HomeMy WebLinkAbout2036ORDINANCE NO. 2036
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PARKING
METER ZONES AND THE REGULATIONG, CONTROLLING AND PROVIDING FOR THE
INSPECTION OF THE TIME PARKING OF VEHICLES THEREIN BY THE USE OF
PARKING METERS; PRESCRIBING LIMITS OF THE TIME FOR PARKING IN PARKING
METER ZONES; AND PROVIDING FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDINANCE
AND PUNISHMENT FOR ITS VIOLATION AND PREPEALING ORDINANCES NO. 1749,
NO. 1753, AND NO. 1778.
THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
DO ORDIAN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION ONE: That all streets or portions of streets
within the City of San Bernardino that are now zoned for business,
light industry or heavy industry, under the provisions of Ordinance
No. 1991, being the City Zoning Ordinance, or may hereafter be
zoned for business, light industry or heavy industry, are hereby
declared to be parking meter zones, and in the event parking meters
are established, as herein provided, along the curb adjacent to
any parking space in said zone, the provision of this ordinance
shall govern parking in such parking space.
SECTION TWO: That the ",,.or and Common Council 11&" b7
resolutlon speclr,. the stl"eets 01" portions ot streets within said
parking ..ter zones wherein said parking metera shall be installed
and shall tix the time limitation tor legal parking in said BODeS.
which limit shall be dedgnated upon the puking ..tel" or I18tel"S
or b,. apPl"opriate signs posted in proximity to said metel" or meter
and shall authorize the installation ot parking meters in such
parking meter zones and In such nWllbers and at such places as ma,.
be necessal"J to the regulation, contl"ol and Inspection ot the
parking ot vehicles therein, including the reservation ot loading
ZODes tor commercial vehicles.
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SECTIOIf THREE: Parklng meters installed in parking metel' i
zones shall be installed upon the curb 1mmediate11adjaeent to the
indiv1cbaal parking space hereiDaftel' described, and each pal'king
I18tel" aball be ao CODstrllcted _ adj\lJt.d as to' s.how when prop81"1,.; .
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opel'ated and signal that the apace adjacent to which it is in~
stalled is 01' is Dot legal11 in use.
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SECTION FOUR: (a) That the Chier or Police shall have
lines and markings painted upon the curb or street adjacent to
each parking meter, designating the parking space ror which said
meter is to be used, and each vehicle parked adjacent to any
parking meter shall park within such line or marking;
(b) It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle across
any such line or marking, or to park a vehicle in such a position
that it shall not be entirely within the space designated by such
lines of markings;
(c) It shall be unlawrul and a violation or the pro-
visions of this Ordinance ror any person to cau.se, allow, permit
or surrer any vehicle registered in his name or operated or con-
trolled by him to be parked overtime or beyond the period of
legal parking established ror any parking meter zones;
(d) It shall be unlawrul ror any person to cause, allow
or Bufrer any vehicle registered in his name or controlled by him
to be upon any street of any parking meter zone in any space ad.
jacent to which a parking meter is installed, for any time during
which the meter is showing a signal indicating that such space is
illegally in use other than such time as is necessary to operate
the meter to show legal parking;
(e) That st'd parking meters and the provisions of this
~dinance relative to their operation shall be effective only
24 between the hours of 9:00 o'clock A.M. and 6:00 o'clock P.M. of
25 every day, except Sundays or legal holidays. That Saturday atter-
26 'I noon is not determined to be or considered as a legal holiday;
27 ' (f) That each hour of continued parking during which
281 the meter is showing a signal indicating that such space is il-
29 legally in use shall constitute a separate offense and shall be
30: punishable thereas.
31 ,SECTION FIVE: Parking meters, when installed andpro~
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perly operated, shall be adjusted as to show legal parking during
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1 a peried of tweln (12) .inutes upon and atter the deposit thereiD
2 of a one cent (1,) coin of the United States, twent,'..1'our (24)
3 ainutes upon and after the deposit therein of two (2) United
4 States one (1,) cent coins, thirty-su (36) ainutes upon and atter
5 the deposit therein of three (3) United States one (1,) cent coins,
6 1'orty-eight (48) ainutes upon and after the deposit therein 01'
7 four (4) United States one (1~) cent coins, sut,. (60) ainutes
8 I upon and atter the deposit therein of five (5) United States one
9' (l~) cent coins, or one (1) United States tive (5,) cent coinjj1
10,: one hundred went,' (120) ainutes upon and atter the depo81t therdn
11 of five (5) United States one (l,t) cent co ills and one (1) United
12 States fiye (5~) cent coin, or two (2) United States five (5~) cent
13 coins, or one (1) United States ten (10,t) cent coin. Pay.ents of
14, the aforesaid aaounts for the aboye periods shall be made for
15 parking in the areas as designated under and pursuant to the teras
16 of this Ordinance.
17. SECTION SIX: It shall be unlawful to depo81t or oause
18 to be deposited in ~ parking meter any slug, device or metallic
19 substitute for a one (1~) oent, a five (5~) oent or a (10,) cent
20, coin 01' the United States.
21 SECTION SEVEN: It shall be unlawful for ant unathorized
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22' person to operate, or for any person to deface, injure, tamper
23, with, or willfully break, destroy, or iapair the uset~aDess 01' any
24; parking meter installed pursuant to this Ordinance, or to hitch
25 any animals thereto, or lean any bicycle against any meter.
