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Chapter XII — DESIGNATED PARKING›Article II — ON-STREET PARKING METER ZONES

Alameda Municipal Code § 12-16 Supplementary Regulations

Alameda Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Alameda

Cite as: Alameda Municipal Code § 12-16 · Text as of 2026-10-04

12-16.1 - Additional Provision.

This article, so far as consistent therewith, shall be deemed to be in addition and supplementary to, and not in conflict with, nor a repeal of prior or existing enactments of this City, but shall be an additional provision for the regulation of traffic and parking in the parking meter zones provided for herein.

(Ord. No. 903 N.S.)

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12-16.2, 12-16.3 - Reserved.

12-16.4 - Parking for More Than Time Permitted in Parking Space.

It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in his or her name or operated or controlled by him or her to be parked in any parking space within a parking meter zone where a parking meter is established, for more than the time indicated by proper signs placed in such parking meter zones indicating the maximum parking time allowed in such parking space, or any time during which meter is displaying a signal or other form of reporting indicating that the space is illegally in use except during the time necessary to set the said meter to show legal parking, and excepting also during the time from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m., Mondays through Saturdays, and all day on Sundays and legal holidays. A vehicle will be deemed to have been parked longer than the posted parking limit, if it has not been moved a minimum of 150 feet after the expiration of the maximum time limitation. A vehicle may not return to the initial parking location sooner than two hours following the expiration of the initial time period. The Civic Center Parking Structure is excepted from parking payment Mondays through Saturdays and on legal holidays from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. and all day Sundays. When any section of this article exempts holidays from the parking restriction, the holidays exempt shall be the day observed by the City for the following:

a. January 1;

b. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday;

c. Lincoln's Birthday;

d. Presidents' Day;

e. Memorial Day;

f. July 4;

g. Labor Day;

h. Veteran's Day;

i. Thanksgiving Day;

j. Day after Thanksgiving;

k. December 25.

(Ord. No. 2509 N.S. § 1; Ord. No. 2626 N.S. § 2; Ord. No. 2974 N.S. § 6)

(Ord. No. 3280 N.S., § 9, 5-20-2020)

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