O1914
Council Meeting May 26,1998
Santa MOnica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1914 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING SECTION 308030
OF THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE TO
AMEND THE PROCESS BY WHICH A PREFERENTIAL
PARKING ZONE IS ESTABLISHED
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica has determined that the processing of
preferential parking requests should be accelerated, and,
WHEREAS, currently preferentIal parking zones are established by ordinance,
and,
WHEREAS, Section 32 of the General ProvIsions of the CalifornIa VehIcle Code
provides that whenever local authorities are given power to take actIon by ordinance
they also have the power to take that action by resolution, and,
WHEREAS, establishing preferential parking zones by resolutIon would be more
effiCient and less time consuming,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS
SECTION 1 Section 3 08 030 of the Santa Monica MUnicipal Code IS amended
to read as follows
Section 3 08 030 DeslRnatlon of a Preferential ParklnR Zone
(a) Upon the recommendation of the Parking and Traffic
Engineer, the City Council shall consIder areas for designation as
preferential parking zones If the Council finds that an area satisfies the
criteria set forth In thiS Chapter for preferential parking zone designation,
the Council may adopt a Resolution designating an area as a preferential
parking zone and authonze the Parking and Traffic Engineer to establish
appropriate parking restnctlons for the zone, or
(b) The City CouncIl may, at ItS discretion, adopt a Resolution
designating an area as a preferential parking zone and authorize the
Parking and Traffic Engmeer to establish appropriate parking restrictions
for the zone
SECTION 2 Any prOVIsion of the Santa MOnica MUnicipal Code or appendices
thereto inconsistent with the prOVIsions of thiS Ordinance, to the extent of such
Inconsistencies and no further, are hereby repealed or modified to that extent
necessary to affect the provISions of thiS Ordinance
SECTION 3 If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of thiS
Ordinance IS for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decIsion of any
court of any competent JUrisdiction, such deCISion shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of thiS Ordinance The City Council hereby declares that It would
have passed thiS Ordinance, and each and every section, subsection, sentence,
clause, or phrase not declared Invalid or unconstitutional Without regard to whether any
portion of the Ordinance would be subsequently declared Invalid or unconstitutional
SECTION 4 The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage
of this Ordinance The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once In the
official newspaper within 15 days after ItS adoption This Ordinance shall become
effective after 30 days from ItS adoption
APPROVED AS TO FORM
t'rliLUJA.,
MARSHA JON
City Attorney
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Robert Holbrook, Mayor
State of CalIforma )
County of Los Angeles) 55
CIty of Santa Momca )
I, ~lana M Stewart, CIty Clerk of the City of Santa Momca. do hereby certIfy that the foregomg
OrdInance ?\fa 1914 (CCS) was Introduced on ~lay 19. 1998 and adopted on May 26. 1998 by
the follo\vmg vote
Ayes
Councd members
Ebner, Femstem. Genser, Greenberg, Holbrook, O'Connor
RosensteIn
Noes
CouncIl members
Kone
Abstam
CouncIl members
None
Absent
CouncIl members
None
ATTEST
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Mana M Stewart. CIt:5' Clerk