CITY OF

HERMOSA BEACH

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VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Chapter 10.36

PARKING METERS

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	10.36.010	Parking meter zones established --Fifteen-minute spaces specified.
	10.36.020	Installation of meters-- Specifications.
	10.36.030	Time of operation of meters.
	10.36.040	Operating meters.
	10.36.050	Parking permits for certain spaces.
	10.36.060	Preferential residential parking program.
	10.36.070	Termination of preferential residential parking areas.
	10.36.080	Using meters or parking spaces longer than posted time limits.
	10.36.090	Defacing or injuring meters.
	10.36.100	Allowing articles to lean against meters or meter stands.
	10.36.110	Expired meter prima facie evidence of violation--Each hour of illegal parking constitutes separate offense.
	10.36.120	Expired meter in recreational parking area prima facie evidence of violation--Each hour of illegal parking constitutes separate offense.
	10.36.130	Chapter not permission to violate other parts of this title.
	10.36.140	Enforcement.

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10.36. 010 Parking meter zones established--Fifteen-minute spaces specified.

A. Parking meter zones are those streets or portions of streets or public parking lots established by Ordinance as zones within which the parking of vehicles may be controlled, regulated and inspected with the aid of parking meters. In the event that no parking meters are installed in any parking space within such parking meter zones, the maximum time for parking shall be as specified by this code or by Resolution of the City Council. Parking meter rates throughout the City shall be determined by Resolution of the City Council.

B. Meter Zones Established.

1. The parking spaces on Second Street between Monterey Boulevard and Valley Drive are declared to be a parking meter zone. Parking meters shall be installed along the curb or otherwise immediately adjacent the parking space.
2. A two-hour limit is established for the nine spaces on the unit block and one hundred block of Second Street, regulated by silver posted parking meters.
3. The ten spaces on the city-owned lot on the north side of 4th Street, east of Pacific Coast Highway (legally described as "easterly 32' of Lot 3--Hurd's Ocean View Tract") is established as a parking meter zone. Parking meters shall be installed on said lot and the hours of enforcement shall be from seven a.m. to ten p.m. daily.
4. A parking meter zone bounded by Eleventh Place on the south, to include the VPD lot South of Eleventh Place, Ardmore on the west commencing at the southern boundary of the community center property, Pacific Coast Highway on the east and the southerly side of Sixteenth Street on the north is established, and parking meters shall be installed.
5. The parking spaces on all streets between Palm Drive and Manhattan Avenue are declared to be parking meter zones. Parking meters shall be installed along the curb or otherwise immediately adjacent the parking space.

C. Fifteen-Minute Parking Zone (Meter Removed).

1. The parking meter for the first parking space north of Eleventh Street on the west side of Hermosa Avenue shall be removed and a fifteen (15) minute parking zone is established from a point ninety (90) degrees north to the begin curb return on Eleventh Street. Space to be twenty (20) feet.
2. The parking meter for the space at 55 Fourteenth Street shall be removed and a fifteen (15) minute parking zone is established from a point one hundred eighty-five (185) feet west of the west curb line of Hermosa Avenue to a point two hundred three (203) feet west of the west curb line of Hermosa Avenue on the north side of Fourteenth Street.
3. The parking meter for the space at 1423 Hermosa Avenue shall be removed and a fifteen (15) minute limit parking zone is established from 10.10 feet north of 15th Court to 28.10 feet north of 15th Court on the west side.
4. The parking meters in front of the following businesses be removed and a fifteen (15) minute parking zone be established.

Allstate Savings & Loan	81 Pier Avenue
Bank of America	90 Pier Avenue
Cantina Real	19 Pier Avenue
Coast Drug Store	58 Pier Avenue
Hermosa Escrow	1040 Hermosa Avenue
Rainbow Camera	1150 Hermosa Avenue
Robert's Liquor	74 Pier Avenue
The Development	1246 Hermosa Avenue

(Prior code § 19-96)

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10.36. 020 Installation of meters--Specifications.

