Part 3 — GENERAL

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 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.)

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:

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

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

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.)

A.

The director shall have lines or marks painted upon each curb or street next to each single-space 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-five-cent, 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.)

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:

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.

For the parking of vehicles or equipment, or the temporary storage of materials, 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:

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

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;

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

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

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:

A permit number;

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

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 renovation 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:

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

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

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.)