This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Preferential Residential
Permit Parking Program."
(SCC 1342 § 2, 2006)
"Dwelling unit"
means a house, apartment or other residence with an assigned
address as used by the U.S. Postal Service or as listed in the county
directory.
"Lease"
means that a person pays rent or other remuneration for use
of a parcel of real property as his or her residence or place of business.
"Motor vehicle"
includes an automobile, truck, motorcycle, or other motor-driven
form of transportation not in excess of 10,000 pounds gross weight.
"Resident"
means a person who dwells in the residential area on a permanent
basis.
"Residential area"
means a contiguous or nearly contiguous area where residents
dwell and which contains public streets and highways.
"Residential permit parking area"
means a residential area designated as herein provided wherein
motor vehicles displaying a valid permit as described herein shall
be exempt from parking regulations established pursuant to this chapter.
"Resident permit"
means a permit issued by the Traffic Engineer for use on
a resident vehicle while parked in a residential permit parking area.
"Resident vehicle"
means a motor vehicle owned or under the control of a resident
and regularly parked in the residential area in which the resident
resides.
"Traffic Engineer"
means the manager of the Traffic Engineer section of the
Department of Transportation with the powers and duties as provided
in this Title.
The Board of Supervisors may in its discretion designate by
resolution, any residential area as a residential permit parking area
in which motor vehicles displaying a valid parking permit may stand/or
be parked without limitation. Said resolution shall also state the
applicable parking regulations and the fees to be charged upon permit
issuance.
(SCC 1342 § 2, 2006)
The Traffic Engineer is authorized upon application to issue visitor permits to residents and owners of residential properties that are located within a residential permit parking area for use of bona fide visitors therein. Such a visitor permit shall have all the rights and privileges of a regular permit, except as provided in Sections
10.30.130 and
10.30.140 of this chapter. The requirements governing the manner in which persons shall qualify for visitor permits in each residential permit parking area shall be established by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. The Traffic Engineer shall recommend appropriate requirements in each area.
(SCC 1342 § 2, 2006)
Upon the adoption of the Board of Supervisors of a resolution
designating a residential permit parking area, the Traffic Engineer
shall cause appropriate signs and markings to be erected in the area,
indicating prominently thereon the parking regulations, and conditions
under which permit parking shall be exempt.
(SCC 1342 § 2, 2006)
Residential Parking Permits shall be affixed to the left rear
bumper of the residents vehicle, hung from an inside rear view mirror
or lying flat and clearly visible on the dashboard of the vehicle
to which it is assigned.
Visitor Parking permit shall be hung from an inside rear view
mirror or lying flat and clearly visible on the dashboard of the visitor's
vehicle.
Failure to display a current, valid permit shall be prima facie
evidence that the citation is valid.
(SCC 1342 § 2, 2006)
A resident motor vehicle or nonresident motor vehicle on which
is displayed a valid parking permit as provided for herein shall be
permitted to park in the residential permit parking area for which
the permit has been issued without being limited by parking regulations
established pursuant to this chapter. Said motor vehicle shall not
be exempt from parking restrictions or prohibitions established pursuant
to authority other than this chapter. All other motor vehicles parked
within a residential permit parking area shall be subject to the parking
regulations adopted as provided in this Title as well as the penalties
provided for herein.
A residential parking permit shall not guarantee or reserve
to the holder thereof an on-street parking space within the designated
residential permit parking area.
(SCC 1342 § 2, 2006)
Except as provided otherwise herein, each parking permit issued
by the parking administration office shall be valid for one year or
such other period of time as designated by the Traffic Engineer from
the date of issuance. Permits may be renewed annually or for some
other period of time as designated by the Traffic Engineer upon reapplication
in the manner required by the Traffic Engineer. Each application or
reapplication for a parking permit shall contain information sufficient
to identify the applicant, his or her residence address or address
of real property owned or leased within residential permit parking
area, the license number of the motor vehicle for which application
is made, and such other information that may be deemed relevant by
the Traffic Engineer.
(SCC 1342 § 2, 2006)
The fee for eligible residents within the residential parking
permit area for a residential parking permit or a visitor permit and
the fee for non-residential parking permits shall be established by
resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
(SCC 1342 § 2, 2006)
The provisions of Chapter
10.30 of this Code shall not be construed to prohibit the stopping, standing or parking of parking control vehicles while such vehicles are being used in parking control enforcement, provided, however, that this section shall not supersede provisions of this Title, which expressly refer to or regulate parking control vehicles.
As used in this section the term "parking control vehicles"
means:
Any vehicle used by an authorized official of the County during
the enforcement of parking and registration regulations pursuant to
the Chapters of this Code and the California
Vehicle Code.
(SCC 1342 § 2, 2006)
Whenever the Board of Supervisors finds that residential streets
adjacent to a residential permit parking area have all-day, on-street
parking congestion, then upon recommendation by the Traffic Engineer,
such residential streets may be added by resolution to said residential
permit parking area. A petition of 60% or more of the residents of
said streets shall be required prior to implementation of residential
permit parking regulations.
(SCC 1342 § 2, 2006)
On-street parking regulations within a residential permit parking
area may be changed by resolution of the Board of Supervisors based
on recommendation by the Traffic Engineer.
(SCC 1342 § 2, 2006)