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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances_1397_CCv0001.pdf rF ORDINANCE NO. 1397 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS AMENDING CHAPTER 62 (PARKING METERS) OF THE REDLANDS ORDINANCE CODE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS DOES ORDAIN: SECTION 1 . Certain sections of Chapter 62 (Parking Meters) of the City of Redlands Ordinance Code are amended to read as follows : § 62303 . RESERVED PARKING SPACES . On any meter, the Director of Finance may place, or cause to be placed, a hood or other suitable device, indicating that the adjacent parking space is reserved. The pur- pose and time for which a parking space may be reserved shall be at the discretion of the Director of Finance. The use of a reserved space by any unauthorized person or vehicle shall be a misdemeanor. (1397) § 62306. Each hood shall require a $5.00 deposit to be held by the Treasurer ' s Office. Deposits shall be returned upon receipt of con- struction hoods by the Building and Safety Department. Deposits shall be forfeited if it is determined by the Director of Finance that the hoods were used contrary to these provisions . (1397) § 62307 . ENFORCEMENT. The Director of Finance shall be res- ponsible for the policing of hoods . The hoods shall be checked to determine if construction materials or construction equipment occupy same. (1397) § 62400 . DUTY OF ENFORCEMENT. It shall be the duty of the Director of Finance, assisted as required by the Chief of Police, to enforce the provisions of Chapter 62 . The Director of Finance shall effect enforcement by employing city employees classified as Meter Maids . ( 1397) § 62401. ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL. Those employees of the City of Redlands who are classified as Meter Maids, or who may hereafter be classified by some other appropriate designation with substantially the same duties and responsibilities as Meter Maids, and all City of Redlands Police Officers, are hereby authorized to give the notice required by Sections 41102 and 41103 (1) of the Vehicle Code of the State of California of violation of any provision of said Vehicle Code gov- erning the standing or parking of a vehicle, or any provision of any ordinance enacted by the City of Redlands governing the standing or parking of a vehicle or relating to parking meter standards , either on the public street, highway, or right-of-way, or in municipal off-street parking lots . (1397) § 62402. METER INSPECTION: ACCOUNT, REPORT OF VIOLATIONS . It is the duty of each Meter Maid to keep an account of and report the number of each parking meter which indicates that the vehicle occupy- ing the parking space adjacent to such parking meter is or has been parked in violation of the provisions of this Chapter, the date and hour of such violation, the make and state license number of such vehicle, and any other facts, a knowledge of which is necessary to a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending such violation. (1397) § 62403 . WRITTEN CITATION. The Meter Maid (or Police Officer) shall issue and attach., in writing, a citation for illegal parking, in the same form and subject to the same procedure provided for by the ordi- nances of this City and the laws of the State of California, applicable to traffic regulations within said City. (1397) § 62404. PAYMENT BY VIOLATOR: TIME AND AMOUNT. Any operator or owner of a vehicle for which a citation has been issued shall pay a penalty in the amount designated by the following schedule in full sat- isfaction of such violation: (1097) (1397) Schedule If Raid within Amount 24 hours $ . 50 10 days $1, 00 30 days $5.00 § 62405. MANNER OF PAYMENT. Said payment may be made through receptacles designated for such purpose located within the metered area of the City or in person to the City Treasurer, City Hall, Vine and Cajon Streets , Redlands, or by mailing said penalty to above City Treas- urer. (1097) (1397) § 62406. NON-PAYMENT. The failure of such owner or operator to pay said penalty within thirty days (30 days) shall subject such owner or operator to the misdemeanor penalty provided for the violations of the provisions of this Code. (1097) (1397) § 62407 . PROOF OF ILLEGAL PARKING IN PARKING METERED ZONES - STREET OR IN MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS . In any prosecution charging a violation of any regulation governing the standing or parking of a vehicle under any provision of Chapter 62 and Chapter 67 of this Code regulating metered parking on the street or in municipal parking lots, proof that the particular vehicle described in the citation was parked in violation of any such provision of this Chapter, together with proof that the person named in the citation was, at the time of such parking, the registered owner of such vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of such vehicle is the person who parked or placed such vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, such violation occurred. The above provi- sions shall apply only when the following conditions are complied with. (1101) (1113) (1397) Ordinance No. 1397 - Page two § 62408. NOTICE SHALL BE ATTACHED TO VEHICLE. During the time of such illegal parking, a notice thereof shall be securely attached to said vehicle setting forth the fact of such illegal parking including reference to the section of the Redlands Traffic Code so violated, the approximate time thereof and the location where such violation occurred and the penalty therefor. (1101) (1397) Such notice shall be attached to said vehicle either on the steering post or front door handle thereof, or in any other con- spicuous place upon the vehicle as to be easily observed by the person in charge of such vehicle upon his return thereto. The notice may be attached to such vehicle by any Meter Maid or Police Officer who observed a violation of any of the provisions of this Code regulating parking. (1397) § 62409. WRITTEN NOTICE BEFORE WARRANT ISSUED. Before any warrant of arrest shall issue following the filing of a complaint charg- ing the offense of illegal parking on a metered street or in a municipal parking lot, a notice of such illegal parking must be given to the per- son so charged. Such notice shall contain the information required in Section 62408 above and shall also inform such registered owner that unless he appears in court to be designated in said notice within five days after service of such notice and answers said charge, a warrant or citation to appear will be issued against him. (1101) (1397) § 62410. DELIVERY OF NOTICE. Such notice shall be given, either by personal delivery thereof to such owner or by deposit in the United States mail of an envelope with postage prepaid which said en- velope shall contain such notice and shall be addressed to such owner at his address as shown by the records of the State Department of Motor Vehicles . The giving of notice by personal delivery is complete upon delivery of a copy of said notice to said person. The giving of notice by mail is complete upon the expiration of ten (10) days after said deposit of such notice. (1101) (1397) § 62411. PROOF OF DELIVERY OF NOTICE. Proof of giving such notice may be made by the certificate of any Meter Maid or Police Offi- cer or affidavit of any person over 18 years of age naming the person to whom such notice was given and specifying the time, place and manner of the giving thereof. (1397) SECTION 2. Effective date: This ordinance shall be in force and take effect as provided by law. SECTION 3 . The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause the same to be published once in the Redlands Daily Ordinance No. 1397 - Page three Facts, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in this city. ATTEST: yor t f Redl ds .4ra— of the"Ci y 0 Redl Citvjeyrk APPROVED FOR FORM: I/ Edward F. Taylor City Attorney I , Peggy A. Moseley, City Clerk of the City of Redlands , hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Redlands at a regular meeting thereof held on the 5th day of August, 1969 by the following vote: AYES : Councilmen Martinez, Cummings, DeMirjyn, Knudsen, mayor Burroughs NOES : None ABSENT: None CiWerk Ordinance No. 1397 Page four