Note: Prior history: Chapter 6 entitled "Parking," consisting of Articles 1 and 2, Sections 4-6.101—4-6.214, as added by Ordinances 1015 and 1148, as amended by Ordinances 42, 115, 140, 148, 212, 322, 447, 490, 527, 529, 1024, 1386, 1387, 1435 and 1470; repealed and replaced in its entirety by Ordinance 633-NS, eff. December 15, 1999.
For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this chapter are defined as follows:
"Operator"
shall mean and include every individual or person who shall operate a vehicle as the owner or as agent, employee, or permittee of the owner.
"Parking meter"
shall mean any mechanical or electronic single or multi-space device, system, or meter that registers payment for a parking space and is erected for the regulation of parking.
"Payment"
shall mean any lawful coin, bill, or combination of coins and bills of the United States of America, credit cards, debit cards, or any other payment method authorized by the City.
"Person"
shall mean and include an individual, firm, corporation, or copartnership.
"Street"
shall mean any public street, avenue, road, boulevard, highway, or other public place located in the City and established for the use of vehicles.
"Vehicle"
shall mean any device in, upon, or by which any person or property is, or may be, transported upon a highway, except a device which is operated upon rails or tracks.
(§ 2, Ord. 633-NS, eff. Dec. 15, 1999, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2017-957, eff. July 6, 2017)
It is hereby determined and declared to be necessary for the public benefit and the welfare of the City to operate certain off-street parking lots now owned by the City and from time to time, as the need may arise, to purchase and construct additional parking lots and facilities to provide for the needs of the inhabitants of the City. Therefore, there is hereby created the Huntington Park Off-Street Parking System which shall include all off-street parking meters, parking lots, garages, buildings, and all facilities, equipment, and accessories used or useful in connection therewith, as well as all additional off-street parking meters, parking lots, garages, buildings, and other facilities and equipment acquired for public use for parking purposes and for the use of which facilities rates and charges shall be made as provided in this chapter or as established resolution from time to time.
(§ 2, Ord. 633-NS, eff. Dec. 15, 1999)
Central Traffic District "A" shall be such traffic district as is prescribed by ordinance of the Council pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. All streets included within such portions of the City as are now or may hereafter be specified by ordinance of the Council as being in Central Traffic District "A" are hereby declared to be parking meter zones. In the event parking meters are established along the curb adjacent to any parking spaces in such zones, as provided in this chapter, the provisions of this chapter shall govern parking in such parking spaces; provided, however, in the event no parking meters are installed in any parking space within Central Traffic District "A," the maximum time for parking in any space shall be established from time to time by ordinance or resolution.
The following streets, or portions thereof, shall comprise the area of Central Traffic District "A":
(a) 
The east and west sides of Pacific Boulevard from the southerly line of Slauson Avenue to the northerly line of Florence Avenue;
(b) 
The northerly side of Florence Avenue from the west side of Pacific Boulevard westerly to Malabar Street and the northerly side of Florence Avenue from the east side of Pacific Boulevard easterly to Mountain View Avenue;
(c) 
The east and west sides of Seville Avenue a distance of 58 feet from the north side of Florence Avenue;
(d) 
The east and west sides of Seville Avenue from the north side of Zoe Avenue northerly for a distance of 160 feet and the west side of Seville Avenue from the south side of Zoe Avenue southerly for a distance of 200 feet. The east and west sides of Seville Avenue from Saturn Avenue, northerly and southerly for a distance of 140 feet;
(e) 
The west and east sides of Rugby Avenue from the north side of Gage Avenue to a point 150 feet north thereof and the east side of Rugby Avenue from the south side of Gage Avenue to a point 150 feet south thereof;
(f) 
The south side of Slauson Avenue from the east side of Rugby Avenue easterly to Seville Avenue;
(g) 
The north and south sides of Randolph Street from the west side of Pacific Boulevard to a point midway between Pacific Boulevard and Rugby Avenue;
(h) 
The north and south sides of Randolph Street from the east side of Pacific Boulevard to a point midway between Pacific Boulevard and Rita Avenue;
(i) 
The north and south sides of Clarendon Avenue from the west sides of Pacific Boulevard westerly to Rugby Avenue and the east side of Pacific Boulevard easterly to Rita Avenue;
(j) 
The north and south sides of Gage Avenue from the west side of Pacific Boulevard westerly to Malabar Street and from the east side of Pacific Boulevard easterly to Miles Avenue;
(k) 
The north and south sides of Zoe Avenue from the west side of Pacific Boulevard to the alley west of Rugby Avenue and from the east side of Pacific Boulevard easterly to Seville Avenue;
(l) 
The north and south sides of Saturn Avenue from the west side of Pacific Boulevard westerly to Malabar Street and from the east side of Pacific Boulevard easterly to Seville Avenue;
(m) 
The east and west sides of Rugby Avenue from the south side of Saturn Avenue southerly to a point 75 feet distant therefrom and from the north side of Saturn Avenue northerly to a point 75 feet distance therefrom;
(n) 
The west and east sides of Rugby Avenue from the south side of Zoe Avenue to a point 75 feet south thereof and the east side of Rugby Avenue from the north side of Zoe Avenue to a point 80 feet north thereof;
(o) 
The west and east sides of Rugby Avenue from the north side of Florence Avenue to a point 140 feet north thereof;
(p) 
The north and south sides of Belgrave Avenue from the west side of Pacific Boulevard westerly to Rugby Avenue;
(q) 
The west and east sides of Rita Avenue from the south side of Zoe Avenue to a point 100 feet south thereof and the west side of Rita Avenue from the north side of Zoe Avenue to a point 100 feet north thereof;
(r) 
The west side of Rita Avenue from the south side of Saturn Avenue to a point 100 feet south thereof, and the west side of Rita Avenue from the north side of Saturn Avenue to a point 100 feet north thereof;
(s) 
The east side of Miles Avenue from the north side of the Civic Center, Court House driveway northerly to the south side of the Public Library driveway; and
(t) 
Public facilities zone, surrounding the Huntington Park Civic Center.
