HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1683 amending Section 10.52.010 (Parking Meter Zone Rates) of the San Luis Obispo Municipal CodeO 1683
ORDINANCE NO. 1683 (2020 SERIES)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS
OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 10.52.010 (PARKING
METER ZONE RATES) OF THE SAN LUIS OBISPO MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, State law provides, in Vehicle Code Section 22508, that cities must establish
parking meter rates by ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Luis Obispo recognizes the significant economic impacts that
the COVID-19 pandemic has created for local businesses and that, as part of the Downtown
Vitality Major City Goal, the Parking Fund is responsible for assisting in the revitalization efforts;
and
WHEREAS, the Parking Fund’s operations and programs provide essential services for
customers, employees, and visitors of the downtown area which have been financially impacted
by the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, the Council considered the 2020-21 Supplemental Budget staff report and
held a public meeting on the proposed changes to the Parking Fund’s operations and programs.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo
as follows/or that (whatever action is needed):
SECTION 1. Section 10.52.010 (Parking meter zone – rates) of the San Luis Obispo
Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows:
10.52.010 Parking meter zone – Rates.
A. Within the area enclosed by a solid line on the parking rate zone map (Exhibit A) and
the area enclosed by the shaded line on Slack Street parking meter zone map (Exhibit
B) (more particularly described as: the north side of Hathway Avenue adjacent to Cal
Poly to Longview Lane, the east side of Longview Street from Hathway Avenue to
Slack Street, the north side of Slack Street from Longview Lane to Grand Avenue, and
the south side of Slack Street adjacent to the San Luis Coastal Unified School District
parcel from the midblock point of Slack Street (between Longview Lane and Grand
Avenue) to Grand Avenue), the parking of vehicles on streets or in municipal parking
lots may be controlled and regulated with the aid of parking meters.
B. Unless established otherwise below, the parking meter rate on streets or in municipal
parking lots in the lower rate zone shall be one dollar per hour effective January 1,
2018.
C. Within the area designated on the parking rate zones map (Exhibit A) the rate for
parking meters on streets or in municipal parking lots shall be one dollar and fifty cents
per hour effective January 1, 2018.
D. Within the area designated on the parking rate zones map (Exhibit A), the rate for
parking meters on streets or in municipal lots shall be one dollar and seventy-five cents
per hour effective January 1, 2018.
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E. Within the shaded area of the map entitled Slack Street parking meter zone map
(Exhibit B) the parking of vehicles on streets may be controlled and regulated with the
aid of parking meters. The parking meter rate shall be one dollar per hour if controller
by meter.
SECTION 2. Severability. If any subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of
this ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforcement of the
remaining portions of this ordinance, or any other provisions of the city' s rules and regulations. It
is the city' s express intent that each remaining portion would have been adopted irrespective of
the fact that any one or more subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared
invalid or unenforceable.
SECTION 3. A summary of this ordinance, together with the names of Council members
voting for and against, shall be published at least five (5) days prior to its final passage, in The
Tribune, a newspaper published and circulated in this City. This ordinance shall go into effect at
the expiration of thirty (30) days after its final passage.
INTRODUCED on the 2nd day of June 2020, AND FINALLY ADOPTED by the Council
of the City of San Luis Obispo on the 21st day of July 2020, on the following vote:
AYES: Council Member Christianson, Pease, Stewart, Vice Mayor Gomez and
Mayor Harmon
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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Mayor Heidi Harmon
ATTEST:
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Teresa Purrington, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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J. Christine Dietrick, City Attorney
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City
of San Luis Obispo, California, on _____________________.
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Teresa Purrington, City Clerk
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EXHIBIT A
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EXHIBIT B