Watsonville Municipal Code Art. 19 Parking Permits

The parking permits provided for in this Title 4 shall be issued by the Department of Finance upon application, if an applicant provides satisfactory evidence that he or she qualifies for such permit and providing the Department of Finance determines that there are sufficient City Parking Permits to issue.

(a) Payment must be made in advance, of a fee to be established by the Council from time to time by resolution. The City Manager, or his/her designee, shall report to the City Council once every three years regarding these permit parking rates.

(b) Persons shall be issued a parking permit in a form to be prepared by the City Administrative Services Director. The permit shall be displayed in a vehicle so as to be readily observable by parking enforcement officers and in compliance with instructions on the permit and regulations to be approved by the Council from time to time.

(§ 1, Ord. 1180-04 C-M, eff. November 26, 2004)

Upon the issuance and proper display of such parking permit, a vehicle may be parked at any legally designated parking space in any City owned, operated or leased public parking lot despite the durational time limits set forth in Article 2 of Chapter 4 and Article 10 of Chapter 5 of this Title 4, except that the following restrictions shall apply:

(a) Parking permits shall be valid at such designated spaces from 9:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. daily except Sundays and holidays.

(b) The parking permit for such vehicle shall have been properly and lawfully obtained and properly displayed in or on such vehicle so that it is readily observable by Parking Enforcement Officers, in compliance with the display instruction on the permit and in compliance with parking permit regulations that may be established by the Council from time to time.

(§ 1, Ord. 1180-04 C-M, eff. November 26, 2004)