Redwood City Municipal Code Div. 4 Parking Meters

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 2406, § 3, adopted June 9, 2014, amended the title of Div. 4 to read as set out herein and renumbered §§ 20.121—20.132 and 20.134 as §§ 20.115—20.127. Previously Div. 4 was titled parking meter zones.

State Law reference— Power of local authorities to provide for parking meter zones. Veh. C., § 22508.

Note— Prior ordinance history: Ord. No. 567, §§ 1—14; Ord. No. 998, §§ 25—28; Ord. No. 1135, §§ 1—4; Ord. No. 1156, § 1; Ord. No. 1185, §§ 1, 3, 4; Ord. No. 1207, §§ 1, 2; Ord. No. 1459, § 1; Ord. No. 1461, §§ 1—3; Ord. No. 1476, §§ 1—7, 9—16; Ord. No. 1669, §§ 1—7; Ord. No. 1753, § 1; Ord. No. 1786, §§ 3—5; Ord. No. 1834, § 2; Ord. No. 1838, § 2; Ord. No. 1840, §§ 1, 2; Ord. No. 1913, §§ 1, 2; Ord. No. 1938, §§ 1, 2; Ord. No. 1948, § 3; Ord. No. 2068, § 1; Ord. No. 2134, § 2; Ord. No. 2155, §§ 12—15, 17—19, 21—23, 25, 26; Ord. No. 2219, § 1; Ord. No. 2244, § 3; Ord. No. 2272, § 3.

Revenues generated from on-street and off-street parking within the Downtown Meter Zone boundaries shall be accounted for separately from other City funds and may be used only for the following purposes:

A. All expenses of administration of the parking program;

B. All expenses of installation, operation and control of parking equipment and facilities within or designed to serve the Downtown Meter Zone;

C. All expenses for the control of traffic (including pedestrian and vehicle safety, comfort and convenience) which may affect or be affected by the parking of vehicles in the Downtown Meter Zone, including the enforcement of traffic regulations as to such traffic;

D. Such other expenditures within or for the benefit of the Downtown Meter Zone as the City Council may, by resolution, determine to be legal and appropriate.

(Ord. No. 2287, § 2, 8-22-05)

(Ord. No. 2406, § 3, 6-9-14)

The City Manager is hereby directed to provide for the purchase, acquiring, installation, operation, maintenance, supervision, regulation and use of the parking meters provided for in this Division and to maintain the meters in good workable condition.

(Ord. No. 2287, § 2, 8-22-05)

(Ord. No. 2406, § 3, 6-9-14)

A. Conventional parking meters installed in a parking meter zone shall be placed immediately adjacent to individual parking places described in the following section and shall be placed on the curb or sidewalk if the parking place is adjacent to a curb or sidewalk. Each conventional parking meter shall be arranged so that upon the expiration of the time period for which payment was deposited it will indicate by a proper visible signal that the lawful parking period for the adjacent parking meter space has expired and in such cases the right of such a vehicle to occupy the space shall cease.

B. Each pay-by-space machine, pay-and-display machine, or pay-on-foot machine shall conspicuously display the applicable parking rates and instructions for use of the machine. Each pay-by-space or pay-and-display machine shall, upon the deposit of the appropriate United States coins, currency, credit card, or city prepaid parking card with respect to a parking meter space controlled thereby, dispense a receipt showing the amount of time purchased and when the lawful parking period will expire for that space. Upon expiration of the lawful parking period, the right of a vehicle to occupy the space shall cease.

(Ord. No. 2287, § 2, 8-22-05)

(Ord. No. 2406, § 3, 6-9-14)

The City Manager shall have lines or markings painted or placed upon the curb, right-of-way or parking lot adjacent to each parking meter for the purpose of designating the parking space for which the parking meter is to be used. Spaces regulated by pay-by-space machines shall be assigned numbers, which shall be clearly painted onto the curb next to each such space. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Division to park any vehicle across any such line or marking or to park the vehicle in such position that the same shall not be entirely within the area so designated by such lines or markings.

(Ord. No. 2287, § 2, 8-22-05; Ord. No. 2406, § 3, 6-9-14)

When a parking space in any parking meter zone is parallel with the adjacent curb or sidewalk and is regulated by a conventional parking meter, any vehicle parked in such parking space shall be parked with the foremost part of such vehicle nearest to such meter.

(Ord. No. 2287, § 2, 8-22-05; Ord. No. 2406, § 3, 6-9-14)

A. When a vehicle is parked in any space controlled by a conventional parking meter or a pay-by-space machine and payment is required pursuant to this chapter, the operator of the vehicle shall upon entering the parking space, immediately purchase time by depositing coins indicated on such meter or by depositing other forms of payment which may be accepted at pay-by-space and pay-and-display machines such as dollar bills, credit cards, or prepaid city parking card as specified on such machines. Failure to put the meter in operation by purchasing time, and (if applicable) failure to place the receipt on the vehicle dashboard as prescribed, shall constitute a violation of this Division.

