Chapter 11.40

PARKING METERS*

Parts:

• 2 Parking Meter Districts Established 3 General

Part 1

DEFINITIONS

Sections:

The definitions set forth in this part shall govern the application and interpretation of this chapter.

(Ord. 26733.)

"Director" shall mean the director of the city department responsible for administering the offstreet parking meter program. (Ord. 26733.)

"Parking meter" shall mean any single-space parking meter, multiple space parking meter, pay station, or any other equipment installed by the director pursuant to this chapter for the collection of payment to park in any designated metered parking space.

(Ord. 28643.)

"Parking meter district" shall mean any one of the parking meter districts established in Part 2 of this chapter.

(Ord. 26733.)

Part 2

PARKING METER DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED

1 Definitions

*State law reference— For statutory provisions authorizing local authorities to establish parking meter zones, see Vehicle Code § 22508.

Sections:

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• 11.40.220 East Santa Clara neighborhood business parking meter district.

• 11.40.230 Japantown neighborhood business parking meter district.

• 11.40.240 First and Younger neighborhood business parking meter district.

• 11.40.250 Arena/Diridon area parking meter district.

• A. There is established a Downtown Business Parking Meter District, which also shall be known as Parking Meter District No. 1(a).

• B. The Downtown Business Parking Meter District shall consist of all streets within and including the following boundaries: Beginning from the northeast corner of East Julian Street and North Fifth Street, heading southward along the east side of North Fifth Street to the northeast corner of Fifth and East St. John Street, then heading eastward to include the north side of East St. John Street to the centerline of North Tenth Street at St. John Street, then heading southward along the centerline of Tenth Street until the centerline of East San Carlos Street at the intersection of East San Carlos Street and Tenth Street, then heading westward along the centerline of San Carlos Street (through San José State University along the abandoned centerline of East San Carlos Street) to the intersection of West San Carlos Street and Woz Way, and then heading northward along the east side of Highway 87, but not including Highway 87, to the north side of Bassett Street, then heading eastward along the north side of Bassett Street to North First Street, then heading southward along the east side of North First Street to Julian Street, then heading eastward along the north side of Julian Street to the point of origination.

(Ords. 26733, 28643, 28763.)

• A. There is established a South First Street/ University Business Parking Meter District, which also shall be known as Parking Meter District No. 1(b).

• B. The South First Street/University Business Parking Meter District shall consist of all streets within and including the following boundaries: Beginning from the west side of Woz Way at the centerline of East San Carlos Street heading south and then east along the west and south side of Woz Way to the intersection of Almaden Boulevard and Woz Way, then heading due eastward from the southwest corner of Almaden Boulevard and Woz Way, then southward on Almaden Boulevard along the centerline to the south side of West Reed Street, then eastward on West Reed Street to South Market Street, across South Market Street to the southwest corner of East Reed Street, then heading eastward along the south side of East Reed Street to the centerline of South Tenth Street, then heading northward along the centerline of South Tenth Street to the intersection of East San Carlos Street, then heading westward along the centerline of East San Carlos Street (through San José State University campus along the abandoned centerline of East San Carlos Street) to the point of origination.

(Ord. 26733.)

• A. There is established an East Santa Clara Neighborhood Business Parking Meter District, which also shall be known as Parking Meter District No. 2.

• B. The East Santa Clara Neighborhood Business Parking Meter District shall consist of all streets within and including the following boundaries: Beginning at the centerline of South Tenth Street at the centerline of East San Fernando Street, then heading eastward along the

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centerline of East San Fernando Street to the centerline of South Seventeenth Street, then heading northward along the centerline of South Seventeenth Street to the intersection of East St. John Street, then heading westward along the north side of East St. John Street to the centerline of North Tenth Street, then heading southward along the centerline of Tenth Street to the point of origination.

(Ord. 26733.)

• A. There is established a Japantown Neighborhood Business Parking Meter District, which also shall also be known as Parking Meter District No. 3.

• B. The Japantown Neighborhood Business Parking Meter District shall consist of all streets within and including the following boundaries: Beginning at the southeast corner of East Empire Street and North Seventh Street, then heading westward along the south side of East Empire Street to the southwest corner of East Empire Street and North Third Street, then heading northward along the west side of North Third Street to the northeast corner of East Taylor Street and North Third Street, then heading eastward along the north side of East Taylor Street to the northeast corner of East Taylor Street and North Seventh Street, then heading southward along the east side of North Seventh Street to the point of origination.

• (Ord. 26733.)

business parking meter district.

• A. There is established a First and Younger Neighborhood Business Parking Meter District, which also shall be known as Parking Meter District No. 4.

• B. The First and Younger Neighborhood Business Parking Meter District shall consist of all streets within and including the following

boundaries: Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of North First Street and East Taylor Street, then heading westward along the centerline of East Taylor Street to the centerline of Guadalupe Expressway, then heading northward along the centerline of Guadalupe Expressway to the centerline of Nimitz Freeway (I-880), then heading northeastward to the west side of North Second Street, then heading southward along the east side of North Second Street to the southwest corner of East Mission and North Second Street, then heading westward along the south side of East Mission Street to the centerline of North First Street, then heading southward along the centerline of North First Street to the point or origination.