26.. SEcno. EIGHT: That it shall be the duty of the Poliee
27 : Department to enforce the provisions of this Ordinance.
281 (a) It shall be the dut,' of each meter inspector to
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29 keep an aocount 01' and report the nuaber of each parking. meter
30 which indicatea that the yehicle occupying the parking space. ad..
31 jacent to such parking .eter is or has been parked in 'Y101ation
32 01' the provisions of this Ordinance, the date and hour of such
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1 violation, the make and state license number 01' such vehicle, and
2 ~ other tacts a knowledge 01' which is necessary to a thorough
3 understanding of the circumstances attending such violation;
4 (b) He shall issue and attach, in writing, a citation
5 tor illegal parking in the Salle tora and SUbject to the same pro_
6 cedure provided tor by the ordinances 01' the 61t7 o~ San BorDar.
7; dino and the Law. 01' the State 01' Calitornia appliQable to traftic
8: regulations within .aid Cit7;
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9 i (c) A:rq operator or OWDer 01' a vehicle to whoa a cita_
10: tiOD has been issued, ma,. within twenty-tour (24) hours 01' the
11 tille 01' the i88U&nce 01' such citation, pay to the Police Department
12 in tull satistaction of such violation the SUlll 01' Fitt,. (50,) cente.
13 Said pa;yaent ma,. be made in person or by IIAil1ag said SUlll to ,ai4
14 Police Departlllent, Hall 01' Justice or the City Hall, San Bernardino
15 Calitornia, within sai4 period 01' twent7-1'our (24) hours. The
16 tai1ure 01' such OWDer or operator to make such payment within
17 twenty-tour (24) hours, shall render such OWDer or operator sub...
18 ject to .the pena1t,. here1naf'ter provided 1'01' the dolation 01' the
19 provisions 01' this Ordinance;
20 (4) AD7 person violating ~ provisio~ 01' this Ordinance
21 shall be dee..d guilty 01' a aisde..anor, and upon conviction
22 thereot shall be punishable by a tine not exceeding Five Hundred
23 (1500.00) Dollars or by imprisonment in the City or Count,. Jail
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24 tor a period not exceeding SU: (6) months, or by both such tine
25 and iaprisonment.
26 SECTIOli HIRE: The allOunt 01' the coins required to be
27 deposited in parking ..tel'S as provided herein is hereby levied
28 and assessed as a tee to provide tor the proper regulation, control
29 and inspection 01' traf'tic upon the public streets, and to cover the
30 cost 01' supervising, regulating, and inspecting the parking 01'
31 vehicles in the parking meter zonu provided tor herein, the cost
32 01' placing and maintaining linea or markingadeaignating parking
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1 spaces in pa:rking ..te:r zones, and the cost ot the pUJ'chAse, supe:r-
2 vision, p:rotection, inspection, installation, ope:ration,mainten-
:5 anee, eont:rol, and use ot the pa:rking I118ters installed hel"euader,
4 and the speeial tund in which such tees shall be placed shall be
5 devoted exolusively to those pu:rposes.
6 SECTION !'EX: It shall be the duty ot the Chiet ot Police
7 to designate some pe:rson 01" persons to make regular colleotions ot
8 the money deposlted In said parking metel"s, and to deposit said
9 money in accordance with the City Charte:r, whlch said money shall
10 be placed in a specIal tund which is hel"eby c:reated, established
11 and designated as the .Pal"king Weter Fund., .~iehtund shall be
12 used exclusively tOl" the pu:rposes speoified in Sectlon Nine. Such
13 pe:rson o:r ,e:rsons making sueh collections shall be bonded in the
14 SUII ot bo 1'housand Five Hund:re", ($2500.00) Dollal"s to insu:rethe
15 taithful perto~nc. ot his or thell" duties.
16 SECTION ELEVEN: This oJ'41nanc8 shall be d....d to be
17 in addition and supple..ntary to, and not in confllct with, nor &
18 repeal ot existlng ordlnanoes ot this Clty, but shall be an addl..
19 tlona1 provlsion tor the regulation ot traffic and parking In the
20 parklng meter zones provided to:r hereln.
21 SECTION TWELVE: It &n7 sectlon, o:r part ot section,
22 sentence, clause o:r ph:raae ot this O:rdinance shall be held to b. .
23 unconsti tutlonal or Invalid, ~he remaining provisions hereot shall
24 nevertheless re..in in tull torce and ettect.
25 SECTION THIR'rEEN: O:rdinances Wo. 1749, No. 1753 and
26 No. 1778 and all ordinances or parts ot ordlnances or resolutions
27 In conflict wlth the p:rovil1ons ot ~h1s ordinance are he:reby re-
28 pealed.
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SECTION FOUR1'lmN: 'fhis O:rdlnance shall be In torce and
take ettect t:rom and afte:r thirty (30) daYII after Its pauage and
app:roval.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the to:regoing O:rcl1nanoe waacluly
adopted by the Mayor and Common council ot the Clty dt San Be:r..
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nardino at a regular meeting thereor held on the
cr'A'. · 1954, by the ro11owing vote, to-wit:
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approve the roregoing ordinance this I
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)!'ayor or t ty or . ernardi~o
FI LED
JUN 7 '1954
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