Shasta County Municipal Code Ch. 10.02 Parking Regulations and Parking Meters

For the purposes of this chapter the following definitions shall apply:

"Board of supervisors" means the Shasta County board of supervisors.

"Coin" means any lawful coin or combination of coins of the United States of America as designated by the legend on a parking meter.

"County" means Shasta County.

"County parking permit" means a placard or sticker issued by the Shasta County administrative officer, or his/her designee, pursuant to the parking plan.

"Holiday" means: January 1, the third Monday in January, February 12, the third Monday in February, the last Monday in May, July 4, the first Monday in September, November 11, the fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving Day), the day following Thanksgiving Day, December 24, December 25, and such other dates as may be proclaimed by the President of the United States, Governor of the state of California, or the board of supervisors, as a holiday. When a holiday falls on Sunday, the immediately following Monday shall be observed as the holiday in lieu thereof. When a holiday falls on a Saturday, the immediately preceding Friday shall be observed as the holiday in lieu thereof. In those years when December 25 falls on a Monday, December 26 shall be observed as the holiday in lieu thereof.

"Loiter" means to delay or linger on any premises without a lawful purpose for being on the premises and for the purpose of committing a crime as opportunity may be discovered.

"Operator" means the registered owner of a vehicle, as well as any individual who drives, manipulates, or runs a vehicle as the owner thereof or as the agent, employee, or permittee of the owner, or who is in actual, physical control of a vehicle.

"Park" means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, upon a highway, street, parking lot, or off-street parking facility, otherwise than in obedience to the directions of a peace officer, or an involuntary stopping of the vehicle by reason of causes beyond the control of the operator of the vehicle.

"Parking meter" means any mechanical or electronic timing device or timing meter erected for the regulation of parking by authority of this chapter.

"Parking meter space" means any space within a parking meter zone, adjacent to a parking meter, which is designated in the parking plan for the parking of a single vehicle by lines painted or otherwise durably marked on the curb or on the surface of the parking lot, street, or paving adjacent to or adjoining the parking meter.

"Parking monitor" means an individual, or position occupied by an individual, designated by the county administrative officer as empowered, authorized, and directed to issue notices of parking violations pursuant to this chapter.

"Parking plan" means a plan adopted by ordinance of the board of supervisors, and on file in the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors, allocating space on county property for vehicles operated by members of the public; officers, employees, volunteers, and agents of Shasta County; or visitors to Shasta County facilities and which regulates the use of such space by prohibition, time limitation, or permit requirements; which establishes the placement, fees, and time limitations applicable to parking meter spaces; and which establishes the amount of civil penalties for parking violations.

"Parking structure" means the Shasta County Administration Center multilevel parking structure, located at the corner of West Street and Tehama Street, and immediately to the west of the Shasta County Administration Center, in the city of Redding.

"Parking violation notice" means a written form, approved by the county administrative officer and approved as to form by county counsel, which shall be attached to a vehicle which is parked in violation of this chapter. The form of the parking violation notice shall conform to Section 40202 of the Vehicle Code.

"Peace officer" means all those persons defined as peace officers pursuant to state law.

"Permittee" means any individual who has been issued a county parking permit.

"Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation or legal entity.

"Shasta County Administration Center" means all of that building located at 1450 Court Street in the city of Redding, and the grounds immediately adjacent thereto.

"Vehicle" means any device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported upon a street, highway, off-street parking facility, or parking lot, except a device which is operated upon rails or tracks.

"Vehicle Code" means the California Vehicle Code, including any amendments thereto which become operative after the enactment of this chapter.

(Ord. 2005-1 § 1 (part), 2005)

A. It is unlawful for any person to loiter in the parking structure, or within twenty-five yards thereof.

B. It is unlawful for any person, other than a peace officer or parking monitor while on duty; or other than a county employee, county officer, or county volunteer while on county business, to be in the parking structure, or the area between the parking structure and the Shasta County Administration Center between the hours of midnight and five a.m.

(Ord. 2005-1 § 1 (part), 2005)

A. Except on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday and except between the hours of five p.m. to seven a.m., it is unlawful for any person or operator to park a vehicle in a parking space or area in violation of the parking plan.

B. Except on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday and except between the hours of five p.m. to seven a.m., it is unlawful for any person or operator, who is not a county officer, employee, volunteer, or permittee, to park a vehicle in any parking space or areas specifically reserved in the parking plan for county officers, employees, volunteers and permittees.

