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Home My WebLink About2013/07/09 Item 02ORDINANCE No. -gECOND RF}~DING AND Ap~p'~ION ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 10.52.480 DESIGNATING SPECIFIC PARKING RESTRICTIONS WITHIN CITY MUNICIPAL LOTS AND INCORPORATING MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 10.52.482 TO PROHIBIT OVERNIGHT PARKING WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Section 22519 permits a City to regulate parking lots it owns and controls; WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Section 22519 states: "Local authorities may by ordinance or resolution prohibit, restrict or regulate the parking, stopping or standing of vehicles on any offstreet pazking facility which it owns or operates. No such ordinance or resolution shall apply until signs giving notice thereof have been erected."; WHEREAS, Chula Vista Municipal Code Section 10.52.480 currently regulates the manner of parking required in City Municipal Lots; WHEREAS, Section 10.52.480 needs to be updated to reflect the fact that one of the lots described in this Section is currently being used as visitor parking for patrons of the City's Planning and Building Department; WHEREAS, the City Engineer requests that Section 10.52.480 be updated to reflect the specific parking designations of visitor parking, employee pazking, care share pazking, electric vehicle parking and/or disabled parking, and that he will designate the pazking areas by signage to that effect; WHEREAS, Section 10.52.480 also needs to be updated to reflect that persons parking in violation of the specific parking space designations will be ticketed; WHEREAS, City staff believes that specific signage designations within its lots will make pazking easier for its visitors and will lead to less parking disputes at City lots; WHEREAS, City staff has received complaints with regard to overnight pazking in City- owned lots and therefore a new section, Section 10.52.482, is hereby incorporated to indicate that overnight parking, except where permitted by the City Engineer, is illegal and will be ticketed; WHEREAS, overnight pazking near City pazks is a public safety concern for patrons of City parks; WHEREAS, the City has public safety concerns regarding the management of City- owned lots and these concerns make implementing these changes necessary; I:\AttomeylFINAL RESOS AND OIZDINANCES~2013\06 I 1 13\Ord Parking Muny Lots Strikeout.doc 6i4i2013 8:22 AM 2-1 Ordinance Page 2 NOW THEREFORE, with the above recitations incorporated herein, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows: Section I. That Chula Vista Municipal Code Section 10.52.480 is amended to read as follows: 10.52.480 Municipal parking lots -Designated - Manner of parking required - Schedule XV. Pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22519, the following azeas aze designated as off-street public parking lots owned or operated by the City. It is unlawful for any vehicle to park in a municipal parking lot except in accordance with the angle to the curb indicated by signs or pavement markings allotting space to parked vehicles and entirely within the limits of said allotted space, with the front wheel neazest the curb and within six inches of said curb or other stop, and in accordance with the time limits indicated on signs erected in the area by the City Engineer pursuant to regulation adopted under CVMC 10.04.030. The City Engineer shall maintain within a register a Schedule XV listing the restrictions applicable to these locations. Designated Parking Lot Designated Location Parking Lot No. 1 Near southwest comer of Landis and E Streets No. 2 Northeast comer of Landis and Davidson Streets No. 3 200 block of Landis {North of F Street) No. 4 340 F Street (Near southwest corner of E Street) No. 5 Neaz southeast corner of Third and Madrona No. 6 Northwest corner of Church and Madrona Streets I No. 7 Southwest comer of Church and Center Streets No. 8 281 - 287 Church Avenue (between Church and Del Maz Streets) No. 9 Southwest comer of Church ]:Wttorney\F'INAL RESOS AND ORDINANCES\2013\06 11 13\Ord Parking Muny Lots Strikeout.doc 6/42013 8:22 AM 2-2 Ordinance Page 3 and Davidson Streets No. 10 Northwest comer of Church and Davidson Streets No. 7 1 222 Church Avenue (between E and Davidson Streets) NPSC Norman Pazk Senior Center (between F and Center Streets) H ll Ci o%est ~-F-Stree= '= ' ~~e a ty , . m - Employee ~`-~-~~~ Lots flver;{IeWest of Fourth Street, south of Davidson, east of Fia Street. North of F Street west of Fire Station No. 1. City Hall North side of F Street, Visitor Lot between Building 200 and Fire Station No. 1. Chula Vista South of Chula Vista Community Community Pazk and west of Pazk Lot Eastlake Pazkway City West of Maxwell Road and Employee Lot north of Main Street at the John Lippit Public Works Center Ken Lee Lot West of Fourth Avenue and south of F Street Police Department East of Fourth Avenue and Parking south of F Street Structure The City Engineer has the ability once signage is posted, to designate specific parking spots in the above lots as visitor parking