HomeMy WebLinkAbout1532ORDINANCE NO. 1532 (2009 Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
AMENDING SECTION 10.52.010 (PARKING METER ZONE - RATES) OF
CHAPTER 10.52 (PARKING METERS) OF TITLE 10 (VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC)
OF THE SAN LUIS OBISPO MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, State law provides, in Vehicle Code Section 22508, that cities must
establish parking meter rates by ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the parking program needs to continue to be self - sufficient for its financial
commitments; and
WHEREAS, the City needs to financially support the operation and debt service of the
next City parking structure; and
WHEREAS, the Council has considered the staff report and considered the proposed
changes to the parking meter rates at a public meeting.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of San Luis
Obispo as follows:
SECTION 1. Sub parts B and D of Existing Section 10.52.010 (Parking meter zone —
rates) of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. New sub parts B and D of Section 10.52.010 (Parking meter zone — rates)
are hereby added to Chapter 10.52 (Parking Meters) of Title 10 (Vehicles and Traffic) of the San
Luis Obispo Municipal Code to read as follows:
B. Unless established otherwise below, the parking meter rate on streets or in municipal
parking lots in the lower -rate zone shall be seventy -five cents ($0.75) per hour, and these parking
meter rates shall be increased to one dollar per hour effective July 1, 2010.
D. Within the shaded area on the map entitled Slack Street Meter Zone Map (Exhibit B), the
parking of vehicles on streets may be controlled and regulated with the aid of parking meters.
The parking meter rate shall be seventy -five cents ($0.75) per hour if controlled by meter.
SECTION 3. Sub part D of Existing Section 10.64.040 (Disposition of fine and
forfeitures) of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code is hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. New Section 10.64.040 (Disposition of fine and forfeitures) is hereby
added to Section 10.64 (Parking Revenues, Fines And Forfeitures) of Title 10 (Vehicles and
Traffic) of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code to read as follows:
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Disposition of fine and forfeitures. All fines and forfeitures collected upon conviction or
upon forfeiture of bail of any person charged with a violation of any of the provisions of this title,
shall be paid into the city treasury and one hundred percent shall be deposited into the "parking
fund" except that the "net' bail amount received for citations generated by the Police Department
may be allocated to the General Fund. For the purposes of this section the "net' bail shall be
determined by Council or by subtracting the total collected bail generated by Police Services and
then subtracting the overhead costs for Parking Services including: citation processing, program
administration and maintenance. All remaining "Parking Fund" moneys shall be distributed for
the purposes described in Section 10.64.010.
SECTION 5. A summary of this ordinance, together with the names of the Council
members voting for and against it, shall be published at least five (5) days prior to its final
passage, in the 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.
INTRODUCED on the 7th day of July 2009, AND FINALLY ADOPTED by the
Council of the City of San Luis Obispo on the 4th day of August 2009, on the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Ashbaugh and Carter, and Mayor Romero
NOES: Vice Mayor Settle
ABSENT: Council Member Marx
ATTEST:
Elaina Cano
Interim City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Jona%aaYVILowell
City Attorney
Mayor David F. Romero
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