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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0927ORDINANCE N0. 927 (19 82 SERIES) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AMENDING MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 3211.1, 3211.2 3211.3,.AND DELETING SECTION 3211.4 REGARDING LOADING ZONES. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo as follows: SECTION 1. Section 3211.1, 3211.2, and 3211.3 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows below. SECTION 2. Section 3211.4 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code is deleted and left blank as follows below: SECTION 3211.1 CURB MARKINGS TO INDICATE NO STOPPING AND PARKING REGULATIONS. (a) The city traffic engineer is hereby 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 said curb markings shall have the meanings as herein set forth. (1) Red shall mean 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. (2) Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing or parking at any time between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. of any day except Sunday and holidays for any purpose other than the commercial loading or unloading of materials (Ordinance No. 748 - 1978 Series). (3) White shall mean 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 mail box, which shall not exceed three (3) minutes and such restrictions shall apply between 7:00 a.m, and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays and except as follows: (a) When such zone is in front of a hotel or in front of a mailbox the restrictions shall apply at all times. (b) When such zone is in front of a theatre the restrictions shall apply at all times except when such theatre is closed. (4) 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 3211.2 EFFECT OF PERMISSION TO LOAD OR UNLOAD IN YELLOW ZONE. (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 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. (Ordinance No. 748 - 1978 Series.) (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 therefore, and in no event for more than thirty (30) 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 (5) minutes or longer shall ,constitute prima facie evidence that said vehicle was parked longer than the time necessary for loading or unloading. SECTION 3211.3 EFFECT OF PERMISSION TO LOAD OR UNLOAD IN WHITE ZONES. (a) No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in any passenger loading zone or any vehicle other than a taxicab in a specially marked loading zone for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers for such time as is specified in this Section. (b) Permission herein granted to stop or park for purposes of loading or unloading passengers shall include the loading or unloading of personal baggage and shall not extend beyond the time necessary therefore and in no event for more than three (3) minutes. (c) The City Council may, by resolution, allow taxicabs to stand in specially marked passenger loading zones and regular parking spaces for extended periods of time providing the driver is present in the cab. (d) Within the total time limits above specified the provisions of this section and Section 3211.2 shall be enforced so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable loading or unloading but without permitting abuse of the privileges hereby granted. SECTION 3211.4 SECTION 3. The Ordinance, together with the ayes and noes, shall be published once in full, at least three (3) days prior to its final passage in the Telegram Tribune, a newspaper published and circulated in said City, and the same shall go into effect at the expiration of thirty (30) days after its final passage. INTRODUCED AND PASSED TO PRINT by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo at a meeting held on the 1 st day of June 1982, on motion of Councilman Settle , seconded by Councilman Dunin and on the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmembers Settle, Dunin, Dovey and Mayor Billig NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman Griffin ATTEST: /2m 1-w 6410 CIr CLERK PAMELA O—UE--S APPROVED: P ow City Administrative ffice City Attorney City Engi e r Y LANIE C. BILLIG I 77-; F-ilc,, P)unl. �ii� Code, - ORDINANCE NO. 927 (.1982 Series) FINALLY PASSED this 15th day of June 1982, on motion of Councilwoman Dovey seconded by Councilman Settle and on the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmembers Dovey, Settle, Dunin, Griffin and Mayor Billig NOES: None ABSENT: None ATTEST: Ci Clerk Pamela ges Mayor Ikelanie C. Billig s