care shaze parking. electric vehicle pazking, disabled person and/or employee pazking City Council hereby delegates to the City Engineer the ability to change the parking spot designations within the above lots, including but not limited to establishing metered parking. without having to seek Council approval beforehand. The J:\,lttorney\F'INAL RESOS AND ORDINANCES\2013\06 11 13lOrd Parking Muny Lots Strikeout.doc 6/4/207 3 812 AM 2-3 Ordinance Page 4 designations of anv specific pazkin~spot or parking area will not be enforceable until signa a is posted. Parking that is in violation of the posted sials is illegal and will be ticketed pursuant to Section 10.62.010-030. Section 1.A. That Chula Vista Municipal Code Section 10.52.482 be added to Chaptet 10.52 "Stopping, Standing and Pazking" as follows: 10.52.482 Overnight Parking Prohibited in City-Owned Parking Lots. It is illegal for anv automobile motorcvcle of other self-driven vehicle to be pazked overnight at anv City-owned parking lot, including but not limited to municipal lots and parking lots adjacent to Citypazks, where so stated by signage, except where permitted by the City Engineer. Parking tickets will be issued pursuant to Section 10.62.0] 0-030. Section II. SeverabiGty If any portion of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, is for any reason held to be invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional, by a court of competent jurisdiction, that portion shall be deemed severable, and such invalidity, unenforceability or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining portions of the Ordinance, or its application to any other person or circumstance. The City Council of the City of Chula Vista hereby declares that it would have adopted each section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, sentences, clauses or phrases of the Ordinance be declazed invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional. Section III. Construction The City Council of the City of Chula Vista intends this Ordinance to supplement, not to duplicate or contradict, applicable state and federal law and this Ordinance shall be construed in light of that intent. Section IV. Effective Date This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force on the thirtieth day after its final passage. Section V. Publication The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published or posted according to law. Presented By: Approved as to form by: ~~ ~~~~ ° D r P~zh l=~'c 6 G Richazd Hopkins Glen R. Googins City Engineer City Attorney 7:WttorneylFINAL RESOS AND ORDINANCES\2013\06 1 113\Ord Parking Muny Lots Strikeout.doc 6/4/2013 8:22 AM 2-4- ORDINANCE NO. ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 10.52.480 DESIGNATING SPECIFIC PARKING RESTRICTIONS WITHIN CITY MUNICIPAL LOTS AND INCORPORATING MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 10.52.482 TO PROHIBIT OVERNIGHT PARKING WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Section 22519 permits a City to regulate parking lots it owns and controls; WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Section 22519 states: "Local authorities may by ordinance or resolution prohibit, restrict or regulate the parking, stopping or standing of vehicles on any offstreet pazking facility which it owns or operates. No such ordinance or resolution shall apply until signs giving notice thereof have been erected."; WHEREAS, Chula Vista Municipal Code Section 10.52.480 currently regulates the manner of parking required in City Municipal Lots; WHEREAS, Section 10.52.480 needs to be updated to reflect the fact that one of the lots described in this Section is currently being used as visitor pazking for patrons of the City's Planning and Building Department; WHEREAS, the City Engineer requests that Section 10.52.480 be updated to reflect the specific pazking designations of visitor parking, employee parking, care shaze parking, electric vehicle parking and/or disabled pazking, and that he will designate the parking areas by signage to that effect; WHEREAS, Section 10.52.480 also needs to be updated to reflect that persons parking in violation of the specific parking space designations will be ticketed; WHEREAS, City staff believes that specific signage designations within its lots will make parking easier for its visitors and will lead to less pazking disputes at City lots; WHEREAS, City staff has received complaints with regard to ovemight parking in City- owned lots and therefore a new section, Section 10.52.482, is hereby incorporated to indicate that overnight parking, except where permitted by the City Engineer, is illegal and will be ticketed; WHEREAS, overnight parking near City parks is a public safety concern for patrons of City parks; WHEREAS, the City has public safety concerns regarding the management of City- owned lots and these concerns make implementing these changes necessary; l:\Attomey\FINAL RESOS AND ORDINANCES\2013\06 11 13\Ord Parking Muny Lots Final.doc 6/4/2013 8:25 AM 2-5 Ordinance Page 2 NOW THEREFORE, with the above recitations incorporated herein, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows: