The provisions of this Article shall be deemed in addition to and not in conflict with, nor repeal, any other provision of Chapter 3 Motor Vehicles and Traffic; provided, however, that where any provision of this Article conflicts with any other provision of Chapter 3, the provisions of this Article shall control as to the subject covered thereby.
(Ord. 19-01 11-27-18)
Whenever any word or phrase used in this Article is not defined herein but is defined in the California Vehicle Code, the definition set forth in such Code is incorporated into this Article as though fully set forth herein. The following words and phrases as used in this Article shall have the following meanings:
"Driver"
means a person who owns or operates a vehicle.
"Holiday"
means the following days: New Year's Day; Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day; and any additional holiday identified by City Council ordinance or resolution.
"Metered parking space"
means any on-street parking space within the City of Inglewood, or off-street parking space owned or operated by the City, which requires advance payment at a parking meter for the permission to park a vehicle for a specified period of time.
"Parking facility"
means any parking lot, garage, or structure owned or operated by the City.
"Parking meter"
means any mechanical or electronic device serving one or more metered parking spaces which, upon lawful payment, can display or generate a paper or electronic receipt showing the period of time a vehicle is permitted to park in a metered parking space. Parking meters may include single-space meters, multi-space meters, payment centers and any other mechanical or electric device which regulates a metered parking space.
"Payment"
means any U.S. currency, credit card, debit card, mobile device, and any other lawful payment accepted by the City for parking in a metered parking space.
(Ord. 19-01 11-27-18)
The following on-street parking meter zones are hereby established:
(a) 
Commercial Parking Meter Zone.
(1) 
Nutwood St. between La Brea Ave. and Grevillea Ave.
(2) 
Fir Ave. between Florence Ave. and Manchester Blvd.
(3) 
Queen St. between Fir Ave. and Grevillea Ave.
(4) 
Manchester Blvd. between Inglewood Ave. and La Brea Ave.
(5) 
Grevillea Ave. between Manchester Blvd. and Nutwood St.
(6) 
Kelso St. between Hillcrest Blvd. and Spruce Ave.
(7) 
La Brea Ave. between Manchester Blvd. and Hillcrest Blvd.
(8) 
Locust St. between Manchester Blvd. and Hillcrest Blvd.
(9) 
Hillcrest Blvd. between La Brea Ave. and Manchester Blvd.
(10) 
Kelso between La Brea Ave. and Fir Ave.
(b) 
Downtown Parking Meter Zone.
(1) 
La Brea Ave. between Manchester Blvd. and Florence Ave.
(2) 
Market St. between Manchester Blvd. and Florence Ave.
(3) 
Locust St. between Manchester Blvd. and Florence Ave.
(4) 
Regent St. between Locust St. and Grevillea Ave.
(5) 
Queen St. between La Brea Ave. and Locust St.
(6) 
Manchester between La Brea Ave. and Osage
(7) 
Market St. between Manchester Blvd. and La Brea Ave.
(8) 
Nutwood St. between La Brea Ave. and Hillcrest Blvd.
(c) 
Industrial Parking Meter Zone.
(1) 
Glasgow Ave. between Olive St. and Arbor Vitae St.
(2) 
Isis Ave. between Hillcrest Blvd. and Arbor Vitae St.
(3) 
Hillcrest Blvd. between Glasgow Ave. and Aviation Blvd.
(4) 
Spruce Ave. between Hindry Ave. and Glasgow Ave.
(5) 
Manchester Blvd. between Aviation Blvd. and La Cienega Blvd.
(6) 
Olive St. between Manchester Blvd. and La Cienega Blvd.
(7) 
Glasgow Ave. between Olive St. and Florence Ave.
(8) 
Hindry between Arbor Vitae St. and Florence Ave.
(9) 
Isis Ave. between Arbor Vitae St. and Florence Ave.
(10) 
Aviation Blvd. between Arbor Vitae St. and Manchester Blvd.
(Ord. 19-01 11-27-18)
The following off-street parking meter zones are hereby established:
(a) 
Main Library parking lot located at 101 W. Manchester Boulevard.
(b) 
Crenshaw-Imperial Branch Library parking lot located at 11141 Crenshaw Boulevard.
(c) 
Civic Center Garage (Parking Structure 1) located at 1 W. Manchester Boulevard.
(d) 
Parking Structure 2 located at 115 S. Locust Street.
(e) 
Senior Center Garage located at 333 E. Queen Street.
(f) 
268 Market Street parking lot.
(g) 
Market Street parking lot north of Manchester Boulevard.
(h) 
119 E. Arbor Vitae Street parking lot.
(i) 
155 W. Arbor Vitae Street parking lot.
(j) 
180 W. Arbor Vitae Street parking lot.
(k) 
300 W. Arbor Vitae Street parking lot.
(l) 
327 W. Arbor Vitae Street parking lot.
(m) 
439 W. Arbor Vitae Street parking lot.
(n) 
500 W. Arbor Vitae Street parking lot.
(o) 
569-571 W. Arbor Vitae Street parking lot.
