Burbank Municipal Code Art. 16 Public Parking LOTS10 (CA)

6-1-1601: PUBLIC PARKING LOT DEFINITION:

A “public parking lot,” as used in this Article, shall mean an off-street parking lot, parking structure, or other parking facility owned and operated by the City of Burbank or the Parking Authority of the City of Burbank. [Added by Ord. No. 22-3,966, eff. 3/11/22.]

6-1-1602: PURPOSE OF PARKING FEES:

The purpose of establishing parking fees as provided in this Article is to regulate parking to improve parking convenience, manage parking demand, and maximize parking use at all times of the day. Fees shall be set to ensure adequate parking turnover so that a public parking lot always has some of its spaces open at all times and never becomes fully occupied, and may also be set to deter nuisances or inappropriate use of public parking lots. The revenues collected from such parking fees shall offset the cost of the acquisition, purchase, lease supervision, protection, operation, regulation, control, inspection, maintenance, repair, and use of off-street public parking lots and infrastructure. Should the parking fees required to regulate parking generate revenue in excess of these costs, excess parking fee revenue shall be used to offset the protection, operation, regulation, control, inspection, maintenance, and repair of adjacent public facilities and public infrastructure that benefit from and contribute to the use or public enjoyment of the public parking lots. Said fees shall be devoted exclusively to such purposes. [Added by Ord. No. 22-3,966, eff. 3/11/22.]

6-1-1603: PARKING FEES AND PERMIT FEES:

A. Parking fees and permit fees for individual public parking lots may be established and changed, from time to time, by resolution of the City Council.

B. Once established, the City Manager, or designee, is authorized to adjust parking fees and permit fees, for public parking lots as authorized by the Resolution in order to facilitate the parking turnover, occupancy standards, and operational goals set forth in the City’s most recently adopted Parking Management Principles. These adjustments may be made based on data collected to ascertain the operation of the public parking lot and could include occupancy counts, comparable location surveys, and relationship to adjacent parking facilities.

C. No parking permit will be issued to any person who has any unpaid parking citations owed to the City of Burbank. [Added by Ord. No. 22-3,966, eff. 3/11/22.]

6-1-1604: PARKING TIME LIMITS, DESIGNATED PERMIT AREAS, AND EXEMPTED PERIODS:

A. Time Limits.

The City Manager, or designee, is authorized to impose time limit parking restrictions in public parking lots as may be necessary to improve parking convenience, manage parking demand, and maximize parking use at all times of the day. If so imposed, the City Manager or designee shall place appropriate signs or markings giving adequate notice thereof. When such signs or markings are in place in any public parking lot, giving notice of parking limitations, no person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle in such public parking lot for a period of time longer than authorized by such signs or markings.

B. Designated Permit Areas and Exempt Periods.

If parking or permit fees are established by Resolution for a public parking lot, the City Manager, or designee, may establish and, from time to time, adjust, the following for the public parking lot:

Designated permit areas within the public parking lot where parking will be reserved for permit-only parking.
Exempt periods when parking fees or permit requirements will not be applied within the public parking lot.
Criteria for issuing free or discounted parking. [Added by Ord. No. 22-3,966, eff. 3/11/22.]

6-1-1605: TOWING:

Any vehicle parked or left standing in violation of this Article may be towed from the public parking lot and impounded.

The registered owner of the vehicle shall be responsible for any fees in connection with such towing and impounding. [Added by Ord. No. 22-3,966, eff. 3/11/22.]

6-1-1606: PAYMENT OF POSTED FEE REQUIRED:

A. Public Parking Lots with Attendants.

No person shall park a vehicle in a public parking lot with an attendant on duty unless they have paid the posted parking fee or obtained a valid parking permit and, if instructed to do so, have displayed the receipt for payment on the vehicle. Any person who parks in an attended public parking lot when no attendant is on duty shall pay the parking fee at the pay machine located in the lot, or, if there is no pay machine, when exiting the lot if an attendant is then on duty. If a vehicle is parked in an attended public parking lot without a pay machine and the vehicle does not display a parking receipt, it shall be presumed that the vehicle entered the public parking lot when there was no attendant on duty.