(§ 2, Ord. 633-NS, eff. Dec. 15, 1999, as amended by § 1 Ord. 736-NS, eff. August 27, 2004)
Parking meters may be installed in all or any part of the Off-Street Parking System or parking meter zones as may from time to time be designated by motion or resolution of the Council. Each parking meter may have designated thereon the number and denomination of coins to be deposited and the hours of each day during which the parking meter is operative.
(§ 2, Ord. 633-NS, eff. Dec. 15, 1999, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2017-957, eff. July 6, 2017)
Parking meters may be placed upon the curb adjacent to or in the vicinity of parking spaces. Such parking spaces shall be of sufficient size to accommodate an automobile and shall indicate parallel or diagonal parking by painted lines on the pavement.
(§ 2, Ord. 633-NS, eff. Dec. 15, 1999, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2017-957, eff. July 6, 2017)
Upon payment, each parking meter shall provide parking time at the rate one ($1.00) dollar for each hour of time or the equivalent thereof.
(a) 
Parking rates for parking a vehicle in a designated parking space shall be established and adjusted from time to time to manage the use and occupancy of parking spaces for the public benefit in all parking areas, based on the following process:
(1) 
A target occupancy rate of 85% is established in order to manage the supply of parking and make it reasonably available when and where needed; and
(2) 
The City may survey the average occupancy for each parking zone or area in the City that has parking management. Based on the survey results, the City may adjust the parking rates to seek to achieve the target occupancy rate. The base parking meter rate, and any adjustments to that rate made pursuant to this chapter, may become effective upon the programming of the parking management system for that rate.
(§ 2, Ord. 633-NS, eff. Dec. 15, 1999, as amended by § 1, Ord. 646-NS, eff. Nov. 15, 2000, § 1, Ord. 868-NS, eff. Sept. 15, 2011, and § 1, Ord. 2017-957, eff. July 6, 2017)
The Council, from time to time by resolution, may provide for the installation, alteration, or removal of parking meters and the type of meters to be installed, change the amount of the parking period, or otherwise change or modify any provision of this chapter; provided, however, the establishment of parking meter zones or the fixing of the rate of fees for such zones shall be by ordinance as required by the provisions of Section 22508 of the Vehicle Code of the State.
(§ 2, Ord. 633-NS, eff. Dec. 15, 1999)
Whenever any vehicle is parked in any space upon any public street, parking lot, or facility or in any space in a parking meter zone or parking managed area, the owner or operator of such vehicle, upon entering such parking space, shall immediately pay for parking, and such parking space may then be used by the vehicle during the parking limit provided for the payment deposited.
(§ 2, Ord. 633-NS, eff. Dec. 15, 1999, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2017-957, eff. July 6, 2017)
In the parking meter zones, on any curb adjacent to any parking space which may be painted green, as provided in subsection (d) of Section 4-7.1404 of Article 14 of Chapter 7 of this title, or by resolution, parking meters may be limited to the deposit of one or more 25 cent coins so that the maximum parking time adjacent to the curbing painted green may be limited to 15 minutes, and the parking meters may be adjusted or installed accordingly.
(§ 2, Ord. 633-NS, eff. Dec. 15, 1999, as amended by § 2, Ord. 646-NS, eff. Nov. 15, 2000, and § 2, Ord. 868-NS, eff. Sept. 15, 2011)
It is unlawful for any person to deface, injure, tamper with, open, or willfully break, destroy, or impair the usefulness of any parking meter.