C. Except on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday and except between the hours of five p.m. to seven a.m., it is unlawful for any person or operator, who is a county officer, employee, volunteer, or permittee, to park a vehicle in any parking space or area without displaying the proper parking permit for that parking space or area, as designated in the parking plan.

D. It is unlawful for any person or operator to park a vehicle in an area designated in the parking plan as a loading zone for a longer time than is necessary for the loading or unloading of passengers or materials, which time shall not be more than three minutes for loading or unloading passengers, and not more than thirty minutes for loading or unloading materials.

E. It is unlawful for any person or operator who is not a member of the board of supervisors, the county administrative officer, or a county department head to park a vehicle in a parking space designated pursuant to the parking plan for the sole use of members of the board of supervisors, the county administrative officer or county department heads.

F. It is unlawful for any person or operator to park except completely within the boundaries of a parking space designated in the parking plan and indicated by white lines painted or affixed to the parking surface.

(Ord. 2005-1 § 1 (part), 2005)

The amount of money required to be deposited in a parking meter installed pursuant to this chapter shall be established by ordinance of the board of supervisors in the parking plan as a fee to cover the costs involved in the inspection, regulation, control, installation, operation, and use of the parking spaces and parking meters provided for pursuant to this chapter.

(Ord. 2005-1 § 1 (part), 2005)

No parking meter shall be in operation, nor shall any parking limitations imposed by parking meters be in effect, on Saturdays and Sundays; on any holiday; or between the hours of five p.m. to seven a.m.

(Ord. 2005-1 § 1 (part), 2005)

Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, it is unlawful for any person or operator to cause, allow, or permit any vehicle to be parked in a parking meter space when the parking meter for that parking meter space displays a signal indicating that the time on the parking meter has expired.

(Ord. 2005-1 § 1 (part), 2005)

A. It is unlawful for any person to deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy, or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed pursuant to this chapter, except that a county employee, agent of the county, or contractor for the county, acting within the scope of their employment or pursuant to a contract, may open a parking meter for the purpose of repairing or making collections therefrom.

B. It is unlawful for any person or operator to deposit, or cause to be deposited, in any parking meter any slug, device or substitute for a coin.

(Ord. 2005-1 § 1 (part), 2005)

A. All peace officers and parking monitors are empowered, authorized and directed to issue parking violation notices pursuant to this chapter.

B. The county administrative officer shall administer and adjudicate the imposition of all civil penalties assessed pursuant to this chapter and the Vehicle Code, and provide for the collection and disbursement thereof. In the alternative, the county may contract with a private vendor, with any city, with any county, or with any state law enforcement agency to administer and adjudicate the imposition of all civil penalties assessed pursuant to this chapter and the Vehicle Code, and provide for the collection and disbursement thereof.

(Ord. 2005-1 § 1 (part), 2005)

The director of public works shall place and maintain all signs, markings and parking meters pursuant to the parking plan. The provisions of this chapter, and the regulations of the parking plan, are not effective for any area until signs, markings, and, if applicable, operating parking meters, are in place at that area.

(Ord. 2005-1 § 1 (part), 2005)

A. Unless otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, a violation of any provision of this chapter shall be punishable as provided in Chapter 1.08 of this code.

B. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, any person in violation of any of the provisions of Sections 10.02.030 and 10.02.060 shall be assessed a civil penalty. The amount of the civil penalty shall be specified on a schedule included in the parking plan. If any person fails to make a timely appearance or timely payment of a civil penalty, a delinquency penalty shall be assessed against that person for the late appearance or payment. The amount of the delinquency penalty shall be specified on a schedule included in the parking plan. Each person who is assessed a civil penalty pursuant to this chapter shall be assessed a separate civil penalty for each and every commission of any parking violation, and each and every late appearance or late payment. Any surcharges, penalty assessments, or other assessments, which are mandated by state law, shall be added to the civil penalty imposed pursuant to this chapter and the parking plan.

C. This chapter is a regulatory provision necessary for the protection of the public health, welfare and safety. Unless otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, in any criminal or civil proceeding for a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, it is not necessary to prove knowledge or criminal intent.

D. If any person parks a vehicle in violation of the provisions of this chapter, the vehicle may be removed as provided by law.

E. A violation of any of the provisions of this chapter constitutes a public nuisance.

(Ord. 2005-1 § 1 (part), 2005)