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Home My WebLink About2037 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25. 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 _. ~ ." . . - . 1 ORDWANCi!:liO. ;:) 0.31 2 Al'l' ORDIL.41\GE PHOVIDI;,G fOIL TiE ESTABLISHl,]1.;T OF PAaKING l'lETJiR Zor,ES fiND TH;<;REGUI.,ilTING, CONTROLLIl,G AhD PROVIDIJW Fon TIm IlJSPECTION OF Tflli Tn-IE 3 PfL"KING OF VEHICLES THEi1.ETI-i BY TliE USE OF PARlmiG HETERS; PRESCRIBING LIMITS OF TIl1E Fill PARUi'JG n;pi,HKn;G HET3H 201\,E3; AED PROVIDTIm FOH THE EllFffiC&IENT 4 OF 'TP3 ORDmAI'iCE ilND PIJNISHHENT FOE .ITS VIOIATIOO AND REPEAL.llJG ffiDIlMNCES NO. 1749, No. 1753, No. 177$ and No. 2036. 5 THE HAYOR AI:D Cl11llI01i COUNCIL OF I'lli'; CITY OF SiIl\ B1;;!lNA1mnJO DO 6 7 ffiDAIN AS FOI.JD:iS: SECTIOli O,:E: That all streets and other vaci1nt propert~. owned by 8 the City of San Bernardino are hereb;y declared to be parking meter zones, and 9 in the event parking meters are established, as herein provided, adjacent te any parking spaCe in said zones, ti1eprovisions of this ordinance shell govern parking in such parking space. . SECTION T'fiO: That the Hayor and Common Council may by resolution specify the streets, or portions of streets, or other areas; wherein said parking meters shall be installed, an,l shall fix the time liaitation for legal parking in $lid zones, I1hich li'llit shall be designated upon the :p'irking meter or meters or by appropriate signs. posted in proxunity to said meter or m.eters, and shall authorize the installation of :p'irking meters in&"Uch parking zones and in such. numbers and c.t such places as may be necessary to tho re[;ulation, corrtrol and inspection of the parking of vehicles therein, including the re- servation of loading zones for comnwrcial vehicles. SECTION THREE: Parking meters installed in parking meter zones mlall be installed immediately adjacent to the individual parking space here- inafter described, and each parking Deter shall be so constructed and adjusted as to show ,[hen properly operated and signal that the space adjacent to which it is ins.talled is or is not legally ii1 use. SECTION FOIUl.: (a) That the Chief of Police shall have lines and markings painted adjacent to each parking meter, designating the parking space for 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 ill"-rking, or to park a vehicle ir>. such a position that it shall not be en- tirelY ,rithinthe space'desi~ated by such lines or markings: -1- ., 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 I. 19 20 I 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 . . . I (c) It shall be unla..iiul and 2. viole-tion of the provisi0LS of tilis ordi;~D.nce fa:!' 2.~lJi person to cause, allo'd, per.il1.i t or suffer <lnJ' vehicle registered inh:..s r;.a:ne OT opere.ted or COli trolled b:.' him to be parked over- time or oe;vond t~le p:::"riod of le,~o..l parkilig established for u.n~T parki_ng meter ZOLOS; (d) It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, allow or suffor an:y~ vehicle rGGistered in his nmn.e or controllod by hiJl1 -Co be in anJ' space adjacent to l!hich a parking meter is installed, for any time during Hhich the meter is sho1;ing 2. signal indicatir,[; thcct such space is illegally in use other than puch time as is necessary to operate the ,-,eter to show legal park- ingj (e) Toot Scdd p2.rki:ng meters and the provisions of this ordinance relative to their operation shall be effective only bett.reen the hours of 9:00 o'clock A. 11. and 6:00 Of cloCk P. N. of eveq day, except Sundays or legiJ.l holid,ws. That Sab.rday afternoon J_s not detcr;',uned to be or consi- dered as a leg~l holiday; (f) That each hOUl' of continued parking during which the meter is showing a signal indicating that such ppace is illegally in use shall constitute a separate offense and. shall be punishablethereas. SECTIO,~ FIV.2;:Parking Eleters, I'[hen inst"lled ""d properJ.:y- oper- ated, shall be adjusted as to sho.[ legal parking during a period of tt,elve (12) minutes upon and after the deposit therein of a one cent (11) coin of the United States, twenty-four (24) minutes upon and after the deposit there- in of two (2) United States one cent (l~) coins, thirty-six (36) minutes upon and aftel'the deposit therein of three (3) United States ot18cent (1~) coins, forty-eight (48) minu.tes upon and after the deposit therein of four (4) United States one cent (l~) coins, sixty (60) minutes upon and after the de- posit therein or five (5) United States one CGnt (M) coins, or one (1) Uni- ted states five cent (5~) coin, one hundred twenty (120) minutes upon and after 'the deposit,th,ef"eilj. of five (5) United States one Gent (l~) cains <md one (1) United states five cent (5,p) coin, or two (2) United States five cGnt (5~) cains, or one, (1) United'States ten cent (10,p) coin. Payments of the -2... " . . '" .. : 1 aforesaid amounts for the above periods shall be entie for parking in the 2 areas as designated under and pursuant to the terms of tilis ordinance. 3 SEC'i'ICJ;': dIX: It sh2~1 be lUllawful to deposit or cause to be de- 4 posited in ccny pee.j'king meter any slug, device or metallic substitute for a 5 one cent (11), a five cent (51) or a ten cent (lOi) coin of the United States. 