South Pasadena Municipal Code Div. 2 All-Night Parking Permit

(a) It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a motor vehicle on any public street or in any city-owned parking lot for a period of time longer than 30 minutes between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of any day, unless in accordance with an all-night parking permit issued in accordance with this division.

(b) Overnight parking is prohibited in any city-owned public parking lot, except in accordance with SPMC 19.55-3. (Ord. No. 1173, § 1; Ord. No. 1428, § 1; Ord. No. 2093, § 1; Ord. No. 2173, § 1, 2008; Ord. No. 2182, § 1, 2008; Ord. No. 2302, § 1, 2016.)

Permit fees shall be established by resolution. (Ord. No. 1291, § 1; Ord. No. 1319, § 1; Ord. No. 1503, § 1; Ord. No. 1607, § 1(a): Ord. No. 1708 § 1, 1976.)

(a) Subject to the following and Sections 19.61 through 19.70, permits for overnight parking may be issued annually, monthly (in one-, two-, or three-month increments), daily (in one-, two-, or three-day increments) or for emergency purposes subject to Section 19.70; provided, that no more than one monthly permit may be issued for the same address at any time.

(b) Upon the filing of an application for an annual permit, the chief of police shall cause to be made an investigation he or she may deem proper to ascertain whether such permit should be granted. The investigation may include, but is not limited to, an on-site inspection of the applicant’s property, to include any garages and/or carports, vehicle registration checks, and local records checks. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an application for one annual permit per single-family dwelling may be issued without the aforementioned investigation with the exception of single-family dwellings located on Hanscom Drive, Peterson Avenue, Illinois Drive, Hill Drive, the 5000 block of Harriman Avenue, Randolph Avenue, Hurlbert Avenue, Elkins Street, or Moffatt Street.

(c) Upon filing of an application for a monthly permits for a third month within any consecutive twelve-month period or for any three-month increment, the chief of police shall cause to be made an investigation as he may deem proper to ascertain whether such permit should be granted. The investigation may include, but is not limited to, an on-site inspection of the applicant’s property, to

include any garages and/or carports, vehicle registration checks, and local record checks. (Ord. No. 1173, § 1; Ord. No. 2099, § 1; Ord. No. 2123, § 1; Ord. No. 2154, § 1, 2007; Ord. No. 2162 § 1, 2007.)

No permit shall be granted under this division until the application for the permit shall bear the approval of the chief of police, or his or her designee. (Ord. No. 1173, § 1; Ord. No. 1379, § 2; Ord. No. 1458, § 1; Ord. No. 2093, § 3.)

Each application filed under this division shall contain a brief description of the vehicle to which it is to be attached, the area within which such vehicle may be parked, which area shall be within two hundred feet in each direction from the place of residence of the applicant, and the expiration date thereof. A permit issued pursuant to this division shall be effective only as to such vehicle and such area. (Ord. No. 1173, § 1; Ord. No. 2093, § 4.)

(a) Annual Permit. Upon approval by the chief of police, an annual permit shall be valid for one year after the date the application for the permit was filed.

(b) Monthly Permit. A monthly permit shall be valid for thirty days after the date the permit was purchased.

(c) Daily Permit. A daily permit shall be valid for only the one, two, or three-day increment for which the permit was purchased.

(d) Emergency Permits. See section 19.70. (Ord. No. 1173, § 1; Ord. No. 2093, § 5; Ord. No. 2099, § 3.)

Upon the transfer of the vehicle described in the permit issued under this division or upon the permittee’s change of place of residence or obtaining off-street parking facilities for such vehicles, rendering such permit unnecessary, the permittee shall destroy such permit and report such destruction to the chief of police. (Ord. No. 1173, § 1.)

Upon the expiration of the permit issued under this division, or within twenty days prior thereto, upon application in writing, the chief of police shall cause to be made such investigation as he may deem proper to ascertain whether a renewal of such permit if, as a result of such investigation, he determines that the permittee could not reasonably have sooner obtained the required off-street parking

space and that the need for such permit still exists. (Ord. No. 1173, § 1; Ord. No. 1319, § 2; Ord. No. 1379, § 3; Ord. No. 1607, § 1 (c); Ord. No. 2093, § 6.)

If a permittee loses, surrenders or destroys an unexpired permit issued under this division for a certain vehicle, he may obtain another permit for the same vehicle for the unexpired term or a permit for a substituted vehicle for the unexpired term upon the payment of a fee as set and adjusted by resolution of the city council. (Ord. No. 1189, § 1; Ord. No. 1607, § 1 (d); Ord. No. 2005, § 1.)

A sticker supplied by the city evidencing the issuance of a permit under this division shall be at all times displayed in the manner and location as directed by the chief of police; provided, that the sticker shall be plainly visible from the exterior of the vehicle. (Ord. No. 1182, § 2; Ord. No. 1379, § 1; Ord. No. 2093 § 7.)

No permit required by this division shall be issued for any commercial vehicle exceeding a maximum gross weight of five thousand pounds, unladen, or ninety-six inches in width; and no person shall park such a vehicle upon any public street in the city between the hours of two a.m. and six a.m. on any calendar day. (Ord. No. 1173, § 1; Ord. No. 1489, § 1.)

The chief of police shall have, in addition to the other powers and duties granted in this division, the discretionary power, in emergencies, to issue to any person an all-night parking permit for a period not exceeding seven consecutive nights. Such permit may be either oral or written, at the discretion of the chief, and no investigation fee shall be charged. (Ord. No. 1173, § 1; Ord. No. 2093, § 8.)