Santa Ana Municipal Code § 36-406 Use of funds

(a) Pursuant to section 22508 of the California Vehicle Code, parking meter districts and parking meter district zones may be established and determined by ordinance of the city council and the boundaries of the parking meter district shall be as follows:

Beginning at the intersection of South line of First Street and the Southerly prolongation of the West line of Olive Street, thence Easterly in a direct line to the intersection of the Southerly prolongation of the East line of Spurgeon Street and the Easterly prolongation of the South line of First Street; Thence Northerly in a direct line to the Southeast corner of Spurgeon Street and Third Street; Thence Easterly in a direct line to the intersection of the Southerly prolongation of the East line of French Street and the Easterly prolongation of the South line of Third Street; Thence Northerly in a direct line to the Southeast corner of Fourth Street and French Street; Thence Easterly in a direct line to the intersection of the Southerly prolongation of the East line of Mortimer Street and the Easterly prolongation of the South line of Fourth Street; Thence Northerly in a direct line to the Northeast corner of Sixth and Mortimer Street; Thence Westerly in a direct line to the Northeast corner of French Street and Santa Ana Boulevard; Thence Northerly in a direct line to the intersection of the Easterly prolongation of the North line of Eighth Street and the Northerly prolongation of the East line of French Street; Thence Westerly in a direct line to the Northeast corner of Spurgeon Street and Eighth Street; Thence Northerly in a direct line to the Northeast corner of Washington Avenue and Spurgeon Street; Thence Westerly in a direct line to the Northeast corner of Bush Street and Washington Avenue; Thence Northerly in a direct line to the Northeast corner of Seventeenth Street and Bush Street; Thence Westerly in a direct line to the Northeast corner of Main Street and Seventeenth Street; Thence Northerly in a direct line to the intersection of the Easterly prolongation of the South line of Buffalo Avenue and the Northerly prolongation of the East line of Main Street; Thence Westerly in a direct line to the Southwest corner of Main Street and Buffalo Avenue; Thence Southerly in a direct line to the Northwest corner of Seventeenth Street and Main Street; Thence Westerly in a direct line to the Northwest corner of Broadway and Seventeenth Street; Thence Southerly in a direct line to the Northwest corner of Washington Avenue and Broadway; Thence Westerly in a direct line to the Northwest corner of Flower Street and Washington Avenue; Thence Southerly in a direct line to the Northwest corner of Civic Center Drive and Flower Street; Thence Westerly in a direct line to the intersection of the Northerly prolongation of the West line of Boyd Way and the Westerly prolongation of the North line of Civic Center Drive; Thence Southerly in a direct line to the Northwest corner of Sixth Street and Boyd Way; Thence Westerly in a direct line to the intersection of the Northerly prolongation of the West line of Shelton Street and the Westerly prolongation of North line of Sixth Street; Thence Southerly in a direct line to the Southwest corner of Santa Ana Boulevard and Shelton Street; Thence Easterly in a direct line to the Southwest corner of Flower Street and Santa Ana Boulevard; Thence Southerly in a direct line to the Northwest corner of Third Street and Flower Street; Thence Westerly in a direct line to the intersection of the Northerly prolongation of the West line of Olive Street and the Westerly prolongation of the North line of Third Street; Thence Southerly in a direct line to the intersection of South line of First Street and the Southerly prolongation of the West line of Olive Street, the point of the beginning.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the fee charged for parking in any metered parking spaces in the parking meter district shall be five cents ($0.05) for each three (3) minutes or one dollar ($1.00) per hour.

(c) Parking Meter Zones. The following parking meter zones are hereby created within the parking meter district as described in subsection (a):

(1) Willard Zone. The boundaries of the "Willard Zone" shall be as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of the Northwest corner of Broadway and Civic Center Drive; thence Northerly in a direct line to the Northwest corner of Broadway and Washington Avenue; thence Westerly in a direct line to the Northwest corner of Flower Street and Washington Avenue; thence Southerly in a direct line to the Northwest corner of Civic Center Drive and Flower Street; thence Easterly in a direct line to the Northwest corner of Broadway and Civic Center Drive the point of the beginning.

