Richmond Municipal Code Ch. 14.46 City Parking Regulations

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 01-21 N.S., § 1, adopted March 2, 2021, amended Ch. 14.46 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former Ch. 14.46, §§ 14.46.010—14.46.140, pertained to neighborhood parking regulations, and derived from Ord. No. 6-17 N.S., § I, adopted April 4, 2017. Historical notation retained for reference purposes.

This chapter is enacted to alleviate or prevent vehicle congestion of the public streets, and to promote the safety and welfare of the public and by establishing a parking authority to oversee parking regulations for off-street parking, street parking stalls and loading of motor vehicles, known as curb management in accordance with their appropriate use.

(Ord. No. 01-21 N.S., § 1, 3-2-2021)

"Car share" is a membership based service available to all qualified drivers in a community.

"Car share operators" offer members access to a dispersed network of shared vehicles 24 hours, seven days a week at unattended self-service locations.

"Car share vehicle" is a motor vehicle that is operated as part of a regional fleet by a public or private car sharing company or organization and provides hourly or daily service.

"Director" means the Transportation Director.

"EV" is the abbreviated form for electric vehicle.

"Electric vehicle charging space" means a space designated by the Transportation Department for charging electric vehicles.

"Electric vehicle supply equipment" has the same definition as that term is used in the latest published version of the California Electrical Code that is in effect, and applies to any level or capacity of supply equipment installed specifically for the purpose of transferring energy between the premises wiring and the electric vehicle.

"Engineering" means the Engineering Department and staff.

"Low Emission Vehicle (LEV)" is a vehicle that emits significantly less pollution as a by-product of its engine operation when compared to similar vehicles.

"Parking Services" means the Parking Services Division and staff.

"Parklets" are public seating platforms that convert curbside parking spaces into vibrant community spaces.

"Transportation" means the Transportation Department and staff.

(Ord. No. 01-21 N.S., § 1, 3-2-2021)

(a) Residential and Commercial Parking Zones. The City streets and City-owned lots located within the Council approved permit zones to accommodate residential, commercial, and temporary parking needs are established as neighborhood parking zones, including:

(1) Downtown,

(2) Point Richmond,

(3) Civic Center,

(4) Contra Costa College Area,

(5) 23rd Street Corridor,

(6) North and East,

(7) Park Plaza,

(8) Santa Fe,

(9) Rydin Road-Central Avenue Area,

(10) Other areas as approved by Council resolution.

(Ord. No. 6-17 N.S., § I, 4-4-2017; Ord. No. 01-21 N.S., § 1, 3-2-2021)

The City parking services manager may designate stalls or spaces on a public street within the City jurisdiction for the exclusive purpose of charging and parking a vehicle that is connected for electric charging purposes. When a City-owned or operated parking facility is posted in accordance with the California Vehicle Code section 22511 and 22651, the City may order the removal of a vehicle from a stall or space designated for electric vehicle charging to a facility nearest the public parking facility if the vehicle is not connected for electric charging purposes.

(a) EV parking only while charging.

(1) A person shall not park or leave a vehicle in a stall or space designated pursuant to CVC 25111.1 unless the vehicle is connected for electrical charging purposes.

(2) A person shall not obstruct, block, or otherwise bar access to parking stalls or spaces described in subdivision (b).

(3) A violation of this article shall result in the issuance of a parking citation pursuant to Richmond Municipal Code Section 14.08.070 or removal in accordance with California Vehicle Code sections 22511 and 22651.

(Ord. No. 01-21 N.S., § 1, 3-2-2021)

Transportation may designate certain streets or portions of streets for the exclusive or nonexclusive parking privilege of motor vehicles participating in a car share vehicle program or ridesharing program pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 22507.1.

(a) The City parking services manager may issue permits to the owner or lessee of a property or car share operator to operate a carshare vehicle within the City jurisdiction; and

(1) Park in a carshare vehicle in a public parking stall, and

(2) Parking a vehicle in front of the owner's or lessee's private driveway when adequate off-street parking facilities are lacking and the vehicle displays a city issued parking permit. Carshare vehicles are not authorized to park on a sidewalk per CVC Section 22500(f).

