Chapter 10.56 — SPECIAL SPEED ZONES

• For state law requiring justification of local speed limits by engineering and traffic surveys for radar enforcement purposes - See C.V.C. § 40802(b); for state law authorizing the increase or decrease of local speed limits - See C.V.C. §§ 22357 and 22358; for state law regulating school zone speed - See C.V.C. § 22353(b)(2).

It is determined that the state twenty-five miles per hour prima facie speed limit for business or residence districts is justified, as required by state law, with respect to the following streets or portions of streets by engineering and traffic surveys conducted by the city and completed on the dates shown below:

Road Segment Name Survey Completion Date

Road Segment Name Survey Completion Date

Alma St from El Camino Real to University Ave September 2023 Alma St from University Ave to Lincoln Ave April 2025 Amaranta Ave from Los Robles Ave to Maybell Ave November 2017 Arboretum Rd from Sand Hill Rd to Quarry Rd November 2017 Birch St from California Ave to Page Mill Exp April 2025 California Ave from Park Blvd to El Camino Real November 2017 California Ave from El Camino Real to Hanover St November 2017 Charleston Rd from Fabian Way to South City Limit September 2023 Charleston Rd from Middlefield Rd to Fabian Way September 2023 Charleston Rd from El Camino Real to Alma St September 2023 Channing Ave from W Bayshore Rd to Newell Rd November 2017 Channing Ave from Newell Rd to Guinda Ave November 2017 Channing Ave from Guinda Ave to Alma St November 2017 Charleston Rd from Alma St to Middlefield Rd September 2023 Churchill Ave from Embarcadero Rd to Alma St November 2017 Churchill Ave from Alma St to El Camino Real November 2017 Colorado Ave from W Bayshore Rd to Middlefield Rd November 2017 E Meadow Dr from W Bayshore Rd to Louis Rd November 2017 El Camino Way from Los Robles Ave to Maybell Ave September 2023 Embarcadero Rd from Embarcadero Rd to Highway 101 April 2025 Embarcadero Rd from Highway 101 to Middlefield Rd April 2025 Embarcadero Rd from Middlefield Rd to Alma St April 2025 Embarcadero Rd from El Camino Real to Alma St October 2023 Guinda Ave from Lytton Ave to Channing Ave November 2017 Hamilton Ave from Middlefield Rd to Alma St November 2017 High St from Lytton Ave to Channing Ave November 2017 Homer Ave from Guinda Ave to Alma St November 2017 Laguna Ave from Matadero Ave to Los Robles Ave November 2017 Lambert Ave from Park Blvd to El Camino Real November 2017 Loma Verde Ave from W Bayshore Rd to Middlefield Rd November 2017 Loma Verde Ave from Middlefield Rd to Alma St November 2017 Los Robles Ave from Laguna Ave to El Camino Real November 2017 Louis Rd from Embarcadero Rd to Oregon Exp November 2017 Louis Rd from Oregon Exp to Loma Verde Rd September 2023 Louis Rd from Loma Verde Rd to Charleston Rd September 2023 Lytton Ave from Alma St to Middlefield Rd November 2017 Matadero Ave from El Camino Real to Laguna Ave November 2017 Middlefield Rd from University Ave to Embarcadero Rd September 2023 Middlefield Rd from University Ave to Northern City Limits September 2023 Middlefield Rd from Embarcadero Rd to Oregon Exp November 2017 Middlefield Rd from Oregon Exp to E Charleston Rd April 2025 Middlefield Rd. from E Charleston Rd to South City Limits April 2025 Newell Rd from East City Limit to Channing Ave November 2017 Newell Rd from Channing Ave to Embarcadero Rd November 2017 N California Ave from Embarcadero Rd to Middlefield Rd September 2023 N California Ave from Middlefield Rd to Alma St November 2017 Park Blvd from California Ave to Lambert Ave September 2023 Peter Coutts Rd from Stanford Ave to Page Mill Rd November 2017 Porter Dr from Hillview Ave to Page Mill Rd September 2023 Quarry Rd from El Camino Real to Campus Dr October 2023 Stanford Ave from El Camino Real to Peter Coutts Rd November 2017 Stanford Ave from Peter Coutts Rd to Junipero Serra Blvd November 2017 University Ave from East City Limits to Middlefield Rd April 2025 University Ave from Middlefield Rd to Alma St November 2017 Waverley St from Lytton Ave to Channing Ave November 2017 Waverley St from Channing Ave to Embarcadero Rd November 2017 W Meadow Dr from Alma St to El Camino Way November 2017

