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ORDINANCE NO. 3267
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 10.52.480
DESIGNATING SPECIFIC PARKING RESTRlCTIONS
WITHIN CITY MUNICIPAL LOTS AND INCORPORATING
MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 10.52.482 TO PROHIBIT
OVER.J'lIGHT PARKING
WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Section 225 I 9 permits a City to regulate parking
lots it owns and controls: and
WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Section 225 I 9 states: "Local authorities may by
ordinance or resolution prohibit, restrict or regulate the parking, stopping or standing of vehicles
on any off-street parking facility which it owns or operates. No such ordinance or resolution
shall apply until signs giving notice thereof have been erected"; and
WHEREAS, Chula Vista Municipal Code Section 10.52.480 currently regulates the
manner of parking required in City Municipal Lots; and
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; and
WHEREAS, the City Engineer requests that Section 10.52.480 be updated to reflect the
specific parking designations of visitor parking, employee parking, car share parking, electric
vehicle parking and/or disabled parking, and that he will designate the parking areas by signage
to that effect; and
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; and
WHEREAS, City staff believes that specific signage designations within its lots will
make parking easier for its visitors and will lead to less parking disputes at City lots; and
WHEREAS, City staff has received complaints with regard to overnight parking in City-
owned lots and therefore a new section, Section 10.52.482, is hereby incorporated to indicate .that
overnight parking, except where permined by the City Engineer, is illegal and will be ticketed:
and
WHEREAS, overnight parking near City parks is a public safety concern for patrons of
City parks; and
WHEREAS, the City has public safety concerns regarding the management of City-
owned lots and these concerns make implementing these changes necessary.
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NOW, THEREFORE, with the above recitations incorporated herein, the City Council of a
the City ofChula Vista does ordain as follows: .,
Section I.
follows:
That Chula Vista Municipal Code Section 10.52.480 IS amended to read as
10.52.480 Municipal parking lots - Designated - Manner of parking required - Schedule
XV.
Pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22519, the following areas are designated as off-street
public parking lots owned or operated by the City. It is unlav.ful 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 nearest 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 corner 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 Near southeast corner of
Third and Madrona
No.6 Northwest corner of Church
and Madrona Streets
No.7 Southwest comer of Church
and Center Streets
No.8 281 - 287 Church Avenue
(between Church and Del
Mar Streets)
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No.9 Southwest comer of Church
and Davidson Streets
No. ]0 Northwest comer of Church
and Davidson Streets
No. ]] 222 Church A venue
(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. ].
City Hall North side of F Street,
Visitor Lot between Building 200 and
Fire Station No. I.
Chula Vista South ofChula 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 parking, car share parking, electric vehicle parking, disabled
person and/or employee parking. 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
designations of any specific parking spot or parking area will not be enforceable until signage is
posted. Parking that is in violation of the posted signs is illegal and will be ticketed pursuant to
Section 10.62.0 I 0-030.
Section l.A. That Chula Vista Municipal Code Section ]0.52.482 be added to Chapter
10.52 "Stopping, Standing and Parking" as follows:
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10.52.482 Overnight Parking Prohibited in City-Owned Parking Lots.
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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. Parking 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 declares that it would have adopted each section, sentence, clause or
phrase of this Ordinance, irrespective of the fact that anyone or more other sections, sentences,
clauses or phrases of the Ordinance be declared 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.
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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
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PASSED. APPROVED. and ADOPTED bv the Citv Council of the Citv ofChula Vista.
California, this 9th day of July 2013, by the followIng vote:- . .
AYES:
Councilmembers:
Aguilar, Bensoussan, Ramirez, Salas and Cox
NAYS:
Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT:
Councilmembers:
None
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ATTEST:
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Donna R. Norris, C, City Clerk
STATE OF CALlFORJ'\!IA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
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I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certifY that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 3267 had its first reading at a regular meeting held on the 11 th day of June 2013
and its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 9th day
of July 2013; and was duly published in summary fonn in accordance with the requirements of
state law and the City Charter.
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Dated
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Donna R. Norris, C 1 ,t"ity Clerk