Pismo Beach Municipal Code Ch. 10.10 Paid Parking Zone

A. The parking of vehicles upon the streets, portions of streets and off-street parking lots in this city, as hereinafter designated, within the paid parking zone as hereinafter described shall be controlled, regulated and inspected with the aid of parking meters, and shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter. As used in this chapter, "parking meters" includes all devices intended to collect coins, currency or other forms of payment for the privilege of parking a vehicle in the paid parking zone, including but not limited to parking meters and pay-and-display ticket dispensing stations. This paid parking zone is hereby established and described as follows:

All that area of the city southwest of United States Highway 101 between the intersection of Dolliver and Price Streets on the northwest, and Addie Street, as extended from the Pacific Ocean to United States Highway 101, on the southeast.

In the event no parking meters are installed regulating a parking space within such paid parking zone, then the maximum time for parking shall be as specified by Chapter 10.08 of this code or any ordinance or resolution of the city council.

B. The director of public works or designee shall cause parking meters to be installed and maintained within the paid parking zone and provide signage indicating the time limits and rate of fees for parking within the paid parking zone as authorized by city council resolution.

C. The coins, currency or other payments deposited in parking meters as provided in this chapter are hereby levied and assessed as fees for the following purposes:

1. For the purchasing, leasing, installing, repairing, maintaining, operating, removing, regulating and policing of parking meters and pay-and-display stations in the city and for the payment of any and all expenses relating or incidental thereto.

2. For the purchasing, leasing, acquiring, improving, operating and maintaining of off-street parking facilities in the city.

3. For the installation and maintenance of traffic control devices and signals, and transportation and circulation improvements.

4. For the painting and marking of streets and curbs required for the direction of traffic and the parking of motor vehicles.

5. For the proper regulation, control and inspection of parking and traffic upon the public streets.

6. To be pledged as security for the payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by the city or for the payment of parking improvements lease payments to the Pismo Beach Public Financing Authority.

7. For transfer into the general fund to support the parking functions and related public safety support of parking functions associated with and located within the public safety facility project.

8. For beautification and streetscape improvements in the paid parking zone.

(Ord. O-2025-002 § 27, 2025; Ord. O-2023-004, 2023; Ord. 07-03 § 1 (part), 2007)

The provisions of this chapter relating to the operation of parking meters shall be effective on the days and between the hours as established by resolution of the city council and as designated by sign or legend upon each parking meter. (Ord. 07-03 § 1 (part), 2007)

A. Immediately after occupancy of a parking meter space, the operator of a vehicle shall deposit a United States coin or currency, or other accepted form of payment, in accordance with the instruction posted on the face of the parking meter to activate the parking meter and indicate the parking time limit achieved by the payment deposited therein. The operator of a vehicle who fails to comply with this subsection shall be deemed to have committed a parking violation and shall be subject to a fine.

B. 1. Immediately after occupancy of a pay-and-display station space, the operator of a vehicle shall, if necessary, locate a pay-and- display station for the zone in which the space is located and deposit a United States coin or currency, or other accepted form of payment in accordance with the instruction posted on the face of the pay-and-display station.

2. Upon obtaining the printed dispensing machine ticket from the pay-and- display station, the operator of the vehicle shall return immediately to his vehicle and place the dispensing machine ticket face up on the vehicle's dashboard in such a manner that the expiration time and date are readily visible from the exterior. The operator of a vehicle on which the pay-and-display dispensing machine ticket is not properly displayed as provided in this subsection shall be deemed to have committed a parking violation and shall be subject to a fine.

3. It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to permit said vehicle to remain parked in any parking space during any time that pay-and-display station ticket indicates that such space is illegally in use, such as where the time has expired, or when the ticket is for a zone other than the zone in which the space is located.

(Ord. O-2018-008, 2018: Ord. 07-03 § 1 (part), 2007)

A. No operator of any vehicle shall permit said vehicle to remain parked in any parking space during any time that the meter is showing a signal indicating that such space is illegally in use other than such time immediately after the original occupancy as is necessary to operate the meter to show legal parking.

B. A motor vehicle on which is properly displayed a valid pay-and-display dispensing machine ticket as provided for herein shall be permitted to stand or be parked in a pay-and-display parking space for which the dispensing machine ticket has been issued for the period of time indicated on the dispensing machine ticket without being subject to parking penalties. However, the operator of any motor vehicle on which there is not displayed a valid dispensing machine ticket as provided herein shall be deemed to have committed a parking violation and shall be subject to a fine.

C. The parking or standing of any vehicle in a parking space, at which space the parking meter or pay-and-display station dispensing machine ticket indicates illegal parking, shall constitute a prima facie presumption that the vehicle has been parked or allowed to stand in such space for a period longer than permitted by this chapter. (Ord. 07-03 § 1 (part), 2007)

No operator of any vehicle shall allow said vehicle to remain parked in a metered parking space or a space regulated by a pay-and-display station beyond the paid parking period. A violation of this section occurs when a vehicle remains parked after the expiration of the paid time as indicated by the meter or the pay-and-display receipt. If the violation continues, an additional citation may be issued for each subsequent one (1) hour period where the vehicle remains unlawfully parked. Each one (1) hour period of illegal parking after the initial violation shall constitute a separate offense. (Ord. O-2025-003 § 2, 2025; Ord. 07-03 § 1 (part), 2007)

No person shall follow the operational procedure established in Section 10.10.030 for the purpose of increasing or extending the parking time of any vehicle beyond the maximum legal parking time established for the particular parking space. Each successive maximum period of time, or portion thereof, during which the maximum legal parking time has been extended in excess of the initial period, shall constitute a separate offense. (Ord. 07-03 § 1 (part), 2007)

No person shall attach anything to or allow a bicycle, newsrack or any other article or thing to lean against a parking meter or a parking meter support device. (Ord. 07-03 § 1 (part), 2007)

No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any defaced or bent coin, foreign coin or currency, or any slug, device or other counterfeit substitute for genuine coin or currency of the United States or other authorized payment method, or deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter. Any person violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 07-03 § 1 (part), 2007)

No person shall interfere with, or obstruct in any way, any police officer, traffic enforcement officer, or other officer or employee of this city in their enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. The removal, obliteration, erasure or concealment of any chalk mark or other distinguishing mark used by any police officer, traffic enforcement officer, or other officer or employee of this city in the performance of their duties to enforce the parking regulations of this chapter, if done for the purpose of evading the provisions of this chapter, shall constitute unlawful interference or obstruction of enforcement. Any person violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 07-03 § 1 (part), 2007)

The city shall have lines, numbers or markings painted or placed upon the curb or street adjacent to each parking meter, designating the parking space for which said meter is to be used, and each vehicle parked adjacent to or next to any parking meter shall park within the lines or markings so established. No person shall park any vehicle across any such lines or markings or park a vehicle in such a position that the same shall not be entirely within the space designated by such lines or markings. (Ord. 07-03 § 1 (part), 2007)

Except as otherwise indicated, any operator who shall stand, stop or park a vehicle in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to have committed a parking violation, and shall be liable to the city for a fine. The fine for each violation of this chapter shall be established by resolution of the city council, and may be modified from time to time in the judgment of the city council. (Ord. 07-03 § 1 (part), 2007)

Any provision or provisions of this chapter may be suspended from time to time by resolution of the city council in any case where the council finds that strict compliance would not serve the public interest, including, but not limited to, the use of public streets and sidewalks for celebrations, special public events, celebration of holiday seasons and any other such activity or purpose as the city council in its sole discretion shall determine. (Ord. 07-03 § 1 (part), 2007)