(Ord. 5683 § 2, 2026: Ord. 5668 § 2, 2025: Ord. 5421 § 2, 2017: Ord. 4298 § 1, 1995: Ord. 4206 § 1, 1994: Ord. 3991 § 1, 1990: Ord. 3857 § 1, 1989: Ord. 3645 § 1, 1985: Ord. 3483 § 1, 1983: Ord. 3238 § 1, 1980: Ord. 3085 Exhibit A (part), 1978: Ord. 2891 § 1, 1975: Ord. 2740 § 1 (part), 1973: Ord. 2541, 1970: Ord. 2375, 1967: Ord. 2340 (part), 1967: Ord. 2331, 1967: Ord. 2225, 1965: Ord. 2192, 1964: Ord. 2191, 1964: Ord. 2188, 1964: Ord. 2008, 1961: Ord. 1994, 1961: Ord. 1714 (part), 1956: prior code § 19.152)

It is determined and justified upon the basis of engineering and traffic surveys that a speed greater than the twenty-five miles per hour prima facie

speed limit set forth in Section 22352 of the Vehicle Code of the state, would facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and would be reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist upon the streets, or portions thereof, set forth in this section, and it is hereby declared that thirty miles per hour shall be the prima facie speed limit upon these streets, or portions thereof, except for school zones, as shown below:

Road Segment Name Survey Completion Date

Road Segment Name Survey Completion Date

Coyote Hill Rd from Page Mill Rd to Hillview Ave April 2025 Fabian Way from Charleston Rd to W Bayshore Rd September 2023 Hansen Way from El Camino Real to Page Mill Exp September 2023 Hanover St from Page Mill Rd to Hillview Ave September 2023 Hillview Ave from Hanover St to Foothill Exp September 2023 Sand Hill Rd from El Camino Real to Arboretum November 2017 W Bayshore Rd from Oregon Exp to Colorado Ave November 2017

(Ord. 5683 § 3, 2026: Ord. 5668 § 3, 2025: Ord. 5421 § 3, 2017: Ord. 4298 § 2, 1995: Ord. 3991 § 2, 1990: Ord. 3645 § 2, 1985: Ord. 3238 § 2, 1980)

It is determined and justified upon the basis of engineering and traffic surveys that a speed greater than the twenty-five miles per hour prima facie speed limit set forth in Section 22352 of the Vehicle Code of the state, would facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and would be reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist upon the streets, or portions thereof, set forth in this section, and it is hereby declared that thirty-five miles per hour shall be the prima facie speed limit upon these streets, or portions thereof, except for school zones, as shown below:

Road Segment Name Survey Completion Date

Road Segment Name Survey Completion Date

Alma St from Lincoln Ave to Oregon Expy November 2017 Alma St from Oregon Exp to E Meadow Dr November 2017 Alma St from E Meadow Dr to South City Limit November 2017 Arastradero Rd from Purissima Rd to Deer Creek Rd November 2017 Arastradero Rd from Deer Creek Rd to Foothill Exp November 2017 Deer Creek Rd from western city limits to Arastradero Rd September 2023 Hillview Ave from Foothill Exp to Arastradero Rd November 2017 Oregon Exp from Middlefield Rd to Highway 101 June 2014 Oregon Exp from Middlefield Rd to Alma St November 2017 Page Mill Rd from El Camino Real to Hanover St June 2014 Page Mill Rd from Hanover St to Foothill Exp June 2014 Sand Hill Rd from Arboretum to West City limit November 2017 San Antonio Rd from Alma St Overpass to Middlefield Rd September 2023 San Antonio Rd from Middlefield Rd to Charleston Rd September 2023 San Antonio Rd from Charleston Rd to East City Limit June 2014 W Bayshore Rd from Oregon Exp to Loma Verde Ave November 2017 W Bayshore Rd from Loma Verde to Fabian Way September 2023

(Ord. 5668 § 4, 2025: Ord. 5421 § 4, 2017: Ord. 4298 § 3, 1995: Ord. 4206 § 2, 1994: Ord. 3991 § 3, 1990: Ord. 3857 § 2, 1989: Ord. 3645 § 3, 1985: Ord. 3483 § 2, 1983: Ord. 3085 Exhibit A (part), 1978: Ord. 2740 § 1 (part), 1973)

It is determined and justified upon the basis of engineering and traffic surveys that a speed greater than the twenty-five miles per hour prima facie speed limit set forth in Section 22352 of the Vehicle Code of the state, would facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and would be reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist upon the streets, or portions thereof, set forth in this section, and it is hereby declared that forty miles per hour shall be the prima facie speed limit upon these streets, or portions thereof, except for school zones, as shown below:

Road Segment Name Survey Completion Date

E Bayshore from Embarcadero Road Bicycle and Pedestrian Overcrossing to Adobe Creek November 2017

(Ord. 5668 § 5, 2025: Ord. 5421 § 5, 2017: Ord. 4298 § 4, 1995: Ord. 3991 § 4, 1990: Ord. 3645 § 4, 1985)

