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ORDINANCE NO. 1735 (2024 SERIES)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS
OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 52 (PARKING
METERS), OF THE SAN LUIS OBISPO MUNICIPAL CODE MODIFYING
HOURLY PARKING RATES ON-STREET AND IN SURFACE PARKING
LOTS
WHEREAS, Policy 13.1.2 of the Circulation Element of the General Plan states
that the City parking programs shall be financially self-supporting; and
WHEREAS, parking rates are used as a tool to effectively manage parking
demand for both on-street and off-street public parking areas; and
WHEREAS, on June 21, 2022, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1714
(2022 Series) approving multiple hourly rate increases for the on-street areas and
municipal parking lots effective January 2, 2023, July 1, 2023, and July 1, 2025 which
were deemed necessary to offset the construction costs and corresponding debt service
repayment for the new Cultural Arts District public parking structure in order to maintain
a fiscally solvent Parking Fund; and
WHEREAS, on February 21, 2023, the City Council directed staff to return with a
Request for Proposals (RFP) to conduct a parking rate study to evaluate the City’s
Parking program rates and fees and to develop parking priorities and recommendations
to help address community and downtown parking concerns; and
WHEREAS, on November 7, 2023, the City Council authorized release of a
Request for Proposals (RFP) to conduct a parking rate study; and
WHEREAS, the parking rate study recommendations include reducing hourly
parking rates on-street and in municipal parking lots along with other recommended
changes to address the community and downtown parking concerns; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo conducted a public
hearing in the Council Chamber of City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California,
on May 14, 2024, to consider parking rate and fee options to address the public’s
concerns while also maintaining a fiscally solvent Parking Fund including recommended
changes to Title 10, Chapter 52 of the Municipal Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of San Luis
Obispo as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 10.52.010 (Paid Parking zone - Rates) of the San Luis
Obispo Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows:
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10.52.010 Paid Parking zone – Rates.
A. Within the area enclosed by a solid line on the parking rate zone map (Exhibit
A) the parking of vehicles on streets or in municipal parking lots may be
controlled and regulated with the aid of parking meters as defined in section
10.04.110 and/or parking payment centers as defined in section 10.04.120.
B. Within the cross-hatched area designated on the parking rate zones map
(Exhibit A) the base rate for parking meters on streets or in municipal parking
lots shall be two dollars and twenty-five cents per hour effective July 8, 2024.
C. Within the grey-shaded area designated on the parking rate zones map
(Exhibit A), the base rate for parking meters on streets or in municipal lots
shall be two dollars and seventy-five cents per hour effective July 8, 2024.
D. The Public Works Director may periodically adjust the hourly parking rates
on any block or set of blocks within the areas designated on the parking rate
zones map (Exhibit A) during the time of operation as detailed in section
10.52.020 up to and including 120% of the effective hourly rate based on the
observed occupancy. Hourly parking rates shall be adjusted not more than
every 30 days.
(Ord. 1714 § 1 (Exh. A), 2022; Ord. 1699 § 2, 2021: Ord. 1683 § 1 (Exhs.
A, B), 2020: Ord. 1635 § 1 (Exhs. A, B), 2017: Ord. 1620 § 1 (Exh. A), 2015;
Ord. 1568 § 1, 2011: Ord. 1552 § 2, 2010; Ord. 1532 § 2, 2009; Ord. 1492
§ 1, 2006: Ord. 1233 § 1, 1993: Ord. 1194 § 1, 1991: Ord. 1099 § 1, 1987:
prior code § 3213)
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. Environmental Determination. These amendments to Title 10
Chapter 52 of the City of San Luis Obispo Municipal Code do not constitute a “Project”
under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Sec. 15378.
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SECTION 4. 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 14th day of May 2024, AND FINALLY ADOPTED by the
Council of the City of San Luis Obispo on the 4th day of June 2024, on the following vote:
AYES: Council Member Francis, Marx, Shoresman, Vice Mayor Pease, and
Mayor Stewart
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
___________________________
Mayor Erica A. Stewart
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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Exhibit A
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