The city council shall establish, by ordinance or resolution,
parking restrictions for the municipally owned parking lots.
(Code 1957, § 6218; Ord. No. 1460, § 1, 10-20-71; Ord. No. 74-49, § 1, 11-13-74; Ord. No. 77-37, § 1, 6-29-77)
The city council shall establish by ordinance or resolution
spaces for all-day employee parking in the municipally owned parking
lots.
(Code 1957, § 6131; Ord. No. 1460, § 2, 10-20-71; Ord. No. 1537, § 1, 9-13-72; Ord. No. 1561, § 1, 11-8-72; Ord. No. 74-49, § 2, 11-13-74; Ord. No. 76-14, § 1, 5-26-76; Ord. No. 77-37, § 2, 6-29-77)
The management and operation of municipal parking lots under
this division shall be by the city manager or his or her designee.
Management and operation shall include, but not be limited to, the
definition of the manner of payment for the privilege of parking,
the manner of displaying the evidence of said privilege and the manner
of posting designated parking spaces.
(Code 1957, § 6232; Ord. No. 1460, § 2,10-20-71; Ord. No. 2001-17, § 1, 7-11-01)
All motor vehicles parked upon any City of Escondido parking
lot with a City of Escondido parking permit must properly display
the permit in accordance with this division and/or the additional
directives of the city manager or his or her designee.
(a) The
City of Escondido parking permit shall be affixed to the exterior
surface of the lower-most portion of the rear window, in a seven inch
square farthest removed from the driver. If the motor vehicle is not
equipped with a rear window or the permit cannot be clearly seen when
placed on the rear window, the permit shall be affixed to the exterior
surface on the right rear of the vehicle. The permit must be clearly
visible 20 feet to the rear of the vehicle.
(b) Motorcycles.
If the motor vehicle is a motorcycle, the permit may be displayed
on any portion of the vehicle where the permit is clearly visible
20 feet to the rear. The permit may also be affixed to the front fork
tubes where the permit is clearly visible 20 feet to the front.
(c) Customer
permits; Special permits; Unassigned permits. When a customer permit,
special permit or unassigned permit is used, the permit shall be displayed
by attaching the permit hangar to the vehicle's rear view mirror.
The face of the permit shall face forward and be clearly visible 20
feet to the front of the vehicle. If the permit hangar cannot be attached
to the mirror, the permit must be displayed on the driver's side dashboard
of the vehicle and must be clearly visible through the windshield.
A vehicle displaying a customer permit shall be exempt from overtime
parking violations both on street and in City of Escondido parking
lots. A vehicle displaying a special permit or unassigned permit shall
be exempt from overtime parking violations while parked upon any City
of Escondido parking lot.
(Code 1957, § 6233; Ord. No. 1460, § 2, 10-20-71; Ord. No. 2001-17, § 1, 7-11-01)
No person shall park any motor vehicle upon a City of Escondido
parking lot, which displays an expired City of Escondido parking permit.
(Ord. No. 2001-17, § 1, 7-11-01)
If any City of Escondido parking permit is stolen, lost, mutilated
or illegible, the owner of record shall immediately make application
for a new permit. The City of Escondido shall issue a duplicate permit
upon the registered owner furnishing information satisfactory factory
to the city.
(Ord. No. 2001-17, § 1, 7-11-01)
(1) Any
person who, with the intent to defraud:
(a) Alters, forges, counterfeits or falsifies a City of Escondido parking
permit;
(b) Utters, publishes, passes or attempts to pass, as true and genuine,
any false, altered, forged or counterfeit City of Escondido parking
permit;
(c) Acquires, possesses, sells, or offers for sale any false, altered,
forged or counterfeit City of Escondido parking permit.
(2) Any
person found in violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
A conviction for the violation of this section shall be grounds for
the revocation of the violator's right to apply for subsequent Escondido
parking permits.
(Ord. No. 2001-17, § 1, 7-11-01)
No person shall display upon a motor vehicle any City of Escondido
parking permit not issued to that vehicle. This section shall not
apply to customer parking permits, unassigned permits or other special
permits issued by the city manager or his or her designee. Customer
permits may only be used by customers of the business, to which the
permit is issued, for the time necessary to conduct their business.
(Ord. No. 2001-17, § 1, 7-11-01)
Editor's note — Ord. No. 2009-25, § 1,
adopted Oct. 28, 2009, repealed § 28-196, pertaining to
duplicate permits, which derived from Ord. No. 2001-17, § 1,
adopted July 11, 2001.
Any violation of this division except for section 194 is an
infraction. A first violation of this division may be dismissed with
a proof of correction submitted to the parking enforcement department
of Escondido police department. Any subsequent violation of this section
is an infraction and the penalty for such a violation shall be in
conformity with the penalties for overtime parking violations as set
forth in this code. Any valid parking violation that is later dismissed,
due to proof of correction, is subject to a ten dollar ($10.00) processing
fee.
(Ord. No. 2001-17, § 1, 7-11-01)