(2) Midtown Zone. The boundaries of the "Midtown Zone" shall be as follows:

Beginning at the point of intersection of the Easterly prolongation of the North line of Eighth Street and the Northerly prolongation of the East line of French Street; thence Westerly in a direct line to the Northeast corner of Spurgeon Street and Eighth Street; thence Northerly in a direct line to the Northeast corner of Washington Avenue and Spurgeon Street; thence Westerly in a direct line to the Northeast corner of Bush Street and Washington Avenue; thence Northerly in a direct line to the Northeast corner of Seventeenth Street and Bush Street; thence Westerly in a direct line to the Northeast corner of Main Street and Seventeenth Street; thence Northerly in direct line to the intersection of the Easterly prolongation of the South line of Buffalo Avenue and Northerly prolongation of the East line of Main Street; thence Westerly in direct line to the Southwest corner of Main Street and Buffalo Avenue; thence Southerly in a direct line to the Northwest corner of Seventeenth Street and Main Street; thence Westerly in a direct line to the Northwest corner of Broadway and Seventeenth Street; thence Southerly in a direct line to the Northwest corner of Broadway and Civic Center Drive; thence intersection of the Easterly prolongation of the North line of Eighth Street and Northerly prolongation of the East line of French Street, the point of the beginning.

(3) Downtown Zone. The boundaries of the "Downtown Zone" shall be as follows:

Beginning at the point of intersection of the South line of First Street and the Southerly prolongation of the East line of Spurgeon Street; thence Northerly in a direct line to the intersection of Spurgeon Street and Third Street; thence Easterly in a direct line to the intersection of the Southerly prolongation of the East line of French Street and the Easterly prolongation of the South line of Third Street; thence Northerly in a direct line to the Southeast corner of Fourth Street and French Street; thence Easterly in a direct line to the intersection of the Southerly prolongation of the East line of Mortimer Street and the Easterly prolongation of the South line of Fourth Street; thence Northerly in a direct line to the Northeast corner of Sixth Street and Mortimer Street; thence Westerly in a direct line to the Northeast corner of French Street and Santa Ana Boulevard; thence Northerly in a direct line to the intersection of the Easterly prolongation of the North line of Eighth Street and the Northerly prolongation of the East line of French Street; thence Westerly along the North line of Civic Center Drive to the intersection of the Northerly prolongation of the West line of Boyd Way and the Westerly prolongation of the North line of Civic Center Drive; thence Southerly in a direct line to the Northwest corner of Sixth Street and Boyd Way; thence Westerly in a direct line to the intersection of the Northerly prolongation of the West line of Shelton Street and the Westerly prolongation of the North line of Sixth Street; thence Southerly in a direct line to the Southwest corner of Santa Ana Boulevard and Shelton Street; thence Easterly in a direct line to the Southwest corner of Flower and Santa Ana Boulevard; thence Southerly a direct line to the Northwest corner of Third Street and Flower Street; thence Westerly in a direct line to the intersection of the Northerly prolongation of the West line of Olive Street and the Westerly prolongation of the North line of Third Street; thence Southerly in a direct line to the intersection of the South line of First Street and the Southerly prolongation of the West line of Olive Street; thence Easterly in a direct line to the intersection of the South line of First Street and the Southerly prolongation of the East line of Spurgeon Street, the point of the beginning.

(d) Fees. The parking fees for parking in the parking meter zones as hereinabove described shall be as follows:

(1) Willard Zone. The fee charged for parking in any metered parking space within the Willard Zone shall be five cents ($0.05) for each three (3) minutes or one dollar ($1.00) per hour.

(2) Midtown Zone. The fee charged for parking in any metered parking space within the Midtown Zone shall be five cents ($0.05) for each three (3) minutes or one dollar ($1.00) per hour.

