Redondo Beach Municipal Code Ch. 10 Public Parking Lots and Structures

A municipal parking facility is a lot, garage or parcel of land owned, purchased or leased by the City, or in which the City has the possessory right or interest, and which is designated as a municipal parking lot or garage for the off-street parking of vehicles.

(§ 1, Ord. 3131 c.s., eff. July 16, 2015)

The City Council may by resolution authorize and regulate the hours of operation of municipal parking facilities or portions of said facilities and prohibit parking on said facilities beyond the hours of operation or beyond the period of time for which parking is permitted; such hours of operation shall be conspicuously posted at each such facility including any prohibition on parking at such facility beyond the hours of operation or beyond a specified period of time.

(§ 1, Ord. 3131 c.s., eff. July 16, 2015)

Signs shall be erected or placed in a conspicuous location on each municipal parking facility or portion thereof designating the hours of operation; the hours during which parking is prohibited; the period of time for which parking is permitted; and whether parking is allowed for permit parking only.

(§ 1, Ord. 3131 c.s., eff. July 16, 2015)

The City Council may by resolution authorize and establish the fees or charges for parking in or on municipal parking facilities or portions thereof including, but not limited to, the provision of monthly or annual parking permits and establishing parking for limited periods of time whether with or without charge; such fees or charges, and limits on the period of time for parking whether with or without charge, and the limited periods of time for parking, if any, shall be conspicuously posted at each such facility or portions thereof.

(§ 1, Ord. 3131 c.s., eff. July 16, 2015)

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, whenever the City Manager determines a need exists due to special events or meetings, the City Manager may allow parking on any municipal parking facility or portion thereof without imposition of the parking time limits or the fees established for said parking facility for a period of time not to exceed 48 hours for each such occasion during any one week; such time limits and/or fees for special events parking shall be conspicuously displayed.

(§ 1, Ord. 3131 c.s., eff. July 16, 2015)

No person shall drive a vehicle into or from any public parking lot or structure without paying the posted fee for entering or the total accumulated fee derived from appropriately displayed fee schedules upon leaving the public parking lot or structure.

(a) Parking lots with attendants. No person shall park a vehicle in a public parking lot with an attendant on duty unless he or she has paid the posted parking fee and displayed the receipt for payment on the vehicle. Any person who parks in an attended parking lot when no attendant is on duty shall pay the parking fee at the pay machine located in the lot, or, if there is no pay machine, when exiting the lot if an attendant is then on duty. If a vehicle is parked in an attended public parking lot without a pay machine and the vehicle does not display a parking receipt, it shall be presumed that the vehicle entered the parking lot when there was no attendant on duty.

(b) Parking lots with pay machines and no attendants. No person shall park a vehicle in an unattended public parking lot with a pay machine unless he or she has paid the posted parking fee in the manner prescribed by the pay machine. If instructed by a posted sign to display the receipt of payment, the receipt must be visibly displayed on the vehicle as instructed by the posted signage. No person shall exit a public parking lot without payment of the applicable parking fee at the on-site pay machine for the time that the person's vehicle was parked in the public parking lot.

(c) Removal of parking receipts prohibited. No person shall remove a parking receipt from another vehicle in a public parking lot.

(d) Transfer of parking receipts prohibited. No person shall transfer or cause to be transferred a parking receipt from another vehicle in a public parking lot to avoid payment of posted parking fees.

(§ 1, Ord. 2119 c.s., eff. April 10, 1974, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2288 c.s., eff. April 30, 1980, and § 1, Ord. 3131 c.s., eff. July 16, 2015)

No person shall remove an automobile from a public parking lot or structure except through a marked exit gateway or driveway.

(§ 1, Ord. 2119 c.s., eff. April 10, 1974, as amended by § 1, Ord. 3131 c.s., eff. July 16, 2015)

(a) No vehicle shall be parked in any public parking lot or structure except entirely within a space indicated by painted lines, such spaces being commonly referred to as "parking lots" or "parking stalls," nor shall any vehicle be parked where there is posted a "No Parking" sign.

(b) No vehicle shall be parked or left standing in any driveway, aisle, walk or area other than in a designated parking space.

(§ 1, Ord. 2119 c.s., eff. April 10, 1974, as amended by § 1, Ord. 3131 c.s., eff. July 16, 2015)

No person, while driving a vehicle on any public parking lot or structure, shall drive in excess of the posted speed limit or contrary to the signed traffic pattern.

(§ 1, Ord. 2119 c.s., eff. April 10, 1974, as amended by § 1, Ord. 3131 c.s., eff. July 16, 2015)

The City Traffic Engineer shall designate parking stalls or spaces in each municipal parking facility and upon other City-owned or operated parking facilities for the exclusive use by persons with disabilities. No person shall cause, allow or permit any vehicle operated or controlled by him or her or registered in his or her name to park or stand in any parking stall or space marked for disabled parking unless said vehicle bears a special license or displays a special placard issued under the provisions of Sections 22511.55 and 22511.59 of the California Vehicle Code.

(§ 4, Ord. 2202 c.s., eff. April 6, 1977; repealed by § 1, Ord. 2682 c.s., eff. February 18, 1993, added by § 1, Ord. 3131 c.s., eff. July 16, 2015)

It is unlawful for any person who owns or has possession, custody, or control of any vehicle to park such vehicle upon any public parking lot or upon publicly owned, maintained or operated property for more than 72 hours in the aggregate during any period of seventy-three (73) consecutive hours. Movement of the vehicle, boat, or trailer within the parking lot or structure or outside the lot with the intent to avoid the effect of this section shall not be deemed to interrupt the continuity or avoid the effect of this regulation. For the purposes of this section, the vehicle shall be considered to have remained parked unless, during any 72 hour period, the vehicle moves at least 2/10 of one mile from its parked location. This provision shall not be construed to authorize parking in excess of the regulatory time period otherwise provided in this chapter and all amendments thereto.

(§ 2, Ord. 2288 c.s., eff. April 30, 1980, as amended by § 1, Ord. 3131 c.s., eff. July 16, 2015)

(a) No person shall park any vehicle at any time upon any public parking lot or public property when signs are posted giving notice that parking is prohibited.

(b) It is unlawful to permit or allow any vehicle to remain parked or left standing in or at the same location or parking space for a period longer than the posted maximum time limit.

(c) The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized and directed to install appropriate and sufficient signs giving notice that parking is prohibited in certain parking spaces during the hours and/or the days specified on the signs. The City Manager or designee is further authorized and directed to install appropriate and sufficient signs giving notice of the maximum time limit.

(§ 1, Ord. 3131 c.s., eff. July 16, 2015)

Whenever a public parking lot or public property is so designated and notice thereof given, any police officer or parking enforcement officer of the City may remove, or cause to be removed, any vehicle which is parked or left standing upon such public parking lot in excess of the time limitations for parking. The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized and directed to install appropriate and sufficient signs giving notice that such towing is authorized.

(§ 1, Ord. 3131 c.s., eff. July 16, 2015)