It is determined and justified upon the basis of engineering and traffic surveys that a speed greater than the twenty-five miles per hour prima facie speed limit set forth in Section 22352 of the Vehicle Code of the state, would facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and would be reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist upon the streets, or portions thereof, set forth in this section, and it is hereby declared that forty-five miles per hour shall be the prima facie speed limit upon these streets, or portions thereof, except for school zones, as shown below:

Survey Completion

Road Segment Name Date

Foothill Expressway from Page Mill Rd to South City Limit November 2017

(Ord. 5421 § 6, 2017: Ord. 4298 § 5, 1995: Ord. 4206 § 3, 1994: Ord. 3991 § 5, 1990: Ord. 3857 § 3, 1989: Ord. 3645 § 5, 1985: Ord. 3483 § 3, 1983: Ord. 3085 Exhibit A (part), 1978: Ord. 2891 § 2, 1975: Ord. 2740 § 1 (part), 1973)

It is determined and justified pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 22358.4(b)(1) that twenty miles per hour shall be the prima facie speed limit on the road segments shown below at a distance within 500 feet from or of the school grounds while children are going to or leaving the school, either during school hours or during the noon recess period.

School name Road Segment Name

School name Road Segment Name

1 Addison Elementary School Middlefield Rd Webster St Addison Ave Lincoln Ave 2 Palo Alto High School Churchill Ave Embarcadero Rd 3 Walter Hays Elementary School Embarcadero Rd Middlefield Rd 4 Duveneck Elementary School Channing Ave Alester Ave 5 Jordan Middle School California Ave Middlefield Rd 6 Ohlone Elementary School Amarillo Ave 7 El Carmelo Elementary School El Carmelo Ave Loma Verde Ave Bryant St Ramona St 8 Palo Verde Elementary School Louis Rd Rorke Way 9 Fairmeadow Elementary School East Meadow Dr 10 JLS Middle School East Meadow Dr 11 Herbert Elementary School Charleston Rd 12 Barron Park Elementary School Barron Ave 13 Juana Briones Elementary School Maybell Dr Gerogia Ave Orme St 14 Terman Elementary School Terman Ave Arastradero Rd 15 Gunn High School Arastradero Rd 16 Escondido Elementary School Stanford Ave 17 Discovery Children’s House Montessori School University Ave Kellogg Ave 18 Castilleja School Bryant St Emerson St Channing Ave 19 St. Elizabeth Seton School Harriet St Louis Rd 20 Stratford School Middlefield Rd N California Ave 21 Keys School Sutter Ave 22 Bowman School Donald Dr 23 Cornerstone Manuela Ave 24 Esther B Clark/Sand Hill Clark Way 25 International School of the Peninsula- Cowper Campus Cowper St 26 Keys School - El Camino Campus El Camino Way 27 Living Wisdom College Ave Middlefield Rd 28 Tru School Fulton St Melville Ave

(Ord. 5428 § 2, 2018: Ord. 5421 § 7, 2017)

Chapter 10.60

PARKING VIOLATIONS*

• Editor's Note: Former Chapter 10.60, Parking Meters, previously codified herein and containing portions of Ordinance Nos. 1714, 1910, 2318, 2388, 2397, 2508, 2960 and 3367, was repealed in its entirety by Ordinance No. 4159.

Except as otherwise provided, violations of any provision of Chapters10.36, 10.40, 10.44, 10.46, 10.47, and 10.50 of this Title 10 (hereinafter referred to as a "parking violation") shall be punishable by a civil penalty (hereinafter referred to as a "parking penalty"). These parking penalties, together with any late payment penalties, administrative fee, and other related charges shall be established by ordinance or resolution of the city council.

(Ord. 5294 § 4, 2015; Ord. 4667 § 1, 2000: (Ord. 4453 § 54, 1997: Ord. 4325 § 1 (part), 1996: Ord. 4159 § 2 (part), 1993)

The amount of the parking penalty applicable to a parking violation and the time and procedure for the registered owner or the lessee or rentee of the vehicle to deposit the parking penalty or contest the penalty shall be indicated upon the notice of parking violation when it is served by being affixed to the vehicle or as otherwise provided by law. If the parking penalty is not paid within the time and in the manner stated on the notice of parking violation, the police department or its designated processing agency shall deliver or mail to the registered owner of the vehicle a notice of delinquent parking violation.

(Ord. 4325 § 1 (part), 1996: Ord. 4159 § 2 (part), 1993)

Within twenty-one calendar days of the issuance of a notice of parking violation or within fourteen calendar days from the mailing of a notice of delinquent parking violation (whichever is later), a person may request (by telephone, in writing, or in person) an initial review by the police department. Upon this review, the notice of parking violation or notice of delinquent parking violation and all penalties and fees based thereon may be canceled by the police department if a determination is made that either the violation did not occur, that extenuating circumstances make dismissal of the citation appropriate in the interest of justice, or that the registered owner was not responsible for the violation; however, under no circumstances shall a personal relationship with any officer, public official, or law enforcement agency be grounds for cancellation. The decision of the police department shall be mailed to the person requesting review.