• (Ord. 26733.)

• A. There is established a Arena/Diridon Area Parking Meter District, which also shall be known as Parking Meter District No. 5.

• B. The Arena/Diridon Area Parking Meter District shall consist of all streets within and including the following boundaries: Beginning at the northwest corner of Bassett Street and Highway 87, but not including Highway 87, then heading westward along the north side of Bassett Street to Cinnabar Street, then continuing along the north side of Cinnabar Street westward to the intersection of Stockton Avenue, then heading southbound along the west side of Stockton Avenue to the southwest corner of White Street and The Alameda, then southbound along the west side of White Street to West San Carlos Street, then eastbound along the south side of West San Carlos Street to Highway 87, then northbound along the east side of Highway 87, but not including Highway 87, to the point of origination.

• (Ords. 28643, 28763.)

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Part 3

GENERAL

Sections:

• 11.40.310 Reservation of parking.

• 11.40.320 Maximum parking time limit.

• 11.40.330 Disabled persons' exemption.

• 11.40.340 Veterans' exemption.

• 11.40.350 Designated parking spaces.

• 11.40.360 Parking meter rates.

• 11.40.370 Parking meter funds.

• 11.40.380 Parking time limit prohibition.

parts of each parking meter district, and to cause signs giving appropriate notice of such maximum parking time to be placed. (Ord. 26733.)

Any person who qualifies for the disabled persons' exemption contained in Sections 5007, 22511.55 or 22511.59 of the California Vehicle Code, as these sections may be amended, and who appropriately displays the distinguishing license plate or placard provided for under said sections, shall be entitled to park any automobile operated by such person free of charge and for unlimited periods of time in any parking meter space. (Ord. 26733.)

• 11.40.390 Payment of meter charges.

• 11.40.400 Depositing slugs, counterfeit bills, or other unauthorized payment prohibited.

• 11.40.410 Damaging meters prohibited.

• 11.40.420 Parking citation.

• 11.40.430 Parking meter permits.

• 11.40.440 City parking meter permits.

The director is authorized to install parking meters in any parking meter district established by this chapter for the purpose of, and in such number and in such places as in the director's judgment may be necessary for the regulation, control and inspection of the parking of vehicles. (Ord. 26733.)

The director is authorized to reserve in each parking meter district spaces for loading or unloading, passenger loading or unloading, bus stops, taxicab stands, transfer stands, and other spaces for the use and convenience of the public. (Ord. 26733.)

The director is authorized to determine the maximum parking time to be allowed in various

• A. Subject to the requirements of this section, physically incapacitated war veterans who have lost, or who have lost the use of, one leg while on active duty with the armed forces of the United States shall be entitled to park any automobile operated by such war veteran free of charge and overtime in any parking space during all hours when it is otherwise lawful to park in the space.

• B. To be eligible for the exemption, a qualifying veteran must meet each of the following requirements:

  1. The veteran must possess a card issued by the director certifying that the veteran meets the requirements of this section.

  2. The veteran must exhibit the card issued by the director when requested by any person qualified to enforce the parking laws.

  3. The automobile of the qualifying veteran shall bear a small but conspicuous sticker indicating the right to park under this section, the sticker to be approved by the director, and to be at all times displayed on the lower right hand corner of the windshield.

(Ord. 26733.)

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• A. The director shall have lines or marks painted upon each curb or street next to each singlespace parking meter, designating the parking space for which the meter is to be used. Each vehicle parked next to any single-space parking meter shall park within the designated lines or markings.

• B. The director shall have lines or marks and space numbers painted upon each curb or street next to each metered parking space associated with a multiple space parking meter or pay station, designating the parking space for which the payment for parking is to be made. Each vehicle parked in any designated metered parking space area shall park within the designated lines or markings.

• C. No person shall park any vehicle across any line or marking, or park a vehicle in such a position that it shall not be entirely within the space designated by the lines or markings, except where otherwise provided.

• (Ords. 26733, 28643.)

Parking meters, when installed, shall be adjusted so that legal parking time is registered and accumulated on such meters in the units of time and monetary rates established by resolution of the city council. No parking meter shall be adjusted to register and accumulate any period of time in excess of the maximum parking time limit designated by appropriate signage in the area of the district or districts in which the meter is installed. (Ord. 26733.)

The payments deposited in parking meters as provided herein are hereby levied and assessed as fees to provide for the proper regulation, control and inspection of traffic upon the public streets, including the alleviation of traffic congestion by means of establishment and operation upon the

public streets of parking meters for the purpose of controlling, limiting and regulating the time for the use of streets for public parking. (Ords. 26733, 28643.)

No person shall cause or permit any vehicle registered in his or her name or operated or controlled by him or her to be parked in any parking space upon any street within a Parking Meter District next to which a parking meter is established, for more than the time indicated by proper signs placed in such Parking Meter District indicating the maximum parking time allowed in such parking space, or any time during which such parking meter is displaying a signal or message indicating that the space is illegally in use. (Ords. 26733, 28643.)