(3) Downtown Zone. The fee charged for parking in any metered parking space within the Downtown Zone shall be five cents ($0.05) for each one and one-half minutes or two dollars ($2.00) per hour.

(Ord. No. NS-2525, § 1, 4-21-03; Ord. No. NS-2880, § 3, 9-1-15>; Ord. No. NS-2978, § 5, 11-19-19)

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2880, § 3, adopted September 1, 2015, amended § 36-398, to read as set out herein. Previously § 36-398 was titled "Parking meter district zone and fees."

Cross reference— Meter rate at municipal parking lot, § 36-435.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, the provisions of this article relating to the operation of parking meters shall be effective only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of each week, except such parking limitations shall not be operative on any legal holiday. Further limitations of the hours of operation shall be effective only when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are affixed to specific parking meters.

(b) In the following parking meter zones effective parking hours shall be as follows:

(1) Willard Zone. The provisions of this article relating to the operation of parking meters shall be effective only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of each week, except such parking limitations shall not be operative on any legal holiday. Further limitations of the hours of operation shall be effective only when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are affixed to specific parking meters.

(2) Midtown Zone. The provisions of this article relating to the operation of parking meters shall be effective only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of each week, except such parking limitations shall not be operative on any legal holiday. Further limitations of the hours of operation shall be effective only when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are affixed to specific parking meters.

(3) Downtown Zone. The provisions of this article relating to the operation of parking meters shall be effective only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday of each week, except such parking limitations shall not be operative on any legal holiday. Further limitations of the hours of operation shall be effective only when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are affixed to specific parking meters.

(c) Legal holiday shall be defined as those legal holidays observed by city employees as identified in section 9-135 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code.

(d) The executive director of the community development agency or designee is authorized to place signs or markings, on or immediately adjacent to parking meters, prohibiting parking in excess of twelve (12) minutes, fifteen (15) minutes, twenty-four minutes (24), thirty (30) minutes, one (1) hour, two (2) hours, three (3) hours or four (4) hours on any portion of any street within such parking meter district zone, for any time period up to and including twenty-four (24) hours per day. Such restrictions may be limited so as not to apply on specified days.

(Ord. No. NS-2880, § 4, 9-1-15; Ord. No. NS-2978, § 4, 11-19-19; Ord. No. NS-2990, § 3, 5-19-20)

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2880, § 4, adopted September 1, 2015, set out provisions for use herein as § 36-399. Prior to the adoption of those provisions § 36-399 was repealed by Ord. No. NS-1996, § 3, adopted February 6, 1989. Former § 36-399 pertained to "Deposit of coins in central traffic districts A and B" and was derived from the 1952 Code, §§ 3301 and 3302 and Ord No NS-906, § 1, adopted December 18, 1967.

All parking meters shall be placed upon the sidewalk alongside of adjacent parking spaces or next to parking spaces. Such parking spaces shall be of sufficient size to accommodate an automobile and shall indicate parallel or diagonal parking by painted lines on the pavement.

(Code 1952, § 3303; Ord. No. NS-3011, § 2, 11-16-21)

Whenever any vehicle shall be parked in any space alongside of or next to which there is located, under the provisions of this article, a parking meter, the owner, operator or manager of said vehicle shall, upon entering said space, immediately deposit the proper coin of the United States in said meter and said parking space may then be used by such vehicle during the parking limit provided for the coin deposited. All parking shall be between the lines of the parking space, including any and all appurtenances or materials attached to or extending from the vehicle parked within the space.

(Code 1952, § 3304; Ord. No. NS-2525, § 2, 4-21-03)

No person shall:

(1) Permit any vehicle registered in the name of or operated by such person to be parked overtime or beyond the period of legal parking time as herein provided, or to remain parked in any metered parking space adjacent to a parking meter while the signal showing legal parking is not displayed by said parking meter, or to deposit in any parking meter any coin for the purpose of parking beyond or longer than the maximum legal parking limit for that particular parking area, or deposit coins into multiple adjacent meters for the purpose of parking a vehicle in multiple adjacent parking spaces.