The city traffic engineer shall cause parking meters to be installed and maintained in parking meter zones.

Parking meters shall be installed upon the curb or sidewalk or other area immediately adjacent to each parking space. Each meter shall be placed in such manner as to show or display by a sign or signal that the parking space adjacent thereto is or is not legally in use.

Each parking meter shall be set to display, after the operational procedure has been completed, a sign or signal indicating legal parking for that period of time conforming to the limit of parking time for the zone in which such parking meter is installed, and shall continue to operate from the time of the completion of the operational procedure until the expiration of the time fixed as the parking limit or a portion thereof for the part of the street upon which such meter is placed. Each meter shall also be so arranged that upon the expiration of the legal parking time it will indicate by a mechanical operation and by proper signal that the lawful parking period has expired. (Prior code § 19-97)

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10.36. 030 Time of operation of meters.

The provisions of this chapter relating to the operation of parking meters shall be effective on the days and between the hours as established by resolution of the city council and as designated by sign or legend upon each parking meter. (Prior code § 19-98)

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10.36. 040 Operating meters .

Except as provided in Section 10.36.050, immediately after occupancy of a parking meter space, the operator of a vehicle shall deposit a coin of the United States in the parking meter and if necessary turn a crank, knob or handle in accordance with the instructions posted on the face of the parking meter.

Except as hereinafter provided in Section 10.36.050, no operator of any vehicle shall permit such vehicle to remain parked in any parking space during any time that the meter is showing a signal indicating that such space is illegally in use other than such time immediately after the original occupancy as is necessary to operate the meter to show legal parking. (Prior code § 19-99)

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10.36. 050 Parking permits for certain spaces.

The city council may, by resolution, declare certain parking spaces may be occupied by vehicles contrary to the provisions of the preceding section; provided, that any vehicle so occupying such space shall have displayed thereon, in a visible location designated by the resolution, a valid parking permit issued by the city. Such resolution shall set forth the fee schedule for the parking permits, the period for which the permit shall be issued and the means by which the parking spaces shall be identified to the general public as permit parking spaces. (Prior code § 19-100)

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10.36. 060 Preferential residential parking program.

Prior to the establishment of any preferential residential parking area, the following shall occur:

A. Any party(s) desiring to create a preferential residential parking area, shall first contact the general services department to obtain an application to create a preferential residential parking area.

The application shall be submitted along with the following:

1. A written description of the streets to be restricted;
2. A petition requesting the restricting of the area, signed by at least sixty-six (66) percent of the occupied dwelling units within the proposed area;
3. Pay all necessary fees: four hundred (400) foot radius noticing fee (three bids obtained by the city, applicant shall pay the lowest bid).

B. Upon review of the application by the department, the department shall place the matter before the city council with recommendation, and schedule for public hearing for the purpose of determining whether a proper basis exists for creation of a preferential residential parking area. Notice of such public hearing shall be given at least ten days prior to the hearing by publication in a newspaper of general circulation and by mailing to the property owners as shown on the last equalized assessment roll, and to the occupants, of each parcel in the area proposed for designation as a preferential residential parking area.

C. Upon closure of the public hearing, the city council shall make determination to grant or deny the application.

D. Upon granting of the application, the city council shall pass a resolution, establishing a preferential residential parking area pursuant to their direction.

E. Fees for the permits shall be established by the enabling resolution, and shall be set to defray all costs reasonably borne. (Prior code § 19-100.1)

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10.36. 070 Termination of preferential residential parking areas.

A. Upon receipt of a petition signed by two-thirds of the residents within the designated preferential residential parking area, the general services department may recommend to the city council that the preferential residential parking area may be dissolved.