• A. When any vehicle shall be parked in any parking space alongside of or next to which a single-space parking meter is located in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or any other provision of this Code, the operator of the vehicle, upon so parking, shall immediately deposit one or more five-cent, or one or more ten-cent, or one or more twenty-fivecent, or one-dollar coins of the United States in such parking meter, or any other authorized method of payment, and then turn the operating key, if applicable, of the meter in a clockwise direction to the extent allowed by the proper operation of the meter.

• B. When any vehicle shall be parked in any parking space associated with a multiple space parking meter or pay station established in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or any other provision of this Code, the operator of the vehicle, upon so parking, shall immediately deposit currency of the United States in denominations indicated on the multiple space parking meter or pay station or by other payment methods as identified on the multiple space parking meter or pay station.

• (Ords. 26733, 28643.)

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No person shall deposit in any parking meter any slug, device or metallic substitute for a coin of the United States, counterfeit currency of the United States, or other unauthorized payment; provided, however, that should tokens or tickets be issued to officers and employees of the city, to be used by them while engaging in official business on behalf of the city, a deposit of such official token or ticket in any parking meter shall not be deemed to be a violation of the provisions of this section. (Ords. 26733, 28643.)

No person shall deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed pursuant to this title.

(Ord. 26733.)

Each person authorized to enforce the parking laws of the city shall take the number of any parking meter and designated metered parking space number, if applicable, at which any vehicle is overparked, the state vehicle license of such vehicle, the time and date of such overparking, and the make of the vehicle, and issue, in writing, a citation for illegal parking. (Ords. 26733, 28643.)

• A. The director is authorized to issue parking meter permits to any person for either one of the following purposes:

  1. For the parking of vehicles or equipment, or the temporary storage of construction materials, the use of which are required for work or services being performed in or about any structure or other real property adjacent to a parking meter district.

  2. For the parking of vehicles or equipment, or the temporary storage of mate-

rials, the use of which are necessary to facilitate any city-authorized event occurring on a city street or park.

• B. A properly displayed parking meter permit shall exempt the permit holder from paying applicable parking meter fees subject to the following conditions:

  1. The permit must be displayed in the manner prescribed by the director;

  2. The permit is valid only when used for the parking of the vehicles or the equipment, or the storage of materials for which the permit is issued;

  3. The permit is valid only when used at the location for which the permit was issued;

  4. Any vehicle or equipment shall not be parked on the curb or sidewalk and shall be parked in compliance with all other state and local laws governing the parking of vehicles and equipment; and

  5. Any materials must be stored within the parking space area and so as not to block, hinder or otherwise interfere with the free flow of traffic.

• C. The director shall promulgate the manner in which the application for a parking meter permit shall be made. The application shall contain such other information as may be required by the director.

• D. The director shall determine the form of the parking meter permit, except that each permit shall contain the following information:

  1. A permit number;

  2. The specific dates and times that the permit is valid; and

  3. The specific location where the permit is valid.

• E. Applicant shall pay a fee, in the amount set forth in the schedule of fees established by resolution of the city council, for obtaining, replacing or renewing a parking meter permit. The applicant shall be exempt from the payment of the fee if the applicant demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the director, that the parking meter permit is required for the reno-

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vation or rehabilitation of property designated as a historical landmark pursuant to Section 13.48.110 of this Code.

• F. If the parking meter permit is in the form of a meter hood, then the applicant shall also pay a deposit in the amount set forth in the schedule of fees established by resolution of the city council. The deposit shall be refunded to the applicant upon return of the meter hood to the director in good condition, less reasonable wear and tear.

• G. No person shall use any parking meter permit, including a parking meter hood, except in strict compliance with the provisions of this section.

• H. The director may revoke a parking meter permit that has been issued if the permittee violates any of the terms or conditions upon which the permit was issued or if the reasons for which the permit was issued, as set forth in Subsection A. above, no longer exist.

• (Ord. 26733.)

• A. The director shall issue parking meter permits to any city departments having employees who routinely park their private vehicles in a parking meter district while performing official city business.

• B. A properly displayed parking meter permit shall exempt the employee from paying any parking meter fees applicable to the space where the employee is parking his or her vehicle. However, the permit shall not be valid within any twelve-minute parking meters, any loading zones, or any parking meter within the area bounded by First Street, Taylor Street, Guadalupe Parkway and Hedding Street.

• C. The exemption set forth in Subsection B. above applies only if the employee using the parking meter permit complies with each of the following requirements:

  1. The employee must display the permit in the manner prescribed by the director.

  2. The employee must use the permit only while conducting official city business.

  3. The employee must otherwise comply with all state and local laws governing the parking of vehicles.

• D. Each parking meter permit issued pursuant to this section shall be valid for only the period of time for which it is issued. Each department having such a permit must reapply for a new permit pursuant to the procedures promulgated by the director.

• E. The director shall be responsible for issuing all parking meter permits, including all replacement permits, and shall promulgate the administrative procedures to be followed to obtain such permits.

• (Ord. 26733.)