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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1331ORDINANCE NO. 1331 (1998 Series) AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO ESTABLISHING SECTION 10.08.070 (ENFORCEMENT) OF CHAPTER 10.08 (ADMINISTRATION); AMENDING SECTION 10.40.010 (TWELVE, FIFTEEN, TWENTY - FOUR, THIRTY AND THIRTY -SIX MINUTE PARKING), AND AMENDING SECTION 10.40.020 (ONE HOUR PARKING), AND DELETING SECTION 10.40.030 (TWO HOUR PARKING) OF CHAPTER 10.40 (STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING RESTRICTRED OR PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN AREAS); AMENDING SECTION 10.44.020 (CURB MARKINGS - AUTHORITY TO PLACE) AND AMENDING SECTION 10.44.030 (YELLOW LOADING ZONE - TIME RESTRICTIONS FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING) OF CHAPTER 10.44 (STOPPING FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING ONLY) OF THE SAN LUIS OBISPO MUNICIPAL CODE WHEREAS, State law provides that cities establish the amount of parking penalties, fees, and surcharges; and WHEREAS, State law provides cities the authority to establish regulations to control the parking of vehicles within the jurisdiction of the governing body; and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo held a public hearing on February 17, 1998 to consider amendments to ordinances of Title 10 (Vehicle and Traffic) of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo as follows: SECTION 1. Section 10.08.070 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code is hereby established to read as follows: 10.08.070 Enforcement. All adopted State and City parking ordinances shall be administered and enforced by the Police Chief, the Fire Chief, and the Director of Public Works Department of the City, or such other persons as they shall designate as Enforcing Officers. SECTION 2. Section 10.40.010 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 10.40.010 Timed parking. When authorized signs, parking meters or curb markings have been determined by the city traffic engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice thereof, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sunday, for a period of time longer than designated time posted by sign, parking meter or 0 1331 Ordinance No. 1331 (1998 Series) Page Two curb marking. Green curb markings shall mean no standing or parking of time longer than ten minutes up to one hour. All other time designations shall be from one hour up to ten hours. Vehicle must move a minimum of 150 meters once designated time at occupied space has elapsed. SECTION 3. Section 10.40.020 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 10.40.020 Backing into parking space. No vehicle shall back in or park backwards in any municipal lot or parking structure space with the exception of two - wheeled motorized vehicles. SECTION 4. Section 10.40.030 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code is hereby deleted. SECTION 5. Section 10.44.020 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 10.44.020 Curb markings - Meanings - Authority to place. The City Traffic Engineer is authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this chapter, to place, and when required herein shall place, the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations, and the curb markings shall have the meanings as set forth in this section. A. "Red" means no stopping, standing or parking at any time except as permitted by the Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone. B. "Yellow" means no stopping, standing or parking at any time between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day, except Sunday, for any purpose other than the commercial loading or unloading of materials by a commercially registered and licensed vehicle. C. "White" means no stopping, standing or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers, or for the purpose of depositing mail in an adjacent mailbox, which shall not exceed three minutes, and such restrictions shall apply between seven a.m. and six p.m. of any day, except Sunday, and except as follows: 1. When such zone is in front of a hotel or in front of a mailbox the restrictions shall apply at all times. Ordinance No. 1331 (1998 Series) Page Three 2. When such zone is in front of a theater the restrictions shall apply at all times. D. When the City Traffic Engineer as authorized under this chapter has caused curb markings to be placed, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb markings in violation of any of the provisions of this section. SECTION 6. Section 10.44.030 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 10.44.030 Yellow loading zone - Time restrictions for loading and unloading. A. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any yellow loading zone for any purpose other than loading or unloading material for such time as is permitted in this section. B. The loading or unloading of materials shall be allowed only for those deliveries made by commercially registered and licensed vehicles used for commercial business deliveries; also, the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and United States mail. Passenger vehicles may not use a loading zone for any purpose except when the zone is not effective. C. Permission herein granted to stop or stand a vehicle for the purpose of loading or unloading materials shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefor, and in no event for more than thirty minutes. Evidence that there was no activity involving the loading or unloading of materials into or from a vehicle during any continuous period of time of five minutes or longer shall constitute prima facie evidence that the vehicle was parked longer than the time necessary for loading or unloading. SECTION 7. A summary of this ordinance, approved by the City Attorney, together with the names of the Council members voting for and against it, shall be published at least five days prior to its final passage, in the Telegram- Tribune, a newspaper published and circulated in this City. This ordinance will go into effect at the expiration of thirty (30) days after its final passage. Ordinance No. 1331 (1998 Series) Page Four INTRODUCED AND PASSED TO PRINT by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo at a meeting held on the 17th day of February 1998, upon motion of Roalman seconded by Williams and on the following roll call vote: AYES: Council Members Roalman, Williams, Romoro and Smith NOES: Mayor Settle ABSENT: None Ira Mayor Allen Settle ATTEST: onnie Gawf, y C rk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Ordinance No. 1331 (1998 Series) FINALLY PASSED this 3`d day of March, 1998, on motion of Council Member Smith, seconded by Council Member Roalman, and on the following roll call vote: AYES: Council Members Smith, Roalman, Romero and Williams NOES: Mayor Settle ABSENT: None Mayor Allen K. Settle ATTEST: l� /�`r- 0�� �� ��.� )'