(3) A violation of this article shall result in the issuance of a parking citation pursuant to Richmond Municipal Code Section 14.08.070 or removal in accordance with California Vehicle Code sections 22511 and 22651.

(Ord. No. 01-21 N.S., § 1, 3-2-2021)

Transportation may designate certain streets, portions of streets, or off-street public parking for the exclusive or nonexclusive parking privilege of motor vehicles that emit significantly less pollution as a by-product of its engine operation when compared to similar vehicles with internal combustion engines. The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) website: https://greenercars.org/news/list-leed-qualified-cars maintains a list of vehicles that qualify as (LEV) beginning with 1990 models.

(a) A violation of this article shall result in the issuance of a parking citation pursuant to Richmond Municipal Code Section 14.40.210.

(Ord. No. 01-21 N.S., § 1, 3-2-2021)

The City Parking Services Manager is authorized and directed to install, maintain and operate the necessary parking revenue equipment along streets located in the designated neighborhood parking zones, subject to such exceptions as may be approved by City Council resolution, and in such off-street parking facilities operated by the City as shall be specified by City Council resolution, for the purpose of, and in such numbers, and at such places, and for such days and hours, as to provide for the efficient control and regulation of the parking of vehicles therein.

(Ord. No. 6-17 N.S., § I, 4-4-2017; Ord. No. 01-21 N.S., § 1, 3-2-2021)

The City Parking Services Manager is authorized and directed to establish maximum time limits for both fee and non-fee parking spaces located within the neighborhood parking zones in order to facilitate long and short-term visitor access to destinations within the neighborhood parking zones. The maximum time limit, days and hours of operation, parking rate, and payments accepted by parking revenue equipment or pay systems shall be indicated on said parking revenue equipment and signage.

(Ord. No. 6-17 N.S., § I, 4-4-2017; Ord. No. 01-21 N.S., § 1, 3-2-2021)

Within the neighborhood parking zones, the City Engineer, or the Transportation Department's designee, shall have lines or markings painted or placed upon curbs and streets to designate parking spaces or parklets where fees will be collected by parking revenue equipment, pay systems, or where parking or staging duration will be restricted by a permit or maximum time limit. The City Parking Services Manager shall have lines or markings painted or placed in off-street parking locations. Each vehicle parked in areas lined and marked in said fashion shall park within the lines or markings so established. It is unlawful to park a vehicle of such size or in such a position that the same shall not be entirely within the space designated by such lines or markings.

(Ord. No. 6-17 N.S., § I, 4-4-2017; Ord. No. 01-21 N.S., § 1, 3-2-2021)

It is unlawful for any person between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day to cause or permit any vehicle registered in his name or operated by him to be parked continuously in any parking space equipped with parking revenue equipment within the neighborhood parking zone, for more than the maximum period of time indicated on said parking revenue equipment or pay systems, or any time during which the parking revenue equipment and pay systems indicate that the space is illegally in use, except during the time necessary to make payment at the parking revenue equipment, and excepting also during the time from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m., and on Sundays and parking holidays.

(Ord. No. 6-17 N.S., § I, 4-4-2017; Ord. No. 01-21 N.S., § 1, 3-2-2021)

Parking fees will not be due or collected on the following holidays as designated by the City Council: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King's Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Admission Day, Indigenous People's Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and the day after Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.

(Ord. No. 6-17 N.S., § I, 4-4-2017; Ord. No. 01-21 N.S., § 1, 3-2-2021)

(a) It is unlawful for any person to cause or permit any vehicle registered in said person's name or operated by said person to be parked continuously in any fee parking space within any ungated off-street parking facility operated by the City during the posted days and hours of operation of that facility without having paid parking fees as posted within said facility during posted days and hours of facility operation except for time necessary to make payment at the parking revenue equipment or through the pay systems.

(b) It is unlawful for any person to circumvent, displace, break, or overcome control mechanisms in any off-street parking facility, time restricted or pay to park street stalls operated by the City in order to avoid payment of parking fees. The issuance and review of notices of parking violation and delinquent parking violation, and the liability for and payment and collection of parking violation penalties, shall be governed by Sections 40200 et seq., of the California Vehicle Code.