B. Upon such recommendation by staff, the city council shall conduct a public hearing thereon, for the purpose of determining whether a proper basis exists for terminating such preferential residential parking area. Notice of such public hearing shall be given at least ten days prior to the hearing by publication in a newspaper of general circulation and by mailing to the property owners as shown on the last equalized assessment roll, and to the occupants, of each parcel within the preferential residential parking area.

C. Such a determination shall be based upon a finding that the conditions as set forth in the introduction of Ordinance No. 91-1059 (page one, numbers 1 through 8), no longer exist or have diminished in degree to such an extent as to make unnecessary the maintenance of the area. (Prior code § 19-100.2)

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10.36. 080 Using meters or parking spaces longer than posted time limits.

Whenever authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, it is unlawful for any person to stop or stand or park any vehicle for a period of time in excess of the parking time limit indicated by such sign. (Prior code § 19-101)

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10.36. 090 Defacing or injuring meters.

No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any defaced or bent coin or any slug, device or metallic substitute for a coin of the United States, or deface, injure, tamper with, open or wilfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter. (Prior code § 19-102)

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10.36. 100 Allowing articles to lean against meters or meter stands.

No person shall attach anything to or allow a bicycle, newsrack or any other article or thing to lean against a parking meter or a parking meter standard. (Prior code § 19-103)

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10.36. 110 Expired meter prima facie evidence of violation--Each hour of illegal parking constitutes separate offense.

The parking or standing of any motor vehicle in a parking space, at which space the parking meter displays the sign or signal indicating illegal parking, shall constitute a prima facie presumption that the vehicle has been parked or allowed to stand in such space for a period longer than permitted by this chapter and the owner or operator of such illegally parked vehicle will be subject to the penalty provided in Chapter 1.12. Each one-hour period of illegal parking after the first penalty has been invoked shall constitute a separate offense. (Prior code § 19-104)

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10.36. 120 Expired meter in recreational parking area prima facie evidence of violation--Each hour of illegal parking constitutes separate offense.

The parking or standing of any motor vehicle in a parking space within a "recreational parking area" as designated pursuant to Section 10.32.020, at which space the parking meter displays the sign or signal indicating illegal parking, shall constitute a prima facie presumption that the vehicle has been parked or allowed to stand in such space for a period longer than permitted by this chapter and the owner or operator of such illegally parked vehicle will be subject to the penalty provided in Chapter 1.12. Each one-hour period of illegal parking after the first penalty has been invoked shall constitute a separate offense. (Prior code § 19-104.1)

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10.36. 130 Chapter not permission to violate other parts of this title .

No section of this chapter shall be construed as permitting any parking in violation of any other provisions of this title. (Prior code § 19-106)

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10.36. 140 Enforcement.

A. Officers of the police department and such officers as are assigned by the chief of police are authorized to direct all traffic by voice, hand, audible or other signal in conformance with traffic laws, except that in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or to safeguard pedestrians, officers of the police department or members of the fire department may direct traffic as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions to the contrary contained in this chapter or the Vehicle Code.

B. Non-sworn civilian employees of the city charged with parking enforcement responsibilities are granted the authority of a peace officer in accordance with Section 836.5 of the California Penal Code for the limited purpose of enforcing parking control provisions of this chapter and the California Vehicle Code. They shall have the power to issue citations for violations of the parking control provisions of this chapter and the California Vehicle Code as granted under Section 836.5 of the California Penal Code.

C. Private security officers in the employ of a property owner who has entered into an agreement with the city and [which officers] have been designated to be limited purpose officers are granted the authority of a peace officer in accordance with Section 836.5 of the California Penal Code for the limited purpose of enforcing parking control provisions of this chapter and the California Vehicle Code on designated privately and publicly owned premises limited to handicapped and no parking restrictions. They shall have the power to issue citations for violations of the parking control requirements of this chapter and the California Vehicle Code when such violations occur on the privately owned premises for whose owners they are employed, as granted under Section 836.5 of the California Penal Code. Private security officers shall be deputized as city public service officers without compensation. (Prior code § 19-107)

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