HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/06/1998, C3 - FINAL PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. 1343 (1998 SERIES) AMENDING SECTIONS 10.44.020 (CURB MARKEINGS-MEANINGS- AUTHORITY TO PLACE) AND 10.44.030 (YELLOW LOADING ZONE-TIME RESTRICTION FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING) OF THE SAN LUIS OBISPO MUNICIPAL CO council M� V
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CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
FROM: Mke McCluskey,Director of Public Works-f
Prepared By: Keith Opalewski,Parking Managej<-'
SUBJECT: FINAL PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. 1343 (1998 Series)
AMENDING SECTIONS 10.44.020(CURB MARKINGS-MEANINGS-
AUTHORITY TO PLACE)AND 10.44.030 (YELLOW LOADING
ZONE-TIME RESTRICTION FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING)OF
THE SAN LUIS OBISPO MUNICIPAL CODE
CAO RECOMMENDATION
Grant final passage to Ordinance No. 1343 (1998 Series)
DISCUSSION
On September 15, 1998, the City Council voted (5-0), to introduce Ordinance No. 1343 to print
amending section 10.44.020 (Curb Markings) to allow professionally signed passenger vehicles
that display an authorized commercial loading zone permit to use a commercial loading zone
without a commercial vehicle license plate. This section also establishes that the commercial
loading zone permit requirements and fee shall be set by resolution. Ordinance No. 1343 also
amends section 10.44.030 (Yellow Zone Time Restriction) by extending the activity period for
use of commercial zones from five minutes to eight minutes. The Council voted to reduce the
recommended ten minute activity period to eight minutes in order to improve the efficiency of
parking enforcement personnel. Ordinance 1343 is now ready for final passage and will become
effective thirty days after the date of its final passage.
ATTACHMENTS
Ordinance No. 1343 (1998 Series)
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ORDINANCE NO. 1343 (1998 Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
AMENDING SECTION 10.44.020 (CURB MARKINGS -MEANINGS -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 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
September 15, 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 10.44.020 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 Sundays, for any purpose other than the commercial loading or
unloading of materials by a commercially registered and licensed vehicle or a professionally signed
passenger vehicle that displays an authorized commercial loading zone permit. The commercial
loading zone permit requirements and fee shall be established by resolution.
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 Sundays, and except as follows:
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1. When such zone is in front of a hotel or in front of a mailbox the
restrictions shall apply at all times.
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 marldngs in violation of any of the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. 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 or professionally signed passenger vehicles
displaying an authorized commercial loading zone permit that is used for commercial business
deliveries; also, the delivery or pickup of express and parcel post packages and United States
mail. All other passenger vehicles not meeting the sign and permit requirements 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 eight minutes or longer
shall constitute prima facie evidence that the vehicle was parked longer than the time necessary.
for loading or unloading.
SECTION 3. 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.
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INTRODUCED AND PASSED TO PRINT by the Council of the City of San Luis
Obispo at a meeting held on the day of 1998, upon motion of
seconded by and on the
following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Mayor Allen Settle
ATTEST:
Lee Price, CMC
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
J rge eq qty Attorney
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