a sufficient number of qualified persons. Alternatively,
a specified area may be requested by order of the City Council without
a petition. Once the request has been made by the resident petition
process or by order of the City Council, the Director of Public Safety
must undertake such surveys or studies as are deemed necessary to
determine whether the area should be designated a specified area and
must report his/her findings to the City Council.
B.
A specified
area must consist of at least one parking block. In the absence of
an intersective street or highway, the City Council can determine
the length of a parking block, which ordinarily cannot be less than
750 feet. The City Council may, but is not required to, approve a
parking block smaller than 750 feet if it can find, based upon substantive
evidence provided by residents or the Director of Public Safety, that:
(1) a smaller parking block is desirable to protect public health
and safety; and (2) that a smaller parking block will not unfairly
interfere with on-street parking serving other nearby properties.
C.
Before
residents may present a petition, they must notify all affected residents
and provide the Director of Public Safety with sufficient evidence
to demonstrate that all affected residents have been notified.
(Ord. 1312 § 6, 5/23/16; Ord. 1366 § 2, 11/13/18; Ord. 1412 §
2, 4/11/21)
Proceedings to dissolve a specified area must be initiated upon
receipt and verification of a petition signed by residents living
in 66% of the dwelling units within the specified area or upon adoption
of a resolution by the City Council. A dissolution must be accomplished
by City Council resolution.
(Ord. 1312 § 6, 5/23/16)
Specified areas established before the effective date of the
ordinance codified in this Chapter, as established by City Council
resolution, will continue in effect unless subsequently modified or
dissolved in accordance with this Chapter.
(Ord. 1312 § 6, 5/23/16)
A.
The
Director of Public Safety must issue permits for preferential parking
and the Finance Director must collect all fees.
B.
Permit
applicants must present proof that they reside in a dwelling unit
in a specified area.
C.
Applicants
requesting more than four permits for a dwelling unit may be granted
additional permits by the Director of Public Safety upon showing that
there are more than four vehicles registered at the dwelling unit,
and that sufficient off-street parking is not available to the applicant,
and that to deny such additional permits would constitute a hardship.
D.
Parking
permits issued pursuant to this Chapter will remain in effect for
a period of one year or fraction thereof, and may be renewed for a
period of one year, as long as the permit holder continues to reside
in the dwelling unit, or until the specified area for which the permit
was issued is dissolved, whichever period of time is less.
E.
Residents
may also receive temporary residential parking permits for use by
their guests at no cost. Temporary permits will be issued to residents
upon application to the Director of Public Safety. A resident may
obtain permits for any of the following holidays: New Year's Day,
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Lincoln's Birthday, President's Day,
Cesar Chavez Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus
Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas
Eve Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve Day. In addition, a resident
may obtain permits for three non-holiday days per year.
F.
Use
of a temporary permit may not exceed 24 hours. A maximum of 15 temporary
residential parking permits may be used per day for each dwelling
unit. Each such permit must have the date, street name, and name of
the person approving the permit.
G.
A parking
permit does not guarantee or reserve to the holder thereof an on-street
parking space within the designated specified area.
H.
Each
permit issued pursuant to this Chapter is subject to each and every
condition and restriction set forth in this Chapter and as further
provided by resolution establishing the specified area for which it
was issued. Such a permit cannot be construed to be a permit for,
or approval of, any violation of any provision of this Code or any
other applicable law.
(Ord. 1312 § 6, 5/23/16)
A.
A person may apply for a commercial permit authorizing a vehicle to remain parked in a City-owned or City-controlled parking lot during periods when the lot is designated as closed pursuant to Section 10.12.020(E) of this Code. The Director of Public Safety is responsible for issuing permits and the Finance Director is responsible for collecting any permit fees.
B.
Applicants
must present proof that they own, or are employed by, a business located
within 300 feet of the City-owned or City-controlled parking lot and
that denial of parking would constitute a hardship. In deciding whether
to grant or deny a permit, the Director of Public Safety may consider
the distance between the parking lot and the location where the applicant
is employed, the degree of hardship an applicant would experience
if a permit was denied, and the number of permits previously issued
for the parking lot.
C.
Parking
permits issued pursuant to this Chapter will remain in effect for
a period of one year or fraction thereof, and may be renewed for a
period of one year. If an applicant wishes to renew a permit, he or
she must demonstrate that the conditions which formed the basis for
the decision to grant a parking permit have not substantially changed.
D.
A parking
permit does not guarantee or reserve to the holder a space within
the designated the Cityowned or City-controlled parking lot.
E.
Each
permit issued pursuant to this Chapter is subject to each and every
condition and restriction set forth in this chapter and as further
provided by resolution establishing the specified area for which it
was issued. Such a permit cannot be construed to be a permit for,
or approval of, any violation of any provision of this Code or any
other applicable law.
(Ord. 1312 § 6, 5/23/16)
The Director of Public Safety is authorized to promulgate administrative
policies and procedures to implement this chapter including, without
limitation, posting signs on streets designated as specified areas.
These rules must be submitted to and approved by the City Council.
(Ord. 1312 § 6, 5/23/16)