(Ord. 4325 § 1 (part), 1996: Ord. 4159 § 2 (part), 1993)

Within twenty-one calendar days from the mailing to the person contesting the notice of parking violation or notice of delinquent parking violation of the results of the police department's initial review, that person may request (by telephone, in writing, or in person) an administrative review before a parking examiner by depositing the full amount of the parking penalty. If the person provides proof of financial inability to deposit the full amount of the parking violation (according to standards developed and included in the police department's notice of decision upon initial review), the requirement for payment of the parking penalty as a prerequisite to contesting it shall be waived. If the vehicle is immobilized or impounded for unpaid parking violations, the requirement for payment of parking penalties as a prerequisite to contesting them shall also be waived.

(Ord. 4325 § 1 (part), 1996: Ord. 4159 § 2 (part), 1993)

The city manager shall designate a parking examiner having the qualifications, training, and objectivity necessary to perform the duties of that position. The parking examiner shall not be employed, managed, or controlled by a person whose primary duties are parking enforcement, parking citation, processing, collection, or issuance. The parking examiner's continued employment, performance evaluation, compensation, and benefits shall not be directly or indirectly linked to the amount of fines collected as a result of decisions by the parking examiner.

(Ord. 4325 § 1 (part), 1996: Ord. 4159 § 2 (part), 1993)

The parking examiner shall notify the person contesting the parking penalty of the date and time scheduled for hearing and provide the option of proceeding on a written statement or in person at that time. The hearing shall be conducted within the boundaries of the city within ninety calendar days following receipt of the request for an administrative hearing; provided, however, that the person requesting the hearing shall be entitled to one continuance not exceeding twenty-one calendar days. If the person requesting a hearing is a minor, that person shall be permitted to appear at a hearing or admit responsibility for the parking violation without the necessity of the appointment of a guardian and may be proceeded against in the same manner as against an adult. Prima facie evidence of the parking violation shall be established by the police department's production at the

hearing of the notice of parking violation (or a copy thereof), information from the California Department of Motor Vehicles identifying the registered owner of the vehicle, and the decision of the police department being contested. Hearings shall be conducted informally, to be guided by rules of legal evidence, according to written procedures established by the police department and approved by the city manager. The appellant shall be entitled to testify and to present witnesses. Upon completion of the hearing, the parking examiner may cancel the notice of parking violation and all penalties and fees based thereon if a determination is made that either the violation did not occur, that extenuating circumstances make dismissal of the citation appropriate in the interest of justice, or that the registered owner was not responsible for the violation; however, under no circumstances shall a personal relationship with any officer, public official, or law enforcement agency be grounds for cancellation. The decision of the parking examiner shall be mailed or personally delivered to the appellant and shall be final and not subject to reconsideration. Following a determination by the examiner that a person has committed the violation, the examiner may allow payment of the parking penalty in installments, or the police department may allow for deferred payment or allow for payments in installments, if the person provides evidence satisfactory to the examiner or to the police department, as the case may be, of an inability to pay the parking penalty in full. Unless canceled by decision of the police department or the parking examiner, the parking penalty and all late charges and fees based thereon shall be collectible as provided by the laws of California.

(Ord. 4325 § 1 (part), 1996: Ord. 4159 § 2 (part), 1993)

(a) The city manager or designee is authorized to set aside any portion or all of any city-owned parking lot for permit parking and to issue permits therefor as provided in this section.

(b) The city manager or designee may issue parking permits upon application therefor and upon the payment of a fee in an amount to be determined by the city manager or municipal fee schedule. Such permit shall designate the parking lot for which it is issued and shall be displayed as directed by the city. Such permit may contain such instructions as to its use as may be deemed appropriate by the city manager. The city manager or designee may issue virtual parking permits instead of, or in combination with, physical parking permits.

(c) The city manager or designee shall install signs in the permit parking areas indicating that they are reserved for permit parking only, and the holder of such a permit properly displayed may park in any such space on the lot, but only in such space.

(d) A vehicle with a permit shall not park for more than seventy-two consecutive hours in the same city-owned public parking facility. This subsection shall not apply to official city vehicles.

(e) No person who owns or has possession, custody or control of a vehicle shall park that vehicle or allow it to be parked in any permit parking space in a permit area where sign indicating that such space is reserved for permit parking only without displaying a valid permit therefor. This prohibition shall only apply to the use of such spaces during the period as indicated on the posted signage.

(Ord. 5531 § 11, 2021: Ord. 4558 § 6 (part), 1999: Ord. 4325 § 1 (part), 1996: Ord. 4159 § 2 (part), 1993)