(a) 
The streets hereinafter described are defined and established as parking meter zones. The parking of vehicles along such portions of these streets, and at such times as may be designated by the city council, shall be controlled, regulated, and inspected with the aid of parking meters:
(1) 
Broadway from El Camino Real to California Drive;
(2) 
Burlingame Avenue from El Camino Real to California Drive;
(3) 
California Drive, west side, from Broadway to Carmelita Avenue and Bellevue Avenue to Howard Avenue; and east side from North Lane to 270 feet south of Howard Avenue;
(4) 
Capuchino Avenue from 140 feet north of the centerline of Broadway to 233 feet south of the centerline of Broadway;
(5) 
Carolan Avenue from South Lane to North Lane;
(6) 
Chapin Avenue, from Primrose Road to El Camino Real;
(7) 
Chula Vista Avenue from Broadway to 282 feet south of the centerline of Broadway;
(8) 
City Hall Lane from Primrose Road to Park Road;
(9) 
Donnelly Avenue from Primrose Road to Lorton Avenue;
(10) 
East Lane from Burlingame Avenue to North Lane;
(11) 
Highland Avenue from Howard Avenue to California Drive and one parking space on the southwest corner of Highland at Howard;
(12) 
Howard Avenue from El Camino Real to Highland Avenue;
(13) 
Laguna Avenue from Broadway to 136 feet south of the centerline of Broadway;
(14) 
Lorton Avenue from Bellevue Avenue to Howard Avenue, and the east side of Lorton Avenue from Howard Avenue to Bayswater Avenue;
(15) 
North Lane from Carolan Avenue to East Lane;
(16) 
Paloma Avenue from 100 feet north of the centerline of Broadway to 120 feet south of the centerline of Broadway;
(17) 
Park Road, from Burlingame Avenue to Howard Avenue, and the west side of Park Road from Howard Avenue to Bayswater Avenue;
(18) 
Primrose Road from Bellevue Avenue to Howard Avenue; and the east side of Primrose Road from Howard Avenue to Bayswater Avenue; and the west side of Primrose Road from Howard Avenue to 200 feet south of the centerline of Howard Avenue;
(19) 
South Lane from Carolan Avenue/East Lane to California Drive; and
(20) 
West Lane from South Lane to 200 feet south of South Lane.
(b) 
The following parking meter rates are established in the city:
(1) 
24-Minute Parking Limit
On the following streets:
Broadway from El Camino Real to Rollins Road;
Capuchino Avenue from Broadway to Carmelita Avenue; and
Chula Vista Avenue from Broadway to Carmelita Avenue:
 
20 cents for 24 minutes
On the following streets:
California Drive from Bellevue Avenue to Howard Avenue;
Chapin Avenue from Primrose Road to El Camino Real;
Highland Avenue from California Drive to Howard Avenue;
Howard Avenue from El Camino Real to Highland Drive;
Lorton Avenue from Bellevue Avenue to Bayswater Avenue;
Park Road from Burlingame Avenue to Howard Avenue; and
Primrose Road from Bellevue Avenue to Bayswater Avenue:
 
40 cents for 24 minutes
All other areas:
 
5 cents for each 12 minutes
(2) 
2-Hour Parking Limit
On the following street:
Burlingame Avenue from El Camino Real to California Drive:
 
$1.00 the first hour; $2.00 the second hour
On the following streets:
California Drive from Bellevue Avenue to Bayswater Avenue;
Chapin Avenue from Primrose Road to El Camino Real;
Donnelly Avenue from Primrose Road to Lorton Avenue;
Highland Avenue from California Drive to Bayswater Avenue;
Howard Avenue from Primrose Road to Highland Avenue;
Lorton Avenue from Bellevue Avenue to Howard Avenue;
Park Road from Burlingame Avenue to Howard Avenue;
Primrose Road from Bellevue Avenue to Howard Avenue:
 
$2.00 for two hours
On the following streets:
Broadway from El Camino Real to California Drive;
Capuchino Avenue from Lincoln Avenue to Carmelita Avenue;
Chula Vista Avenue from Broadway to Carmelita Avenue;
Laguna Avenue from Lincoln Avenue to Carmelita Avenue; and
Paloma Avenue from Lincoln Avenue to Carmelita Avenue:
 
$1.00 for two hours
All other areas:
 
75 cents for each hour
(3) 
4-Hour Parking Limit
On the following street:
Howard Avenue from Primrose Road to Highland Avenue:
 
$1.00 for each hour
(4) 
10-Hour Parking Limit
On the following streets:
California Drive from Howard Avenue to Bellevue Avenue;
Chapin Avenue from Primrose Road to El Camino Real;
City Hall Lane from Primrose Road to Park Road;
Donnelly Avenue from Primrose Road to Lorton Avenue;
Highland Avenue from Howard Avenue to California Drive; and
Howard Avenue from El Camino Real to California Drive:
 
$3.00 for 10 hours
On the following streets:
Lorton Avenue from Bayswater Avenue to Howard Avenue;
Park Road from Bayswater Avenue to Howard Avenue;
Primrose Road from Bayswater Avenue to Howard Avenue;
South Lane from Carolan Avenue/East Lane to California Drive; and
West Lane from South Lane to 200 feet south of South Lane:
 
$3.00 for 10 hours
All other areas:
 
