Chapter 10.34 — PARKING ADJUDICATION PROGRAM

Sections:

• 10.34.010 Issuance of citation.

• 10.34.020 Administrative policy documents.

• 10.34.030 Administrative review.

• 10.34.040 Recovery of administrative costs.

• 10.34.050 Administrative hearing.

• 10.34.060 Appeal to civil court.

The Signal Hill police department shall have the authority to issue citations for violations of all regulations pertaining to parking. All citations shall be processed in accordance with the procedures of this chapter. "Citation" as used in this chapter means a notice of parking violation issued for a violation of any regulation governing the parking or standing of a vehicle under this code or the Vehicle Code, or an equipment violation entered on a notice of parking violation, except those violations designated in the Vehicle Code as misdemeanors, which shall be processed through the criminal justice system. (Ord. 94-02-1177 § 1 (part))

The chief of police shall establish the administrative policy and procedure documents necessary to implement this chapter. Such policy and procedure documents shall include, but are not limited to, a procedure to enable persons who are unable to deposit the full amount of the parking penalty to obtain an administrative hearing and procedures which ensure a fair and impartial adjudication program. These written procedures shall be consolidated in a document which shall be available for review during normal business hours in the office of the city clerk. (Ord. 94-02-1177 § 1 (part))

A citation may be contested by requesting an administrative review within twenty-one days of the issuance of the citation or within ten days of the mailing of the notice of delinquent citation. Administrative review shall consist of an internal investigation of the circumstances of the citation considering the written explanation of reasons submitted by the person contesting the citation. The results of the investigation shall be mailed to the person contesting the citation. (Ord. 94-02-1177 § 1 (part))

A citation eligible for cancellation through an administrative review because of proof of correction or proof that the violation was due to a technical omission which has been remedied shall be canceled only upon the payment of an administrative fee. The amount of the administrative fee shall be established by the city council by a duly adopted resolution. (Ord. 94-02-1177 § 1 (part))

A person may contest the results of an administrative review by requesting an administrative hearing within fifteen days of the mailing of the results of the administrative review. The request for an administrative hearing must be accompanied by a deposit for the full amount due on the citation, or verifiable and substantial proof, as defined by the administrative policy established by the chief of police, of the inability to deposit the full amount of the parking penalty. The administrative hearing shall be conducted by a hearing examiner appointed by the chief of police. The review shall be conducted in accordance with written procedures established by the chief of police which ensure fair and impartial review of contested parking violations. The hearing examiner's final decision may be delivered personally by the examiner or by first class mail. (Ord. 94-02-1177 § 1 (part))

A person may appeal the hearing examiner's decision in justice or municipal court within twenty days of the mailing or personal delivery of the decision. (Ord. 94-02-1177 § 1 (part)) Chapter 10.36

COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND TRUCK ROUTES Sections:

• 10.36.010 Advertising vehicles prohibited.
• 10.36.020 Truck routes.
• 10.36.030 Commercial vehicles prohibited from certain streets.

No person shall operate or drive any vehicle used for advertising purposes or any advertising vehicle equipped with a sound-amplifying or loud-speaking device upon any street or alley at any time. (Prior code § 11.44.010 (Ord. 581 § 13, 1965))

A. Whenever any resolution of the city council designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street the use of which is permitted by any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons, the public works director is authorized to designate such street or streets by appropriate signs as truck routes for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons. B. When any such truck route or routes are established and designated by appropriate signs, the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight limit of three tons shall drive on such route or routes and none other, except that nothing in this section shall prohibit the operator of any vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of three tons coming from a truck route having ingress and egress by direct route to and from restricted streets when necessary for the purpose of making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, and merchandise from or to any building or structure located on such restricted streets or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the actual bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling, or construction of any building or structure upon such restricted streets for which a building permit has previously been obtained therefor. C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission, vehicles owned by a public utility or a licensed contractor while in use in construction, installation, or repair of any public utility, oil service trucks when engaged in oil well servicing operations, and rubbish and garbage trucks. D. Those streets and parts of streets established by resolution of the council are declared to be truck routes for the movement of vehicles exceeding a maximum gross weight of three tons. (Ord. 81-12-883 § 1, 1982; prior code § 11.44.020 (Ord. 581 § 13.1, 1965))

A. Whenever any resolution of this city designates and describes any street or portion thereof as a street the use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle, the public works director shall erect and maintain appropriate signs on those streets affected by such ordinance. B. Those streets and parts of streets established by resolution of the council are declared to be streets the use of which is prohibited by any commercial vehicle. The provisions of this section shall not apply to passenger buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission. (Prior code § 11.44.030 (Ord. 581 § 13.2, 1965))