(p) 
3363 W. Manchester Boulevard parking lot.
(Ord. 19-01 11-27-18; Ord. 24-04, 1/30/2024)
Parking meters and metered parking spaces may be installed in all or a portion of any parking meter zone at the discretion of the Public Works Director. The Public Works Director shall consider traffic, safety, parking demand, and any other relevant traffic engineering principle when designating the location of parking meters and metered parking spaces.
The Public Works Director shall cause parking meter zones to be marked with white lines designating metered parking spaces and, if necessary, a number identifying a metered parking space for payment at a parking meter.
(Ord. 19-01 11-27-18)
Unless otherwise set by City Council ordinance or resolution, the Public Works Director shall determine the hours of operation and maximum time limits for all parking meter zones, or portions thereof, and shall cause these regulations to be displayed or posted on each parking meter. The Public Works Director shall consider traffic, safety, parking demand, special events, and any other relevant traffic engineering principle when making these determinations.
The hours of operation and maximum time limit shall not be enforced on holidays unless notice indicating otherwise is displayed or posted on a parking meter.
(Ord. 19-01 11-27-18)
The parking meter rates shall be as follows:
(a) 
Commercial Parking Meter Zones.
Fifty cents per thirty-minute increment.
(b) 
Downtown Parking Meter Zones.
Fifty cents per thirty-minute increment.
(c) 
Industrial Parking Meter Zone.
Twenty-five cents per thirty-minute increment.
(d) 
Off-street Parking Meter Zones.
(1) 
Library Parking Lots.
Fifty cents per thirty minute increment.
(2) 
Parking Structure 2.
One dollar per thirty minute increment up to ten dollars daily maximum.
(e) 
Special Event Rates for Parking Meter Zones. The Public Works Director or the Director's designee shall have the authority to determine which metered parking spaces are subject to the special event parking rates in accordance with the chart below:
EVENT CATEGORY
Large Events
Medium Events
Small Events
PROJECTED ATTENDANCE
More than 50,000
20,000 - 50,000
Less than 20,000
TYPICAL EVENT TYPES
NFL games, college football bowl games, other regional sporting events, and/or mega concerts or festivals occurring at SoFi Stadium or Hollywood Park; concurrent events
Standard concert at SoFi Stadium; NBA games at the future games at the future Inglewood Basketball and Entertainment Center; medium concurrent events
Concerts at the Forum; concerts at YouTube Theater; smaller concurrent events
TIME LIMIT
All day on event days
All day on event days
All day on event days
PARKING RATE
$45.00
$35.00
$25.00
(f) 
Electronic Payments. If the City is charged a convenience fee for accepting parking meter payments made via credit card, debit card, mobile payment or any other electronic commerce technology ("electronic payment"), the City may collect or authorize the third party providing such electronic payment service to collect the convenience fee from the person making the electronic payment. In addition to the convenience fee, there shall be a one dollar minimum for electronic payments for a metered parking space. The convenience fee, if any, shall be clearly and prominently disclosed to the person before making the electronic payment.
(g) 
It is unlawful for a driver of a vehicle to park the vehicle in a metered parking space during a special event without paying the special event parking rate. A violation of this subdivision is an infraction punishable pursuant to Section 1-18.1(b).
(Ord. 19-01 11-27-18; Ord. 20-01 10-8-19; Ord. 24-04, 1/30/2024)
Except for an agent or employee of the City acting in the course of his or her agency or employment, it is unlawful for any person to deface, injure, tamper with, open, willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter.
(Ord. 19-01 11-27-18)
If the City needs to prohibit parking in a metered parking space for any reason, the Public Works Director shall cause No Parking/Tow Away signs to be posted at least twenty-four hours prior to enforcement.
(Ord. 19-01 11-27-18)
It is unlawful for a driver to allow their vehicle to remain parked in a metered parking space when the parking meter or proof of payment shows the parking time has expired. A violation of this Section is an infraction punishable pursuant to Section 1-18.1(b). This Section shall not be enforced during holidays, unless notice indicating otherwise is posted or displayed on a parking meter.
This Section does not apply to vehicles displaying a valid metered parking space permit in accordance with Section 3-80.
(Ord. 19-01 11-27-18)
It is unlawful for a driver to allow their vehicle to remain parked in a metered parking space beyond the maximum time limit posted or displayed on a parking meter for the metered parking space. A violation of this Section is an infraction punishable pursuant to Section 1-18.1(b). This Section shall not be enforced during holidays, unless notice indicating otherwise is posted or displayed on a parking meter.
This Section does not apply to vehicles displaying a valid metered parking space permit in accordance with Section 3-80.
(Ord. 19-01 11-27-18)