(§ 2, Ord. 633-NS, eff. Dec. 15, 1999)
It is unlawful for any person, as owner, operator, or driver, to cause or permit any vehicle to be parked as follows:
(a) 
Overtime or beyond the lawful period of time provided in this chapter or in any applicable resolution, or to remain parked in any parking space unless a signal showing legal parking is displayed by the applicable adjacent parking meter; or
(b) 
In a manner other than as indicated or required by visible markings on the pavement, or which will cause such vehicle to straddle any such markings, or cause such vehicle to occupy more than one parking stall; or
(c) 
In a manner which will cause such vehicle to project beyond or outside the parking stall as indicated by the pavement or other markings;
(d) 
Contrary to any rule or regulation provided by resolution; or
(e) 
In a parking space designated for the exclusive use of physically handicapped persons, unless the vehicle of the persons so parking displays either one of the distinguishing license plates issued to disabled persons pursuant to Section 22511.5 of the Vehicle Code of the State or to disabled veterans, as specified in Section 9105 of said Vehicle Code. The automobile of any person parking in violation of this subsection shall be subject to being towed to the nearest public garage if a sign is posted, in accordance with the provisions of said Vehicle Code, at such parking space giving notice that the vehicle is subject to being towed away at the owner's expense.
(§ 2, Ord. 633-NS, eff. Dec. 15, 1999)
When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle upon any off-street parking space located in the Civic Center Complex, being the parking areas behind the City Hall, County Courts Building, Police Building, Health Building, and Library, for a period of time longer than two hours between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day, Saturdays and Sundays excepted; provided, however, the Council by resolution, may establish parking restrictions in spaces upon which parking meters are installed or in which permit or term parking is allowed in the Civic Center Complex parking area, and in the event the Council establishes such regulations by resolution, then those regulations shall control, and the two hour parking restrictions set forth in this section shall not apply to vehicles for which a parking permit has been duly issued by the Director of Finance or in a space controlled by a parking meter when the fee for such parking has been deposited in the meter.
(§ 2, Ord. 633-NS, eff. Dec. 15, 1999)
(a) 
Issuance. When any vehicle is overparked or is parked in violation of the provisions of this chapter or any applicable law or resolution, it shall be the duty of City employees designated to enforce parking violations, to take the following information:
(1) 
The State vehicle license number of such vehicle;
(2) 
The number of the meter, if there is one, at which such vehicle is overparked;
(3) 
The time, date, and place of such overparking or violation;
(4) 
The make of the vehicle; and
(5) 
The last four digits of the vehicle identification number.
Such officer shall issue, in writing, a citation for unlawful parking in the same form and subject to the same procedure provided by the laws of the City and State for traffic violations within the City.
(b) 
Issuance for Continued Violations. In the event such overparking shall continue at such metered or unmetered parking space after the issuance of the citation, an additional citation for unlawful overparking in the form of the first citation shall be issued for each two hours elapsing after the time of the issuance of the previous citation.
(§ 2, Ord. 633-NS, eff. Dec. 15, 1999, as amended by § 2 (5), Ord. 644-NS, eff. Oct. 5, 2000, and § 1, Ord. 2017-957, eff. July 6, 2017)
The City, in providing the Off-Street Parking System for the use and convenience of the motoring public, shall assume no liability greater, or in any way different, than if the vehicle were parked on a public street. By using the off-street parking facilities provided for in this chapter, the owner or driver of any vehicle parked therein shall be deemed by such use to have waived any claim, and to have impliedly agreed to hold the City harmless on account of any claim, for theft or damages suffered by such vehicle while in or upon such parking lots.
(§ 2, Ord. 633-NS, eff. Dec. 15, 1999)
The provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be in addition and supplementary to, and not in conflict with, nor a repeal of, prior or existing laws of the City and shall be additional provisions for the regulation of traffic and parking in the City.
(§ 2, Ord. 633-NS, eff. Dec. 15, 1999)
A. 
Penalties. The penalties for violations of the provisions of this title, as well as provisions of the California Vehicle Code, regulating or restricting the parking, standing or stopping of vehicles shall be established by resolution of the City Council. Such penalties shall be established pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 40203.5.
B. 
Failure to Pay. Failure to pay the applicable penalty as established by the City Council Resolution, or failure to request a review of the issuance of a notice of parking violation contesting the violation within the time limits set forth in the California Vehicle Code will result in notification of the Department of Motor Vehicles. Penalties for late payment of violations shall be as follows: Payment made after initial 21 day payment period, but less than 60 days after citation penalty of $30; payment made between 60 and 89 days after citation penalty of $60; payments received 90 days or more after date of citation penalty of $90.
(§ 2, Ord. 633-NS, eff. Dec. 15, 1999, amended by § 1, Ord. 809-NS, eff. September 20, 2007)
(a) 
The operator of any vehicle shall not park such vehicle on any highway, street, alley, public way, or public place overnight without a valid overnight parking permit.
(b) 
The hourly parking prohibitions enforced under this section shall not apply to any vehicle that properly displays a valid city-issued overnight parking permit.
(c) 
The City Council may by resolution establish procedures for the consideration and issuance of overnight parking permits for residents and business owners within the City.
(d) 
The City Council may by resolution establish the fees for overnight parking permits, which fees shall not exceed the cost of processing, providing and issuing such permits.
(Ord. 2023-03, 4/18/2024)