HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1359 (Parking Meters)CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
I, JEANNE 141. LEONCINI, City Clerk of the City
of San Rafael, and Ex -officio Clerk of the Council of
said City do hereby certify that the foregoing Charter
Ordinance No. 1359 entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL REPEALING AND REENACTING
CHAPTER 5.60 (PARKING METERS) OF THE SAN RAFAEL MUNICIPAL CODE
is a true and correct copy of an ordinance of said City
and was introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council of the City of San Rafael, held on the
third day of December , 1979, published as
required by City Charter in the Independent -Journal
a newspaper printed and published in the City of San Rafael
and passed and adopted as an ordinance of said City at a
regular meeting of the City Council of said City
held on the seventh day of January 1980, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:Breiner, Jensen, Miskimen, Nixon and
Mayor Mulryan
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:None
WITNESS my hand and the official seal
of the City of San Rafael this 11th
day of January 1980..
NE M. LEONC 4I, pity Cer
SAN RAFAEL CITY ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE NO. 1359
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
SAN RAFAEL REPEALING AND REENACTING
CHAPTER 5.60 (PARKING METERS) OF THE
SAN RAFAEL MUNICIPAL CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
DIVISION 1. Title 5 of the San Rafael Municipal Code is amended
by repealing and reenacting Chapter 5.60 (Parking Meters) to read and
provide as follows:
CHAPTER 5.60 PARKING METERS
Section 5.60.010, Parking meter zones.
5.60.020 Installation of parking meters.
5.60.030 Parking meter time - limits.
5.60.040 Curb or street lines or markings.
5.60.050 Time of operation of parking meters -Unlawful
parking.
5.60.055 Parking meters, exclusive use of.
5.60.060 Parking meter rates.
5.60.065 Repealed.
5.60.068 Repealed.
5.60.070 Repealed.
5.60.075 Repealed.
5.60.080 Deposit of coin or coins required.
5.60.090 Improper use of meter.
5.60.100 Duties of police officers.
5.60.110 Fines for meter and overtime parking.
5.60.120 Disposition and use of revenue.
5.60.010 Parking Mater Zones.
(a) The following portions of City streets listed below are estab-
lished as parking meter zones:
MISSION AVENUE, from 'B' Street to Hetherton Street.
FIFTH AVENUE, from 'H' Street to Irwin Street.
JULIA STREET, from 'B' Street to 'A' Street.
FOURTH STREET, from Second Street to Irwin Street.
THIRD STREET, from Hayes Street to 'E' Street.
RITTER STREET, from Third Street to Lincoln Avenue.
HETHERTON STREET, from Second Street to Mission Avenue.
TAMALPAIS AVENUE, East of and West of the NWPRR tracks from
Third Street to -Mission Avenue.
LINCOLN AVENUE,'from Second Street to Pacheco Street.
CIJOS STREET, from Third Street to Fourth Street.
NYE STREET, from Fifth Avenue to Laurel Place.
LINDARO STREET, from Albert Park Lane to Third Street.
LOOTENS PLACE, from Third Street to Fifth Avenue.
COURT STREET, from Fourth Street to Mission Avenue.
BROOKS STREET, from Second Street to Third Street.
'A' STREET, from 'B' Street to Fifth Avenue.
'B' STREET, from Albert Park Lane to Mission Avenue.
'C' STREET, from First Street to Mission Avenue.
'D' STREET, from First Street to Fifth Avenue.
'E' STREET, from First Street to Mission Avenue.
SHAVER STREET, from Second Street to Fourth Street, East side.
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(b) The following City owned real property within the City and
described by 1979 Marin County Assessor's Parcel Number is established
as a parking meter zone:
PARCEL NUMBER LOCATION
11-162-17
Mission Avenue and 'E'
Street.
11-205-01
Fifth
Avenue and
'D'
Street.
11-205-15
Fifth
Avenue and
'D'
Street.
11-212-15
Fifth
Street and
'C'
Street.
11-221-07
Fifth
Street and
Lootens
Place.
11-255-10
Third
Street and
'C'
Street.
11-255-13
Third
Street and
'C'
Street.
11-255-14
Third
Street and
'C'
Street.
11-255-18
Third
Street and
'C'
Street.
11-261-08
Third
Street and
'A'
Street
to 'B' Street.
11-261-09
Third
Street and
'A'
Street
to 'B' Street.
11-261-10
Third
Street and
'A'
Street
to 'B' Street.
11-261-14
Third
Street and
'A'
Street
to 'B' Street.
11-261-19
Third
Street and
'A'
Street
to 'B' Street.
11-263-22
Third
and Lootens
Place.
11-271-12
Third
and Lindaro
Street.
11-271-13
Third
and Lindaro
Street.
11-271-14
Third
and Lindaro
Street.
11-273-17
Third
and Cijos.
11-252-10
1412 Second Street.
11-256-31
Second and 'C' Street.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the above described
parking meter zone areas shall, for the purposes of this chapter, be
deemed a public street in said City.
5.60.020 Installation of Parking Meters. The City Engineer is author-
ized and directed to install meters in all parking meter zones established
or created by the Council of the City, for the purpose of, and in such
numbers, and at such places, and for such time limits as set forth in
Council resolution to provide for the efficient control and regulation
of the parking of vehicles therein.
