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ORDINANCE NO. 1700 (2021 SERIES)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS
OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 04
(DEFINITIONS), OF THE SAN LUIS OBISPO MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, Title 10 Chapter 4 of the City’s Municipal Code provides definitions of
words and phrases used throughout Title 10; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo recently approved the
purchase and installation of parking payment centers throughout the downtown area; and
WHEREAS, the parking payment centers are a new technology for the City of San
Luis Obispo that need to be defined within the City’s Municipal Code to ensure that it is
consistent with the State of California’s Vehicle Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of San Luis
Obispo as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 10.04.120 (Parkway) of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code
is hereby amended as follows:
10.04.120 Parking payment center.
“Parking payment center” means an electronic parking meter or pay station
serving one or more parking spaces
SECTION 2. Section 10.04.130 (Passenger loading zone) of the San Luis Obispo
Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows:
10.04.130 Parkway.
“Parkway” means that portion of a street other than a roadway or a sidewalk. (Prior
code § 3200 (part))
SECTION 3. Section 10.04.140 (Pedestrian) of the San Luis Obispo Municipal
Code is hereby amended as follows:
10.04.140 Passenger loading zone.
“Passenger loading zone” means the space adjacent to a curb reserved for the
exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers. (Prior
code § 3200 (part))
SECTION 4. Section 10.04.150 (Police department employee) of the San Luis
Obispo Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows:
10.04.150 Pedestrian.
“Pedestrian” means any person afoot or who is using a means of conveyance
propelled by human power other than a bicycle. (Prior code § 3200 (part))
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SECTION 5. Section 10.04.160 (Police officer) of the San Luis Obispo Municipal
Code is hereby amended as follows:
10.04.160 Police department employee.
“Police employee” means persons other than police officers who are authorized
and trained to enforce traffic regulations. (Prior code § 3200 (part))
SECTION 6. Section 10.04.170 (Skateboard) of the San Luis Obispo Municipal
Code is hereby amended as follows:
10.04.170 Police officer.
“Police officer” means every officer of the police department of this city or any
employee authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violation of
traffic regulations. (Prior code § 3200 (part))
SECTION 7. Section 10.04.180 (Stop) of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code is
hereby amended as follows:
10.04.180 Skateboard.
“Skateboard” means a wheeled object as defined in Section 10.76.010. (Prior code
§ 3200 (part))
SECTION 8. Section 10.04.190 (Stop or stand) of the San Luis Obispo Municipal
Code is hereby amended as follows:
10.04.190 Stop.
“Stop,” when required, means complete cessation of movement. (Prior code
§ 3200 (part))
SECTION 9. Section 10.04.200 (Vehicle code) of the San Luis Obispo Municipal
Code is hereby amended as follows:
10.04.200 Stop or stand.
“Stop or stand,” when prohibited, means any stopping or standing of a vehicle,
whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic
or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control
device. (Prior code § 3200 (part))
SECTION 10. Section 10.04.210 (Vehicle code) of the San Luis Obispo Municipal
Code is hereby established as follows:
10.04.210 Vehicle code.
“Vehicle Code” means the Vehicle Code of the state of California. (Prior code
§ 3200 (part))
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SECTION 11. 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 subdiv isions,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid or unenforceable.
SECTION 12. These amendments to Title 10 Chapter 04 of the City of San Luis
Obispo Municipal Code do not constitute a “Project” under CEQA Guidelines Sec. 15378.
SECTION 13. 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 New Times, 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 1st day of June 2021, AND FINALLY ADOPTED by the
Council of the City of San Luis Obispo on the 6th day of July 2021, on the following vote:
AYES: Council Member Christianson, Marx, Pease, Vice Mayor Stewart,
and Mayor Harmon
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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Mayor Heidi Harmon
ATTEST:
____________________________________
Teresa Purrington
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_____________________________________
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 ______________________.
___________________________
Teresa Purrington, City Clerk
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