Ventura Municipal Code Ch. 4.400 Downtown Parking District

A downtown parking district is hereby established. The boundaries of the district shall:

A. Be the same as the downtown specific plan boundary as approved by the city council in March 2007, as it may be amended from time to time; and

B. Include a strip of land in the city bounded on the west by city’s “Seaside Park,” on the east by Figueroa Street and the southerly extension thereof, on the north by property owned by the state of California commonly known as the Ventura Fairgrounds, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. (Ord. No. 2009-002, § 4, 1-12-09; Ord. No. 2021-006, § 1, 4-12-21)

The downtown parking district is established to manage public parking supply and demand within the district boundaries as well as improve transportation and parking related facilities and programs. (Ord. No. 2009-002, § 4, 1-12-09)

All revenues collected from parking pay stations, meters, leases, and permits in the downtown parking district shall be placed in a special fund, which fund shall be used exclusively for activities benefiting the parking district. The specific authorized use of revenues shall be as follows:

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

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

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

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

E. For proper security within the district.

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

G. 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.

H. For transportation and parking planning, marketing and education programs related to the downtown parking district.

I. For construction and maintenance of public restrooms that enhance parking facilities.

J. Revenues from residential parking permits may, in addition to the foregoing, be used for sidewalk, landscaping and other transportation, pedestrian or bicycle enhancements on streets where the residential permit parking is provided. (Ord. No. 2009-002, § 4, 1-12-09)