HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1655 AMENDING MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 10 REGARDING VEHICLES AND TRAFFICORDINANCE NO. 1655 (2018 SERIES)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS
OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 10
REGARDING VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
WHEREAS, The Public Works Department recognizes the need for certain designated
employees to have the authority to remove vehicles from City streets in support of and coordination
with the Police Department; and
WHEREAS, the implementation of license plate recognition (LPR) technology for timed
parking enforcement purposes requires that the timed parking section be amended to clarify how
far a vehicle must move and for how long the vehicle must be moved before returning to the same
area in order to improve the accuracy of parking enforcement and ensure compliance with this
section; and
WHEREAS, the City recognizes the need to accommodate ride share vehicles in the
downtown area by allowing passenger vehicles the ability to load and unload passengers in
commercial loading zones without being subject to citation; and
WHEREAS, the City recognizes the need to allow passenger vehicles to be left
unoccupied in passenger loading zones in order for certain activities to take place such as checking
into a hotel or checking a student our from school without being subject to citation; and
WHEREAS, parking specific sections must be updated to maintain consistent language
throughout Title 10.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo
as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 10. 12.090 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code, entitled Removal
of vehicles from street by police officers permitted when, is hereby amended to read as follows:
10.12.090 Removal of vehicles from street by police officers or designated employees
permitted when.
Any regularly employed and salaried officer or designated employee of the police
department or the public works department of this city may remove or cause to be removed:
A. Any vehicle that has been parked or left standing upon a street or highway for seventy-
two or more consecutive hours;
B. Any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon a street or highway when such parking
or standing is prohibited by ordinance or resolution of this city and signs are posted giving
notice of such removal;
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C. Any vehicle which is parked or left upon a street or highway where the use of such street
or highway or a portion thereof is necessary for the cleaning, repair or construction of the
street or highway or for the installation of underground utilities or where the use of the
street or highway or any portion thereof is authorized for a purpose other than the normal
flow of traffic or where the use of the street or highway or any portion thereof is necessary
for the movement of equipment, articles or structures of unusual size and the parking of
such vehicles would prohibit or interfere with such use or movement; provided, that signs
giving notice that such vehicle may be removed are erected or placed at least twenty-four
hours prior to the removal;
D. Any vehicle which is blocking designated fire lanes or alleys where parking is
prohibited.
SECTION 2. Section 10.36.235 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code, entitled
Restricted parking in certain city parking lots, is hereby amended to read as follows:
10.36.235 Restricted parking in city parking facilities.
No person shall stop, stand, park or leave standing a motor vehicle in any city parking
facility or space where vehicular parking has been restricted by a resolution adopted by the
council; provided, that signs specifying the restrictions, or conditions under which parking
is permitted, shall have been posted at all entrances to such property or at designated
spaces. Such signs shall be approved both as to wording and posting by the public works
director or their designee(s).
SECTION 3. Section 10.40.010 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code, entitled Timed
Parking, 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
public works director or their designee(s) 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
established by Section 10.52.030, for a period of time longer than designated time posted
by sign, parking meter or 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. Once the designated time at an occupied space has
elapsed, a vehicle may not return to a parking space in the same block face, or within 500
feet of where previously parked on the same block face or to the same city parking facility
for a three-hour period.
SECTION 4. Section 10.40.020 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code, entitled Backing
into parking space, is hereby amended to read as follows:
10.40.020 Backing into parking space.
No vehicle shall back in or park backwards in any city parking facility space with the
exception of two -wheeled motorized vehicles.
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SECTION 5. Section 10.40.060 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code, entitled Parking
space markings, is hereby amended to read as follows:
10.40.060 Parking space markings.
A. The public works director or their designee(s) is authorized to install and maintain
parking space markings to indicate parking spaces adjacent to curbings on city streets and
in city parking facilities where authorized parking is permitted.
B. When such parking space markings are placed on the highway or in city parking
facilities, subject to other and more restrictive limitations, no vehicle shall be stopped, left
standing or parked other than within a single space, unless the size or shape of such vehicle
makes compliance impossible.
