Cathedral City Municipal Code Ch. 5.38 Parking Attendants

For purposes of this chapter, certain words and phrases shall be construed as set forth in this section, unless it is apparent from the context that a different meaning is intended.

"Operator"

means any person, firm or corporation engaging in the activity of parking of vehicles for patrons or guests of a business whether the operator is employed by or is under contract to, the business for which the vehicles are being parked.

"Public right-of-way"

means any area dedicated to public use for public street, pedestrian way or other public purposes, or which includes but is not limited to roadways, parkways, alleys, sidewalks and pedestrian ways.

(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)

No person shall, as an "operator" as that term is defined in Section 5.38.010, conduct any activity involving the movement of a vehicle by the operator on or over any public right-of-way or publicly owned property, unless there has first been obtained from the city manager a permit, as provided in this chapter, which permit is in full force and effect.

(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)

No operator, unless possessing a permit expressly allowing them to be done, shall commit or do any of the following acts:

A. Receive, take possession of (for purposes of parking or temporary storage until return of same to the patron or guest) or move a patron's or guest's vehicle, upon any portion of a public right-of-way or other public property;

B. Park and leave standing any patron's or guest's vehicle upon any portion of a public right-of-way or other public property (including any publicly owned off-street parking space).

(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)

No operator shall park any patron's or guest's vehicle upon private property without express authorization by the owner or other person in charge of the private property.

(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)

An application for a permit pursuant to this chapter shall be filed with the city manager or his designee. There shall be submitted such information as the city manager deems necessary in order to evaluate and act upon the permit application. Each application shall include, in general, at least the following basic information in writing: an outline of the method of operating the vehicle-parking service including, but not limited to, the hours of operation, the number of employees, the location(s) from which vehicles will be picked up, and to which they will be delivered to the patrons or guests, the location(s) where vehicles will be stored or placed, and the location(s) of any proposed signs and any proposed attendant stands.

(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)

Each applicant for a permit under this chapter, and each person filing any appeal pursuant to provisions of this chapter, shall pay at the time of filing the application or appeal a processing fee or fees in an amount or amounts as may have been established by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)

Permits as applied for shall be issued by the city manager or his designee, provided it appears that all requirements of this chapter and of other applicable ordinances and laws have been, and will appropriately be, met fully by the applicant, and that the permit can be issued subject to prescribed conditions adequate to assure that there will be no undue interference with normal traffic flow on public rights-of-way, and otherwise to protect the public safety and other persons' property rights and their rights to coequal use and enjoyment of public property. Any permit application may be denied if the city manager concludes it cannot be issued subject to such safeguards.

(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)

The issuance of any permit pursuant to this chapter shall, if appropriate, have conditions attached thereto adequate to meet the public purposes referred to in Section 5.38.070, and the city manager or his designee shall have discretionary authority to prescribe any such necessary or appropriate conditions. All permits shall contain:

A. A condition that the permittee carry insurance against liability for injuries to persons or property in amounts of at least five hundred thousand dollars per incident, with at least twenty-five thousand dollars property damage coverage;

B. A condition that the city shall be named as an additional insured in the policy of liability insurance issued to the permittee; and

C. A condition that the policy of liability insurance issued to the permittee shall contain provisions that the policy shall be considered primary to any other insurance as it relates to the city's liability for such operations.

(Ord. 15 § 1, 1982)

A violation of Section 5.38.020, 5.38.030 or 5.38.040 of this chapter by any person responsible for committing, causing or maintaining such violation shall constitute an infraction violation and the violator shall be subject to the provisions set forth in Chapter 13.65, including, but not limited to, the imposition of any and all criminal penalties set forth therein.

(Ord. 506 § 3, 1999)

Any person convicted of an infraction shall, for each separate violation of this chapter, be subject to: (a) a fine in an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars for a first conviction of an offense; (b) a fine in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars for a second conviction of the same offense within a twelve-month period of the date of the first offense; and (c) a fine in an amount not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars for the third conviction of the same offense within a twelve-month period of the date of the first offense. The fine for a fourth and subsequent convictions of the same offense within a twelve-month period of the date of the first offense shall be one thousand dollars.

(Ord. 506 § 3, 1999)

In lieu of issuing an infraction citation, the city may issue an administrative citation, pursuant to Chapter 13.58, to any person responsible for committing, causing or maintaining a violation of Section 5.38.020, 5.38.030 or 5.38.040 of this chapter. Nothing in this section shall preclude the city from also issuing an infraction citation upon the occurrence of the same offense on a separate day.

(Ord. 506 § 3, 1999)

Note: Former § 5.38.140, Administrative fine, adopted by Ord. 506 was repealed by Ord. 892, 10/22/2025.

A violation of Section 5.38.020, 5.38.030 or 5.38.040 of this chapter by the holder of any city permit and/or city license issued pursuant to this or any other chapter shall constitute grounds for modification, suspension, and/or revocation of said permit and/or license pursuant to the provisions set forth in Chapter 13.150.

(Ord. 506 § 3, 1999)

Nothing in this chapter shall preclude the city from pursuing the remedies provided by Chapter 13.140, including but not limited to, as applicable, denial or revocation of certificates of occupancy, issuance of stop work orders and injunctive relief.

(Ord. 506 § 3, 1999)