B. Parking Lots with Pay Machines and No Attendants.

No person shall park a vehicle in an unattended public parking lot with a pay machine unless they have paid the posted parking fee or obtained a valid parking permit. If instructed by a posted sign to display the receipt of payment, the receipt must be visibly displayed on the vehicle as instructed by the posted signage. If instructed by a posted sign to provide the license plate number of the vehicle being parked, no person shall refrain from inputting said license plate into any payment kiosk, machine, or online payment system. No person shall exit a public parking lot without payment of the applicable parking fee at the on-site pay machine (or other authorized payment mechanism) for the time that the person’s vehicle was parked in the public parking lot.

C. Removal of Parking Receipts Prohibited.

No person shall remove a parking receipt from another vehicle in a public parking lot.

D. Transfer of Parking Receipts Prohibited.

No person shall transfer or cause to be transferred a parking receipt from another vehicle in a public parking lot to avoid payment of posted parking fees.

E. Automatic License Plate Readers.

The City may utilize an automatic license plate reader system to identify the time at which vehicles enter and exit a public parking lot, and to verify payment of parking fees. No person shall cause a vehicle’s license plate to be obscured from the license plate reader device or otherwise interfere with the automatic reader system for the purposes of evading payment. [Added by Ord. No. 22-3,966, eff. 3/11/22.]

6-1-1607: MARKED EXITS:

No person shall remove a vehicle from a public parking lot except through a marked exit gateway or driveway. [Added by Ord. No. 22-3,966, eff. 3/11/22.]

6-1-1608: PARKING SPACES:

A. Parking Within Marked Spaces.

No vehicle shall be parked in any public parking lot except entirely within a space indicated by painted lines, said space being commonly referred to as a “parking space,” “parking slot,” or “parking stall.”

B. Large Non-Commercial Vehicles and Non-Motorized Vehicles.

Large non-commercial vehicles and non-motorized vehicles as defined by Section 6-1-102 of this Chapter are not permitted to park in any public parking lot. [Added by Ord. No. 22-3,966, eff. 3/11/22.]

6-1-1609: COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IN PUBLIC PARKING LOTS:

No person shall drive a commercial vehicle as defined in Section 6-1-1008 onto any public parking lot, unless authorized by the City as provided in this section. The City may allow commercial vehicles to drive onto a public parking lot if the vehicle is actively engaged in business deliveries to or pick up from merchants maintaining an established place of business adjacent to such parking lot. If authorized, the City shall post signs giving adequate notice thereof. [Added by Ord. No. 22-3,966, eff. 3/11/22.]

6-1-1610: PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES:

To maintain public health and safety, the City Manager (or designee) may adopt rules governing the use of public parking lots. No person shall engage in any activity in violation of such rules if the rules are posted in a conspicuous place within the public parking lot. [Added by Ord. No. 22-3,966, eff. 3/11/22.]

6-1-1611: POSTED SPEED LIMITS:

No person shall drive a vehicle in excess of the posted speed limit on any public parking lot. [Added by Ord. No. 22-3,966, eff. 3/11/22.]

6-1-1612: MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT:

Unless otherwise posted, no person shall drive a motor vehicle upon any public parking lot at a speed greater than fifteen miles per hour. [Added by Ord. No. 22-3,966, eff. 3/11/22.]

6-1-1613: PENALTIES:

A. Any person violating any provision of this Article, except for provisions restricting the parking, stopping or standing of vehicles, shall be guilty of either an infraction, which shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars per violation, or a misdemeanor, which shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars per violation, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

B. Any person who violates any provision of this Article, except for provisions restricting the parking, stopping or standing of vehicles, shall be subject to administrative fines and administrative penalties pursuant to Section 1-1-108.1 of this Code.

C. The remedies provided in this Section are not exclusive, and nothing in this Section shall preclude any person from seeking other remedies, penalties or procedures provided by law.

D. All other penalties for violations of provisions in this Article relating to the parking, stopping, or standing of vehicles shall be an infraction which shall be enforced through the parking penalty process set forth in Section 40200 et seq. of the California Vehicle Code. [Added by Ord. No. 22-3,966, eff. 3/11/22.]