SECTION 6. Section 10.44.010 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code, entitled Loading
Zones — Markings — Authority, is hereby amended to read as follows:
10.44.010 Loading zones—Marking—Authority.
A. The public works director or their designee(s) is authorized to determine and to mark
loading zones and passenger loading zones as follows:
1. At any place in the central traffic district or any business district;
2. Elsewhere in front of the entrance to any place of business or in front of any hall or place
used for the purpose of public assembly.
B. Loading zones shall be indicated by yellow paint upon the top and side of all curbs in
the zones.
C. Passenger loading zones shall be indicated by white paint upon the top and side of all
curbs in the zones.
SECTION 7. Section 10.44.020 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code, entitled Curb
Markings — Meanings — Authority to place, is hereby amended to read as follows:
10.44.020 Curb markings—Meanings—Authority to place.
The public works director or their designee(s) 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. every Monday to Saturday, and between one p.m. and six p.m. every Sunday,
unless otherwise indicated by posted signage, for any purpose other than the commercial
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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 or for the purpose of loading and unloading of passengers by passenger
vehicles. 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 extend beyond the time necessary therefor and in no event for more than
ten minutes, and such restrictions shall apply between seven a.m. and six p.m. every
Monday to Saturday, and between one p.m. and six p.m. every 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.
2. When such zone is in front of a theater the restrictions shall apply at all times.
D. When the public works director or their designee(s) 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 8. Section 10.44.030 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code, entitled Yellow
loading zone—Time restrictions for loading and unloading, 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 materials or passengers 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. The loading or unloading of materials shall not extend
beyond the time necessary therefor 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 eight minutes or longer shall
constitute prima facie evidence that the vehicle was parked longer than the time necessary
for loading or unloading. The council may, by resolution, temporarily extend the time for
unloading and loading of materials at select locations when it is deemed in the best interest
of the public due to temporary conditions such as construction, street or public parking lot
closures.
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C. The loading or unloading of passengers shall not extend beyond the time necessary
therefor and in no event for more than three (3) minutes and during such time no person
shall leave any such vehicle unattended.
SECTION 9. Section 10.44.040 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code, entitled White
zones—Time restrictions for loading and unloading, is hereby amended to read as follows:
10.44.040 White zones—Time restrictions for loading and unloading.
A. No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in any passenger 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 therefor and in no event for more than ten (10) minutes and
during such time the vehicle may be left unoccupied to accommodate the use.
C. Within the total time limits specified in this section the provisions of this section and
Section 10.44.030 shall be enforced so as to accommodate necessary and reasonable
loading or unloading, but without permitting abuse of the privileges hereby granted.
SECTION 10. Section 10.52.040 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code, entitled
Operational procedure to be followed, is hereby amended to read as follows:
10.52.040 Operational procedure to be followed.
No person shall cause, allow or permit any vehicle to remain parked in
any metered parking space unless a sign or signal indicating that meter fees have been paid
is displayed by the adjacent parking meter.
SECTION 11. Section 10.52.050 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code, entitled
Unlawful to allow vehicle to remain parked after expiration of time, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
10.52.050 Unlawful to allow vehicle to remain parked after expiration of time.
No operator of any vehicle shall permit the vehicle to remain parked in any parking space
during any time that the meter is showing a sign or signal indicating that such space is
illegally in use other than such time immediately after the original occupancy as is
necessary to operate the meter to show legal parking.
SECTION 12. 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.
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SECTION 13. 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
Tribune, 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 2nd day of October, 2018, AND FINALLY ADOPTED by the
Council of the City of San Luis Obispo on the 16th day of October, 2018, on the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Gomez, Pease and Rivoire,
Vice Mayor Christianson and Mayor Harmon
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
Teresa Purrington
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City
of San Luis Obispo, California, this 2,2 day of o c6lJ�ejc , 261 F_
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Teresa Purrington
City Clerk
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