Section I. That Chula Vista Municipal Code Section 10.52.480 is amended to read as follows: 1 Q.52.480 Municipal pazking lots -Designated - Manner of pazking required -Schedule XV Pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22519, the following azeas aze designated as off-street public parking lots owned or operated by the City. It is unlawful for any vehicle to pazk in a municipal parking lot except in accordance with the angle to the curb indicated by signs or pavement markings allotting space to pazked vehicles and entirely within the limits of said allotted space, with the front wheel neazest the curb and within six inches of said curb or other stop, and in accordance with the time limits indicated on signs erected in the area by the City Engineer pursuant to regulation adopted under CVMC 10.04.030. The City Engineer shall maintain within a register a Schedule XV listing the restrictions applicable to these locations. Designated Parking Lot Designated Location Parking Lot No. 1 Neaz southwest comer of Landis and E Streets No. 2 Northeast comer of Landis and Davidson Streets No. 3 200 block of Landis (North of F Street) No. 4 340 F Street (Neaz southwest corner of E Street} No. 5 Neaz southeast comer of Third and Madrona No. 6 Northwest corner of Church and Madrona Streets No. 7 Southwest corner of Church and Center Streets No. 8 281 - 287 Church Avenue (between Church and Del Maz Streets) J:\Attorney\FINAL RESOS AND ORDINANCES\2013\06 I ( 13\Ord Pazking Muny Lots Final.doc 6/42013 8:25 AM 2-6 Ordinance Page 3 No. 9 Southwest corner of Church and Davidson Streets No. 10 Northwest corner of Church and Davidson Streets No. 11 222 Church Avenue (between E and Davidson Streets) NPSC Norman Park Senior Center (between F and Center Streets) City Hall West of Fourth Street, south Employee Lots of Davidson, east of Fig Street. North of F Street west of Fire Station No. 1. City Hall North side of F Street, Visitor Lot between Building 200 and Fire Station No. 1. Chula Vista South of Chula Vista Community Community Park and west Park Lot of Eastlake Parkway City Employee West of Maxwell Road and Lot north of Main Street at the John Lippit Public Works Center Ken Lee Lot West of Fourth Avenue and south of F Street Police Department East of Fourth Avenue and Parking south of F Street Structure The City Engineer has the ability, once signage is posted, to designate specific parking spots in the above lots as visitor pazking, care share parking, electric vehicle parking, disabled person and/or employee pazking. City Council hereby delegates to the City Engineer the ability to change the pazking spot designations within the above lots, including but not limited to establishing metered parking, without having to seek Council approval beforehand. The designations of any specific parking spot or parking area will not be enforceable until signage is S:\.4ttorney\FNAL RESOS AND ORDINANCES\2013\06 11 13\Ord Parking Muny Lots Final.doc 6142013 8:?5 AM 2-~ Ordinance Page 4 posted. Pazking that is in violation of the posted signs is illegal and will be ticketed pursuant to Section 10.62.010-030. Section l.A. That Chula Vista Municipal Code Section 10.52.482 be added to Chapter 10.52 "Stopping, Standing and Pazking" as follows: 10.52.482 Overnight Pazking Prohibited in City-Owned Parking Lots. It is illegal for any automobile, motorcycle or other self-driven vehicle to be parked overnight at any City-owned parking lot, including but not limited to municipal lots and parking lots adjacent to City parks, where so stated by signage, except where permitted by the City Engineer. Pazking tickets will be issued pursuant to Section 10.62.010-030. Section II. Severability If any portion of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, is for any reason held to be invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional, by a court of competent jurisdiction, that portion shall be deemed severable, and such invalidity, unenforceability or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining portions of the Ordinance, or its application to any other person or circumstance. The City Council of the City of Chula Vista hereby declazes that it would have adopted each section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, sentences, clauses or phrases of the Ordinance be declazed invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional. Section III. Construction The City Council of the City of Chula Vista intends this Ordinance to supplement, not to duplicate or contradict, applicable state and federal law and this Ordinance shall be construed in light of that intent. Section IV. Effective Date This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force on the thirtieth day after its final passage. Section V. Publication The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published or posted according to law. Presented By: Richazd Hopkins City Engineer Approved as to form by: GIen R. Googins Dsa~ `7 ~~t City Attorney <06 J:1Attorney\F'INAL RESOS AND ORDINANCES\2013\06 11 13\Ord Pazking Muny Loa Final.doc 6/4/2013 8:25 AM 2-8