25 cents for each 2-1/2 hours
(Ord. 1136 § 9, (1978); Ord. 1200 § 4, (1981); Ord. 1201 § 1, (1981); Ord. 1434 § 1, (1991); Ord. 1560 § 1, (1996); Ord. 1576 § 2, (1997); Ord. 1604 § 3, (1998); Ord. 1674 § 2, (2001); Ord. 1719 § 2, (2003); Ord. 1798 § 2, (2007); Ord. 1873 § 3, (2012); Ord. 1952 § 2, (2018); Ord. 1972 §§ 4, 5 (2020))
The city engineer shall cause parking meters to be installed and maintained in all parking meter zones.
Parking meters shall be installed upon the curb or sidewalk area immediately adjacent to each parking space. Each meter shall be placed in such manner as to show or display by a sign or signal that the parking space adjacent thereto is or is not legally in use.
Each parking meter shall be set to display, after the operational procedure has been completed, a sign or signal indicating legal parking for that period of time conforming to the limit of parking time as indicated on the meter. Each parking meter shall indicate the limit of parking time in the parking space adjacent to the parking meter, and shall continue to operate from the time of the completion of the operational procedure until the expiration of the time fixed as the parking limit or a portion thereof for the part of the street upon which the meter is placed. Each meter shall also be so arranged that upon the expiration of the legal parking time it will indicate by a mechanical operation and by proper signal that the lawful parking period has expired.
(Ord. 1136 § 9, (1978))
The provisions of this title relating to the operation of parking meters shall be effective between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on every day except Sunday and holidays.
(Ord. 1136 § 9, (1978); Ord. 1733 § 2, (2004))
Immediately after occupancy of a parking meter space, the operator of a vehicle shall deposit a coin of the United States in the parking meter and if necessary turn a crank, knob or handle in accordance with the instructions posted on the face of the parking meter.
(Ord. 1136 § 9, (1978))
No person shall attach anything to or allow a bicycle, newsrack or any other article or thing to lean against a parking meter or a parking meter standard without the approval of the city engineer.
(Ord. 1136 § 9, (1978))
No person shall follow the operational procedure or any part of the operational procedure for the purpose of increasing or extending the parking time of any vehicle beyond the legal parking time which has been established for the parking space adjacent to which said parking meter is placed.
(Ord. 1136 § 9, (1978))
No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any defaced or bent coin, or any slug, device or metallic substitute for a coin of the United States, or deface, injure, tamper with, open or wilfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter.
(Ord. 1136 § 9, (1978))
No person other than the owner or operator of a vehicle shall deposit any coin in any parking meter without the knowledge or consent of the owner or operator of the vehicle using the parking space immediately adjacent to the meter.
(Ord. 1136 § 9, (1978))
Commercial vehicles may park in parking zones to load or unload freight without depositing coins for a period not to exceed 30 minutes. Should any truck or delivery vehicle be parked longer than 30 minutes, it shall be classed as a violation hereof and the regular penalty herein provided imposed.
(Ord. 1136 § 9, (1978))
No operator of any vehicle shall permit such vehicle to remain parked in any parking space during any time that the meter is showing a signal indicating that such space is illegally in use other than such time immediately after the original occupancy as is necessary to operate the meter to show legal parking.
(Ord. 1136 § 9, (1978))
(a) 
The city manager is authorized to issue parking permits subject to a payment of $40 per month for use in lieu of the deposit of coins in the parking meters at meters designating 10 hour parking spaces on the following streets:
(1) 
Bellevue Avenue from El Camino Real to Primrose Road;
(2) 
Chapin Avenue from El Camino Real to Primrose Road;
(3) 
City Hall Lane from Primrose Road to Park Road;
(4) 
Donnelly Avenue from Primrose Road to Lorton Avenue;
(5) 
East Lane from Burlingame Avenue to North Lane;
(6) 
Howard Avenue from El Camino Real to Primrose Road;
(7) 
Lorton Avenue from Bayswater Avenue to Howard Avenue;
(8) 
North Lane from Carolan Avenue to East Lane;
(9) 
Park Road from Bayswater Avenue to Howard Avenue; and
(10) 
Primrose Road from Bayswater Avenue to Howard Avenue.
(b) 
Parking permits issued pursuant to this section do not assure the owner of a particular parking space of any kind nor at any particular location, but are a one-time payment for a calendar month in lieu of the hourly payment otherwise required for occupancy of an otherwise metered space.
(c) 
No parking permit issued pursuant to this section shall be used or interpreted to extend the maximum amount of time allowed for parking at any parking space pursuant to the time limits established by this title.
(d) 
In order to ensure orderly and efficient use of the parking supply, the city manager is authorized to limit the number of permits which may be issued, in which case priority shall be based on the order in which requests for such permits are received.
(e) 
The city manager is authorized to collect deposits, require the submission of application forms, and to establish other administrative procedures for the parking permit program as may be necessary from time to time. The parking permits issued pursuant to this section may also be used as may be provided by council resolution in designated municipal parking lots.
(Ord. 1779 § 2, (2006))
The parking or standing of any motor vehicle in a parking space, at which space the parking meter displays the sign or signal indicating illegal parking, shall constitute a prima facie presumption that the vehicle has been parked or allowed to stand in such space for a period longer than permitted by this title.
(Ord. 1136 § 9, (1978))
The specified coin or coins required to be deposited in parking meters as herein provided are hereby levied and assessed as fees to provide for the proper regulation and control of traffic upon the public streets, and also the cost of supervision and regulating the parking of vehicles in the parking meter zones hereby created, and to cover the cost of purchase, acquiring, installation, operation, maintenance, supervision, regulation and control of the parking meters herein described and to provide for off-street parking.
(Ord. 1136 § 9, (1978))
No section of this chapter shall be construed as permitting any parking in violation of any other provision of this title.
(Ord. 1136 § 9, (1978))