(c) It is unlawful for any person to cause or permit any vehicle registered in said person's name or operated by said person to be removed from any gated off-street parking facility operated by the City until all fees, rates and charges have been paid and discharged, except as provided in subsections (1) and (2) below:

(1) In the event that the person operating a vehicle parked in any gated off-street parking facility operated by the City attempts to remove the vehicle from the facility but is unable to pay all fees, rates and charges due at such time, such person shall, prior to removing such vehicle from the facility, be required to sign an agreement to pay any unpaid fees, rates and charges. A copy of such agreement shall be given to the person signing the agreement. Such agreement shall set forth the location of the facility, the date and approximate time that the vehicle is removed, the name of such person, the vehicle license number, the registration expiration date, if visible, the last four digits of the vehicle identification number, if available, the color of the vehicle, and, if possible, the make of the vehicle. Such agreement shall require payment to the City of all unpaid fees, rates and charges, plus a processing fee in an amount established by City Council resolution, no later than seven days after the agreement is signed, and shall indicate the address to which payment may be delivered or sent. If full payment is not made within such seven-day period, the parking services manager shall mail a notice of late payment to the vehicle's registered owner. Such notice shall require payment to the City of the unpaid fees, rates and charges, and processing fee, plus a late payment fee in an amount established by City Council resolution, no later than seven days after the date of such notice. In the event that such amount is not fully paid within such seven-day period, a notice of parking violation, requiring payment of a penalty in an amount established by City Council resolution, shall be mailed to the vehicle's registered owner. The above agreement shall include a reference to this section.

(2) When any vehicle remains parked in a gated off-street parking facility operated by the City at the close of such lot's hours of operation, the facility attendant or enforcement officer shall record the location of the facility, the date and approximate time, the vehicle license number, the registration expiration date and the last four digits of the vehicle identification number, if visible, the color of the vehicle, and, if possible, the make of the vehicle. A numbered notice shall be attached to the vehicle requesting that all fees, rates and charges that have accrued and are due be paid at a parking revenue machine before the vehicle is removed from the facility. The notice shall also require that the operator of the vehicle record the notice number and vehicle license plate number on the parking facility ticket issued to the vehicle operator at the time the vehicle entered the parking facility. In the event that full payment is not deposited and collected on the next day of facility operation, the Parking Services Manager shall mail a notice of late payment to the vehicle's registered owner. Such notice shall require payment to the City of the unpaid fees, rates and charges, and add a late payment fee in an amount established by City Council resolution. In the event that such amount is not fully paid within such seven-day period, a notice of parking violation, requiring payment of a penalty in an amount established by City Council resolution, shall be mailed to the vehicle's registered owner. The notice attached to the vehicle shall include a reference to this section.

(d) By entering an off-street parking facility operated by the City and parking a vehicle in such facility, the owner, operator or person in charge of such vehicle shall be deemed to have consented to the provisions of subsections (c)(1) and (c)(2) above. Any notices required to be mailed under this section, shall be deemed served on the day that they are deposited in the United States Mail, first-class, postage prepaid. The issuance and review of notices of parking violation and delinquent parking violation, and the liability for and payment and collection of parking violation penalties, shall be governed by Sections 40200 et seq., of the California Vehicle Code.

(Ord. No. 6-17 N.S., § I, 4-4-2017; Ord. No. 01-21 N.S., § 1, 3-2-2021)

(a) It is unlawful for any person to cause or permit any vehicle registered in said person's name or operated by said person to be parked in any parking space in an off-street parking facility operated by the City in excess of 24 consecutive hours without that person having obtained from the parking services manager an overnight parking permit. In the event a vehicle is left parked or standing in a City parking facility for 24 or more consecutive hours, any member of the Police Department of the City of Richmond, or any City employee assigned to the enforcement of parking laws and regulations, may remove the vehicle from the parking facility in the manner and subject to the requirements of the California Vehicle Code.

(b) The Parking Services Manager is authorized and directed to designate times when no parking shall be allowed in off-street parking facilities operated by the City. It is unlawful for any person to cause or permit any vehicle registered in said person's name or operated by said person to be parked in a parking space in an off-street parking facility operated by the City at times when no parking has been so designated for such facility.