5.60.030 Parking Meter Time Limits. The City Engineer shall install
parking meters in the parking meter zone with the following maximum time
limits: 12 minutes, 24 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hour, 3 hour, 5 hour, 10 hour,
12 hour. The maximum time limit, days and hours of operation, parking
rate, and coin denomination accepted for each parking meter shall be
indicated on said meter.
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5.60.040 Curb or Street Lines or Markings. The City Engineer shall have
lines or markings painted or placed upon the curb or street adjacent to
each parking meter designating the parking space for which the meter is
to be used, and each vehicle parked adjacent or next to any parking meter
shall park within the lines or markings so established. It is unlawful
to park a vehicle of such size or in such a position that the same shall
not be entirely within the space designated by such lines or markings•
5.60.050 Time of Operation of Parking Meters - Unlawful Parking. It is
unlawful for any person between the hours of nine a.m. and six p.m. of
any day to cause or permit any vehicle registered in his name or operated
by him to be parked continuously in any parking meter space within a
parking meter zone for more than the maximum period of time indicated on
said parking meter, or any time during which the meter is displaying a
signal indicating that that space is illegally in use, except during the
time necessary to set the meter to show legal parking, and excepting
also during the time from six p.m. to nine a.m., and on Sundays and
holidays as listed in 5.04.020.
5.60.055 Parking Meters, Exclusive Use Of. Temporary utilization of
a parking meter space without the deposit of a coin or for a period of
time longer than the maximum time limit of said parking meter may be
granted by the City upon application for such permission. The applica-
tion shall be submitted in writing to the Police Department and shall
provide a substantial need for temporarily closing off the meter(s)
involved to public use for a stated duration of time. Upon payment
to the City Treasurer of a daily fee established by Council resolution,
official bags shall be issued to the applicant for placement on said
meter.
This provision shall not permit anyone from occupying a parking meter
space during a posted no -parking period.
5.60.060 Parking Meter Rates. The parking meter rate for all parking
meters in the parking meter zone shall be established by Council resolu-
tion.
5.60.065 Repealed.
5.60.068 Repealed.
5.60.070 Repealed.
5.60.075 Repealed.
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5.60.080 Deposit of Coin or Coins Required. When any vehicle is parked
in any expired metered parking space as provided in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter, the operator of the vehicle upon so park-
ing shall, and it is unlawful to fail to, deposit immediately one or
more United States coins in such parking meter.
5.60.090 Improper Use of Meter. It is unlawful to deposit or cause
to be deposited in any parking meter, any slug, device or metallic
substitute for United States coins, or to deface, injure, tamper with,
open, or willfully break, destroy, or impair the usefulness of any
parking meter installed pursuant to this chapter.
5.60.100 Duties of Police Officers. It shall be the duty of each
police officer or employee of the Police Department as designated by
the Chief of Police to take the number of any meter at which any
vehicle is unlawfully parked, as provided in this chapter; the time
and date of such violation; the State vehicle license of such vehicle;
and the make of such vehicle; and issue, in writing and attach to such
vehicle a citation for illegal parking in the same form and subject to
the same procedure provided for by laws of the State of California
applicable to the traffic violations within the City.
5.60.110 Fines for Meter and Overtime Parking. Parking meter viola-
tions and overtime parking violations are infractions, and any person
or persons who enter a plea of nolo contendere or guilty, or is found
guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall pay a fine of not
more than Fifty Dollars as established by the judicial council of the
municipal court of the central judicial district, County of Marin, upon
request by the City Council in the form of a duly passed resolution.
5.60.120 Disposition and Use of Revenue. The depositing of coins in
parking meters as provided in this title, is levied and assessed as
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fees for the purposes provided in this section. All receipts accru-
ing to the City from the operation of parking meters shall be expended
for the acquisition, installation, operation, maintenance, repair and
replacement of parking meters, parking meter collection and enforcement
and expenses incidental thereto; the acquisition by purchase, condem-
nation or lease, installation, improvement, operation, maintenance,
repair and replacement of off-street parking facilities and expenses
incidental thereto, including costs and expenses incurred in condemna-
tion proceedings whether successfully concluded or abandoned; and
expenses incurred in connection with proposals or proceedings for
acquisition of off-street parking facilities, whether such proposals
or proceedings are carried out or abandoned. Excess revenue not
expended for the foregoing purposes shall be deposited in the City's
General Fund or expended for any lawful purpose.
DIVISION 2. This Ordinance shall be published once in full
before its final passage in a newspaper of general circulation,
printed, published, and circulated in the City of San Rafael, and
shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its final
passage.
DIVISION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this Ordinance. The Council hereby declares that it would have adopted
the Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase
thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, sub-
sections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid.
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ORDINANCE NO. 1359
FRED JJEN 4,cting Mayor
Attest:
J_/UNE M. LEONCINI, City Clerk
The above and foregoing Ordinance No. 1359 was read and intro-
duced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San
Rafael, held on the 3rd day of December, 1979, and ordered passed to
print by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Breiner, Nixon and Acting Mayor Jensen
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Miskimen and Mayor Mulryan
and will come up for adoption as an Ordinance of the City of San Rafael
at a regular meeting of the Council to be held on the 7th day of
January 1980.
(AANNE M. LEONCINI, City Clerk