6 SECTION SEVEN: It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person 7 to operate, or for any person to deface, injure, t&"pcr vQth, or vdllfully 8 break, destroy, or impair the usefulness of an;y parkingiiJeter installed pur- 9 suant to this ordinance, or to hitch any anlinals thereto, or lean any bicycle 10 against any meter. 11 12 to enforCe the provisions of this ordinance. SECTION EIGh'T: That it shall be the duty of the Police Department 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 (a) It shall be the duty of each meter inspector to keep an ac- count of and report the number of each parkir.g rueterwhich indicates that the vehicle occupying the pe.rki:cg sp<1ce adjacent to such parking meter is or ros been parked in violation of the provisions of this ordinance, the date and hour of such violation, the make and state license number of such vehicle, and o,ny other facts a, knowledge ,of 'Ihich is, necEJPs.ary to a thorough understanding of 'the cir~stances attendL~g such'Yiolation; (b)'He shii}l issue ani! attach, in writing, a citation for illegal parking in, the sane form ,mi subject to the same procedure provided for by the ordinances of the City of San Bernardino and the laws of the State of California applicable to traffic regulations within said City; (c) Any operator or owner of a vehicle' to 'Ihom a citation has been issued, may Hithin t\1enty-four (24) hours of the time of the issuance of such citation, pay to the Police Department in full satisfaction of such vio- lation the sum 'of fifty cents (50i). Said p<lJ'ment maY be made in person or by mailing said sum to said Police Department, Hall of Justice, or the City Hall, San Berne,rdino, California, within eaid period of twenty-fol.lr (24) hours. The failure of such owner or operator to make such payment within twenty-four (24) hours, shall render such owner or operator subject to the penalty herein- after provided for the violation of the provisions of this ordinance;, -3- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 I 14 I 15 I 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 ., s " . * . (d) Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a lnisdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred DClllars ($500.00), or by imprisonmetit in the Cit:/ or CountJ' Jail for a period not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTIeN liiTIffi: The amount of the coins required to be deposited: in parking neters as provided herelll is hereby levied and assessed as a fee to provide for the proper regulation, control and inspection of traffic up- on the public 5treets and other public property, and to cover the cost of supervising, regulating, and inspecting the parking of vehicles in the park- ing meter zones provided for herein, the cost of placing and maintaining lines or merkings designating parking spaces in parking meter zones, and the cost of the purchase, supervision, protection, inspection, installation, operation, maintenance, control and uSe of the parking meters lllstalled hereunder, and the special fund in which such fees' shall be placed shall be devoted exclusively to those purposes. SECTION TEN: It s.hall be the duty of the Chief of Police to de- . signate Some person or persons to make regular collections of the money de- posited in said parking meters, and to deposit said money in accordance with the City C~rter, which said lnoney shall be placed in a special fund, which is hereb;ycreated, established and designated as the "Parking,Meter Fund", ',. which fund Shall be used exclusivelY for the purposes specified in Section Min'e. , Such person, or pe.r.sons JiJaking ~juch collections shall be l:onded in the sum of Two Tholl.s<lnd Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), to insure the faith... ful pel:'forni9J'l,ce of, his or their duties. SECTION lj:LEV-I'lh This qrdiI1ance shall be deemed to be in addition' and stipplement~to, and not i~ codlict with, nor a repeal qf, existing ordinances of this City, but shall be an additional provision for the regu_ lation of traffiq and parking in the parking meter zones provided for herein. SEC'L'IOl! 'IWELVE:' If any section, or part of section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid, theremaiI1i11.g provisions thereof shall nevertheless remain in full force .andeffect. ::-4- 1: 1 2 3 4 ... ,.. ,; - . . SECTION THIRTEEN: Ordinances No. 1749, 1753, 1778 ~;:~'l'~d all ordinances or parts of ordinances or resolutions in conflict "{~~\he provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTICN FOURTEEN: This erdinance shall be in force ;;.nd take 5 effect from and after tllirty (30) days after its passage and approval. 7 6 I fEREBY CERTIFY trot ths foregoing ordinance ,,,as duly adopted by 8 the Hayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernal'clino ing thereof held on the ;;) / ~ day of (L i...?'? .' ....- o at a regular meet- , 1954, by 9 the following vote, to ,'fit: 10 "YEs:~~ff~/~ ~&( 11 NOES:~ ABSEl:~T:~ . 12 13 14 , I 151 161! i 17 ! 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 l/~ ~.crz:~ The foregoing ordinance is hereby approved this :A.,2--.nc/ day of _ (L.~/-77' /' , 1954. rJ Mayor of the . Approved "5 to form: FILED JUN 2 2 1954 ~y~~ IY ~ -5-