(2) Park any vehicle across any line painted upon the pavement, or any similar marking of a parking meter space, or in such a position that the vehicle shall not be entirely with the area designated by such line or marking including any and all appurtenances or materials attached to or extending from the vehicle parked within the space.

(3) Use any parking space set off by painted lines on the pavement alongside of and next to a parking meter for the purpose of standing, storing or parking any object or thing other than a vehicle used for transportation, without first obtaining written permission from the chief of police or the executive director of the community development agency or their respective designee so to do.

(Code 1952, § 3305; Ord. No. NS-2525, § 3, 4-21-03)

Editor's note— Ord. No. NS-2880, § 5, adopted September 1, 2015, repealed § 36-403 in its entirety. Former § 36-403 pertained to "Hours," and was derived from Code 1952, § 3307; Ord. No. NS-58, § 1, adopted August 16, 1954; Ord. No. NS-1996, § 4, adopted February 6, 1989; Ord. No. NS-2138, § 2, adopted August 5, 1991 and Ord. No. NS-2525, § 4, adopted April 21, 2003.

Every person violating the provisions of this article by failing or refusing to deposit the proper coin in a parking meter, by leaving the vehicle parked after the meter shows a signal indicating that the lawful parking period for the coin deposited has expired, or by depositing in any parking meter any coin for the purpose of parking beyond the maximum legal parking time for the particular traffic zone as designated by the council and shown by the adjacent meter, or by depositing coins in multiple adjacent meters for the purpose of parking a vehicle in multiple adjacent spaces, is guilty of a further and separate violation for each period of time, equal to the maximum legal parking time for the particular traffic zone, or parking space, as designated by the council, that the vehicle is left so parked.

(Code 1952, § 3306; Ord. No. NS-2525, § 5, 4-21-03)

No person shall deposit in any parking meter any slug or metallic substitute for a coin of the United States, or deface, injure, tamper with, open or wilfully break, destroy, or impair the usefulness of any parking meter.

(Code 1952, § 3308; Ord. No. NS-1996, § 5, 2-6-89)

All money deposited in said parking meters shall be deposited in a special fund, to be known as the "parking fund". The specific authorized use of revenues shall be, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) For purchasing, leasing, installing, repairing, maintaining, operating, removing, regulating and policing of pay stations and/or parking meters and for the payment of any and all expenses relating thereto.

(2) For purchasing, leasing, acquiring, improving, operating and maintaining on- or off- street parking facilities.

(3) For installation and maintenance of alternative mode programs, landscaping, pedestrian linkages, sidewalk cleaning, street, way finding systems, and traffic control devices and signals.

(4) For the painting and marking of streets and curbs required for the direction of traffic and parking of motor vehicles.

(5) For proper security within the parking meter district.

(6) For the proper regulation, control, enforcement and inspection of parking and traffic upon the public streets and off-street parking facilities.

(7) To be pledged as security for the payment of principal of and interest on financing mechanisms used by the city to meet any of the purposes authorized by this section.

(8) For transportation and parking planning, and marketing programs related to the parking meter district.

(9) For construction and maintenance of public restrooms in the parking meter district.

(Code 1952, § 3310; Ord. No. NS-2525, § 6, 4-21-03; Ord. No. NS-2880, § 6, 9-1-15)

In any area which is part of a parking meter zone and which is also part of a permit parking district established in accordance with Article XI of this chapter, any person who has been issued a parking permit pertaining to that area pursuant to the regulations applicable to that permit parking district and who displays such permit on his or her vehicle in accordance with section 36-488 shall be entitled to park such vehicle in any metered space located in such area. Section 36-401 and paragraph (1) of section 36-402 shall not apply to any vehicle so parked.

(Ord. NS-2113, § 1, 3-4-91)