Emeryville Municipal Code Art. 2 One-way Car Sharing

(a) Free-floating parking permits entitle one-way car share organization members to park one-way car share vehicles in metered and unmetered spaces in which parking is allowed for two (2) hours or longer, for up to seventy-two (72) hours, within the designated service area. Members may park at meters without paying the meter. Members may park in other zones and shall pay meters. Members may also park for less than two (2) hours where parking is limited to less than two (2) hours.

(b) Fees for master residential parking permits, and for the implementation and administration of this article, may be adopted by resolution of the City Council. One-way car share fees shall reflect the cost of foregone meter revenue and administration.

(Sec. 2, Ord. 21-004, eff. July 1, 2021)

(a) A one-way vehicle share vehicle covered by a valid permit, parked at a metered or unmetered parking space in which parking is allowed for two (2) hours or longer, for up to seventy-two (72) hours, that is located within the company's defined service area, shall be exempt from the provisions stated in Chapters 9 of Title 4 and 10 of Title 4 (Vehicular Traffic and Parking/Parking Meters), which regulate the parking or standing of vehicles, which includes time limits enforced at inoperable parking meters and multi-space pay stations; except, that it may not remain parked at the same location for more than seventy-two (72) hours.

(b) A vehicle covered by a valid master residential parking permit shall be permitted to stand or be parked in any of the residential permit parking areas established pursuant to the City of Emeryville's parking permit program with the same rights and restrictions as residential parking permit (RPP) holders.

(Sec. 2, Ord. 21-004, eff. July 1, 2021)

(a) The City Manager is authorized to set the number of free-floating parking permits issued to one-way car share organizations to be used on car share vehicles.

(b) The City Manager is authorized to institute a cap on the number of vehicles parked in Emeryville on a daily average or other related metric.

(c) The one-way car share organization shall share the license plate numbers of the share vehicles with the City when permits are first obtained and before placing new vehicles on streets.

(d) All fleet vehicles shall be low-emission vehicles.

(e) Car share vehicles shall not park in residential permit parking zones or preferential permit parking zones unless a master residential parking permit has been issued to the operator.

(Sec. 2, Ord. 21-004, eff. July 1, 2021)