(Ord. No. 6-17 N.S., § I, 4-4-2017; Ord. No. 01-21 N.S., § 1, 3-2-2021)

Temporary utilization of parking spaces located in the neighborhood parking zones or off-street parking facilities operated by the City, without the deposit of payment or for a period of time longer than the maximum time limit of said parking space, may be granted by the City upon application for such permission. The application shall be submitted in writing to the parking services division and shall provide substantial need for temporarily closing off these spaces for a stated duration of time. The applicant for temporary utilization of parking spaces in the neighborhood parking zones shall pay the City for use of those parking spaces at a rate established by City Council resolution. The applicant for temporary utilization of parking spaces in off-street parking facilities operated by the City shall make payments to the City as established by City Council resolution. Upon receipt of these payments, official bags shall be placed or signs posted on said parking spaces.

Parklet permits shall be issued by Parking Services after a complete parklet permit application has been submitted to and approved by Transportation in accordance with the parklet program guidance. Parklet applicants shall obtain an encroachment permit from the City Engineer or his/her designee and receive a final inspection and parklet installation approval from Engineering. This provision shall not permit anyone other than the applicant to occupy a parking space during a posted no-parking period or within the term of an approved parklet permit. Failure to comply with the parklet guidelines and to receive encroachment permit approval may result in the revocation of all permits and administrative fines.

(Ord. No. 6-17 N.S., § I, 4-4-2017; Ord. No. 01-21 N.S., § 1, 3-2-2021)

The rates for use of on street parking located within the neighborhood parking zones and in off-street parking facilities operated by the City shall be set forth by a City Council resolution.

(Ord. No. 6-17 N.S., § I, 4-4-2017; Ord. No. 01-21 N.S., § 1, 3-2-2021)

When any vehicle is parked in any parking space for use of which a fee is required as provided in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the operator of the vehicle upon parking shall, and it is unlawful to fail to, deposit immediately United States coins, currency, or other such payment that is available and/or operational for parking spaces located within the neighborhood parking zones and in off-street parking facilities operated by the City.

(Ord. No. 6-17 N.S., § I, 4-4-2017; Ord. No. 01-21 N.S., § 1, 3-2-2021)

It is unlawful to deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking revenue equipment, any slug, device or non-accepted payment material, or to deface, injure, tamper with, open, willfully break, remove, destroy, circumvent, or impair the usefulness of any parking revenue equipment installed pursuant to this chapter.

(Ord. No. 6-17 N.S., § I, 4-4-2017; Ord. No. 01-21 N.S., § 1, 3-2-2021)

It shall be the duty of each police officer or employee of the Police Department as designated by the Police Chief, and any City employee assigned to enforce parking laws and regulations, to observe any vehicles that are parked in violation of this chapter or the California Vehicle Code, and to issue and attach to such vehicles a notice of parking violation or to remove such vehicles as provided by law.

(Ord. No. 6-17 N.S., § I, 4-4-2017; Ord. No. 01-21 N.S., § 1, 3-2-2021)

The depositing of payment in parking revenue equipment pay systems and paid parking programs as provided in this chapter is levied and assessed as fees for the purposes provided in this section. All receipts accruing to the City from the operation of parking revenue including equipment and pay systems shall be deposited in a Parking Authority Enterprise Fund and shall only be expended for the acquisition, installation, operation, maintenance, repair and replacement of parking revenue machines, pay systems; parking revenue equipment collection and enforcement and expenses incidental thereto; the acquisition by purchase, condemnation or lease, installation, improvement, operation, maintenance, repair and replacement of off-street parking facilities and expenses incidental thereto, including costs and expenses incurred in condemnation proceedings whether successfully concluded or abandoned; and expenses incurred in connection with proposals or proceedings for acquisition of off-street parking facilities, whether such proposals or proceedings are carried out or abandoned. Excess revenue not expended for the foregoing purposes shall be kept as reserves in the City's Parking Authority Enterprise Fund.

(Ord. No. 6-17 N.S., § I, 4-4-2017; Ord. No. 01-21 N.S., § 1, 3-2-2021)