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HomeMy WebLinkAbout863302 ORDINANCE NO. 863 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH AMENDING PORTIONS OF CHAPTER I DIVISION 8 OF THE UKIAH CITY CODE, PERTAINING TO THE REGULATION OF PARKING ON CITY STREETS. PREAMBLE The City Council finds that it must amend the penalty provisions applicable to certain parking violations to comply with the State Vehicle Code and that it is in the best interests of the City to allow users of metered parking on certain streets where parking is limited to a maximum of five hours to extend the allowable parking limit on those streets by inserting additional coins in the meters. THEREFORE, the City Council of the city of Ukiah does ordain as follows: Section One Section 7044 of the Ukiah City Code is hereby repealed. Section Two Section 7155 is hereby added to Article 10, Chapter 1, Division 8 of the Ukiah City Code to read as follows: 7155. Infraction penalty for violating this article. It shall be unlawful and constitute an infraction for any person to violate any provision of this Article. Any such violation shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $50.00 for a first offense, $100.00 for a second offense committed within one year and $150.00 for each additional offense committed within one year, except as to continuing offenses as provided in section 7051. As to continuing offenses the fine for each violation deemed to be a separate violation by section 7055 shall not exceed $50.00. Section Three Section 7171 is hereby added to Article 11, Chapter 1, Division 8 of the Ukiah City Code to read as follows: Section 7171. Infraction penalty for violating this arti- cle. It shall be unlawful and constitute an infraction for any person to violate any provision of this Article. Any such violation shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $50.00 for 303 a first offense, $100.00 for a second offense committed within one year and $150.00 for each additional offense committed within one year, except as to continuing offenses as provided in section 7051. As to continuing offenses the fine for each violation deemed to be a separate violation by section 7055 shall not exceed $50.00. Section Four Section 7189 is hereby added to Article 12, Chapter 1, Division 8 of the Ukiah City Code to read as follows: Section 7189. Infraction penalty for violating this arti- cle. It shall 'be unlawful and constitute an infraction for any person to violate any provision of this Article. Any such violation shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $50.00 for a first offense, $100.00 for a second offense committed within one year and $150.00 for each additional offense committed within one year, except as to continuing offenses as provided in section 7051. As to continuing offenses the fine for each violation deemed to be a separate violation by section 7055 shall not exceed $50.00. Section Five Section 7215 of the Ukiah City Code is amended' to read as follows: Section 7215 - Unlawful to extend time beYond limit: Except as otherwise specifically authorized by resolution of the City Council adopted pursuant to section 7164, no person shall follow the operational procedure or any part of the opera- tional procedure for the purpose of increasing or extending the parking time of any vehicle beyond the legal parking time which has been established for the parking space adjacent to which said parking meter is placed. Section Six Section 7164 of the Ukiah City Code is amended to read as follows: Section 7164 - Five Hour Parking: The Council may, by resolution, designate certain streets or 3O4 portions of streets as being restricted to standing or parking for a period of time not longer than five hours at any time specified by such resolution. On those streets or portions of streets designated by resolution of this city, when authorized signs, parking meters o curb markings have been determined by the City Traffic Engineer to be necessary and are in place giving notice of parking re- stricted to not longer than five hours, no operator of any vehicle shall stop, stand or park said vehicle in such restricted area in violation thereof. On those streets or portions of streets controlled, regulat- ed and inspected with the aid of parking meters, the Council may adopt a resolution authorizing the owner or operator of any vehicle or a person acting with the knowledge or consent of said owner or operator to follow the operational procedure for operat- ing the parking meter to increase or extend the parking time of said vehicle beyond the single five hour limit established for · the parking space adjacent to which said parking meter is Placed For purposes of this section, the five hour limit for such a meter controlled space shall include any additional periods of five hours or any portion thereof as long as the parking meter is not showing a signal indicating that such space is illegally in use. Section Seven Section 7232 of the Vehicle City Code is amended to read as follows: Section 7232 - Penalties for violation: Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Code or the Vehicle Code, any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred ($500) Dollars, or by imprisonment for not exceeding six (6) months, or by such fine and imprisonment. Section Eiqh~ This ordinance shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation and shall become effective 30 days after its adop- tion. 305 Passed and adopted the 3RD day of December, 1986, by the following roll call vote' AYES' Councilmembers Schneiter, Hickey, Kier, and Mayor Henderson NOES: None ABSENT: Councilmember Shoemaker '~ MAYOR ATTEST-