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RESOLUTION NO. 15180
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL AMENDING THE
CITY’S PARKING CITATION FINES
WHEREAS, the City of San Rafael provides parking enforcement services throughout the City limits,
including Downtown and in residential neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Rafael maintains parking spaces and garages that are available for use
to the general public; and
WHEREAS, the City has the legal authority to levy and adjust parking meter and citation rates under
Article XIIIA, §3, of the California Constitution; and
WHEREAS, the City has not updated its citation fines since 2011 and is currently charging citation
fines that are lower than its neighbors and peers; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to adjust parking citation fines to discourage parking violations, improve
traffic conditions and compliance, and raise revenues.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby amends its Parking Citation
Fines as follows:
Section 1. Amendment to Fine Schedule
The changes to the Parking Citation Fines presented in the staff report for this resolution are hereby
approved and directed to be computed, applied and collected by the City’s Parking Division.
Section 2. Interpretations
The Administrative Services Director, in consultation with the City Manager may interpret this
Resolution. Should there be a conflict between two fines applicable to the same service, then the
lower in dollar amount of the two shall be applied.
Section 3. Severability
If any portion of this Resolution is held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions and all other portions
shall remain in full force and effect. The City Council declares that it would have adopted this
Resolution and each section or portion thereof irrespective of the validity of any other section or
portion.
Section 4. Effective Date
The fines provided herein shall become effective on January 1, 2023.
I, LINDSAY LARA, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was
duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San
Rafael, held on Monday, the 19th day of December 2022, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers: Bushey, Hill, Kertz, Llorens Gulati & Mayor Kate
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Lindsay Lara, City Clerk