El Monte Municipal Code Ch. 12.36 Municipal Parking Lots

The Director of Community Services may recommend to the City Council and the City Council shall indicate by resolution which City-owned parking lots shall be designated as municipal parking lots for the purpose of enforcement of parking restrictions pursuant to the California Vehicle Code Section 22519. Whenever the City Council so designates a municipal parking lot, it shall be posted with a sign or signs, as appropriate, giving notice thereof. Such designation shall be made by posting of a sign immediately adjacent to and visible from the entrance driveway of each municipal parking lot. (Amended during 1999 recodification; prior code § 3800)

The city may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit, restrict, or regulate the parking, stopping, or standing of vehicles on any off-street parking facility which it owns or operates. No such ordinance or resolution shall apply until signs giving notice thereof have been erected. Such signs shall contain the specific restriction(s), for example: no blocking of driveways, no double parking, no storage of vehicles, no consumption of alcoholic beverages in vehicles on municipal parking lots, park only in designated spaces, or, head-in parking only.

(Prior code § 3801)

Any person in violation of any of the provisions of Section 12.36.020, may be cited by any officer of the El Monte Police Department or designated civilian employee assigned to the Parking Control Authority of the Inspection Bureau, city of El Monte.

(Prior code § 3802)

Any sworn member of the El Monte Police Department or designated employee of the Parking Control Authority of the Inspection Bureau, city of El Monte, shall have the authority to cause the removal from a designated municipal parking lot to the nearest public garage of any vehicle illegally stored, abandoned, or creating a hazard to the public on any municipal parking lot if there is posted immediately adjacent to and visible from the entrance of such parking lot a sign which clearly and conspicuously states the following: "Unauthorized vehicles stored on this lot for an excess of 72 hours, or inoperable or abandoned vehicles left parked or standing on this lot in excess of five (5) days, or any vehicle creating a public hazard because it creates a health hazard or because it impedes the normal flow of traffic will be towed away at the owner's expense. Information concerning towed vehicles may be obtained by telephoning the Parking Control Authority at the El Monte Police Department (580-2110)."

(Prior code § 3803)