HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances_1101ORDINANCE NO. 1101
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING REDLANDS ORDINANCE CODE, ARTICLE 624, BY ADDING SECTIONS
6247, 6247.1, 6247.2, 6247.3, AND 6247.4.
The City Council of the City of Redlands does ordain as follows:
SECTION ONE: That the Redlands Ordinance Code shall be amended by adding the
following sections:
Sec. 6247 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 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 park-
ing, 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 provisions shall apply only when the follow-
ing conditions are complied with:
Sec. 6247.1 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 sec-
tion of the Redlands Traffic Code so violated, the approximate time thereof and
the location where such violation occurred and the penalty therefor.
Such notice shall be attached to said vehicle either on the steei1ig post
or front door handle thereof, or in any other conspicuous place upon the vehicle.
as to be easily observed by the person in charge of such vehicle upon his re-
turn thereto. The notice may be attached to such vehicle by any police officer
who observed a violation of any of the provisions of this Code regulating
parking.
Sec. 6247.2 WRITTEN NOTICE BEFORE WARRANT ISSUED: Before any warrant of
arrest shall issue following the filing of a complaint charging 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 person so charged. Such notice shall
contain the information required in Section 6247.1 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.
Sec. 6247.3 DELIVERY OF NOTICE: Such notice shall be given, either by
personal delivery thereof to such owner of by deposit in the United States mail
of an envelope with postage prepaid which said envelope shall contain such
notice and shall be addressed to such owner at his address as shown by the rec-
ords of the State Department of Motor Vehicles. The giving of notice by per-
sonal delivery is complete upon delivery of a copy of said notice to said persona.
The giving of notice by mail is complete upon the expiration of ten (10) days
after said deposit of such notice.
Sec. 6247.4 PROOF OF DELIVERY OF NOTICE: Proof of giving such notice
may be made by the certificate of any traffic or police officer 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.
SECTION TWO: This Ordinance shall be in force and take effect as provided by
law.
SECTION THREE: The City Clerk shall certif to the adoption of this ordinance
and cause same to be published once in the .edlands Daily Facts, a newspaper
of general circulation printed and published in .this c:ty.
Mayor • f the City of Redlands, California
APPROVED FOR FORM:.
EDWARD F. TAYLOR
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted by the City
Council c± the City of Rediandsp at a regular meeting thereofv held on the
17th
,day of
11YES,;
NOES:
ABSENT:
June
1958 by the following vote:
Councilmen Martinez, Ward, Burroughs, Parker and Mayor Wilson
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