B. When a vehicle is parked in any space controlled by a pay-and-display machine and payment is required pursuant to this chapter, the operator of the vehicle shall upon entering the parking space, immediately purchase time by depositing coins indicated on such meter or by depositing other forms of payment which may be accepted at pay-by-space and pay-and-display machines such as dollar bills, credit cards, credit cards, or prepaid city parking card as specified on such machines. The operator of the vehicle shall immediately cause the parking receipt provided by the machine to be placed face up on the driver's side dashboard of the vehicle. Failure to put the meter in operation by purchasing time, and (if applicable) failure to place the receipt on the vehicle dashboard as prescribed, shall constitute a violation of this Division. Upon the deposit of payment and placing such meter in operation, the parking space may be lawfully occupied by such vehicle for the time indicated by the meter.

C. When a vehicle is parked in any space controlled by a pay-on-foot machine and payment is required pursuant to this chapter, the operator of the vehicle shall upon entering the parking facility, press the specified button at the gate to receive a voucher. Prior to departure from the facility, the operator of the vehicle shall deposit the voucher into the pay-on-foot machine and shall pay for the time used by depositing the amount of money specified by the machine in a form of payment which may be accepted at the machine such as coins, dollar bills, credit cards, or prepaid city parking card as specified on such machines. Failure to remove vehicle from the parking facility within fifteen (15) minutes of payment shall constitute a violation of this Division. Failure to pay for time used shall constitute a violation of this Division.

(Ord. No. 2287, § 2, 8-22-05; Ord. No. 2406, § 3, 6-9-14)

It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this Division for any person to deface, injure, tamper with, open or wilfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the provisions of this Division or post supporting such parking meter.

(Ord. No. 2287, § 2, 8-22-05; Ord. No. 2406, § 3, 6-9-14)

It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this Division to deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any slugs, device or metallic substance, or any other substitute for any of the coins or other payment types specified in this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2287, § 2, 8-22-05; Ord. No. 2406, § 3, 6-9-14)

If the vehicle shall remain parked in any such parking space beyond the time for which payment has been made, the parking meter shall indicate such illegal parking and in that event, such vehicle shall be considered as parked overtime and beyond the period of legal parking time and the parking of a vehicle overtime or beyond the period of legal parking time in any such part of a street where any such meter is located shall be a violation of this Division.

It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this Division for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in the name of, or operated by such person to be parked overtime or beyond the period of legal parking time established for any parking meter zone.

(Ord. No. 2287, § 2, 8-22-05; Ord. No. 2406, § 3, 6-9-14)

It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provision of this Division for any person to permit any vehicle to remain or be placed in any parking space adjacent to any parking meter while the meter is displaying a signal indicating that the vehicle occupying such parking space has already been parked beyond the period of time prescribed for such parking space.

(Ord. No. 2287, § 2, 8-22-05; Ord. No. 2406, § 3, 6-9-14)

It shall be the duty of each police officer or parking enforcement deputy to take the number of any meter at which any vehicle is over-parked, as provided in this chapter; the state vehicle license of such vehicle; the time and date of such over-parking, and make of such vehicle; and issue, in writing, a citation for illegal parking in the same form and subject to the same procedure provided for by the laws of the State applicable to the traffic violations within the City.

(Ord. No. 2287, § 2, 8-22-05; Ord. No. 2406, § 3, 6-9-14)

Any operator or owner of a vehicle to whom a citation has been issued in accordance with the preceding section may, within fifteen (15) business days of the time of the issuance of such citation, pay to the appropriate court, as a penalty for and full consideration of such violation, the sum of forty dollars ($40.00). The mailing, in a sealed envelope properly addressed through the United States mail, of a check, money order, or postal order, within fifteen (15) business days from the time of issuance of the citation, or notice of such violation, or the deposit at the City Hall of the sum of forty dollars ($40.00) within fifteen (15) business days constitutes a compliance with this provision. Delivery of such envelope shall be the responsibility of such owner or operator. The failure of such owner or operator to make such payment within the fifteen (15) business days shall render such owner or operator subject to the penalties provided for violation of the provisions of this Division.

(Ord. No. 2287, § 2, 8-22-05; Ord. No. 2349, § 3, 12-14-2009; Ord. No. 2362, § 2, 2-7-2011; Ord. No. 2406, § 3, 6-9-14)

For the purposes of this Division the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this Section:

OPERATOR: Means every individual who shall operate a vehicle as the owner thereof or as the agent, employee or permittee of the owner.

PARKING METER: Means any mechanical device which accepts payment for the use of parking spaces as described in this Division. Such mechanical devises shall include but not be limited to conventional parking meters, pay-by-space machines, pay-and-display machines, and pay-on-foot machines.

STREET: Means any public street, avenue, road, boulevard, highway or other public place located in the City and established for the use of vehicles.

VEHICLE: Means any device in, upon or by which any person or property is, or may be transported upon a street or highway, except a device which is operated upon rails or tracks.

(Ord. No. 2287, § 2, 8-22-05; Ord. No. 2329, § 1, 5-12-08; Ord. No. 2406, § 3, 6-9-14)