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Santa Monica, California, April 14, 198~PR 2 2 1980
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TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Clty Staff
SUBJECT: Amendment to Yellow Loading Zone Ordinance -- SMMC Section 3365
Introduction
This report presents a proposed ord1nance amendment establishing a fee for
installation and maintenance of yellow loading zones.
Background
The Clty may provlde yellow loading zones adJacent to commercial establishments
if the following criteria eXist:
1) Sufficient loading activity exists to warrant reducing curb parking by
lnstalling the more restrictive loading zone.
2) Curb availabillty for loading is insufficient due to heavy area parking
demand.
3) Off-street or alley loading 1S not permitted.
A loading zone 1S installed and maintained by the City at no charge to the
requestor. Parking;s prohibited in a loading zone on a 24 hour basis.
Usually deliveries are made between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on weekdays with
a few on Saturdays. Thus, the loading zones are not being used from 6:00 p.m.
to 7:00 a.m. In addition, the City's revenue from a potent1al on-street
parklng meter location 1S lost.
Section 21458(b) states that yellow zones ind1cate stopping only for loading
and unloading of passengers or freight for such tlme as may be specified by
local ordinance.
The proposed $100 fee per 25-foot sect10n of yellow loading zone marking
will cover the cost of installation and maintenance and offset some of the
revenue lost from a parking meter space. The fee would be paid by the request- ~~
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TO: Mayor and City Councll
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April 14, 1980
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Recommendation
Clty Staff recommends the Clty Council direct the City Attorney to prepare an
ordlnance establlshing a fee for loading zones and modify the existlng ordi-
nance to prohlbit parking from 7:00 a.m. to 6=00 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
Prepared by =
Attachment:
Stan Scholl, Ray Davis, Marsha Hafkemeyer
Sample Ordlnance
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ORDINANCE NO.
(CITY COUNCIL SERIES)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA MONICA ADDING TO SECTION 3365A OF
CHAPTER 3 OF ARTICLE III OF THE SANTA MONICA
MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING YELLOW LOADING ZONES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
SECTION 1. Sectlon 3365A is hereby added to Chapter 3 of Article III
of the Santa Monica Municipal Code and shall read as follows:
"(A) If factors listed in Section 3365 are
satisfactorily shown to exist, the parklng and
Trafflc Engineer may establish a yellow loading
zone, but such zone shall be established only upon
receipt of an initial fee of $100 per 25 lineal feet
of curb, or portion thereof, from the requestor(s).
Thereafter, the Parking and Traffic Englneer shall
cause an annual bill to be mailed on July 1 to the
requestor(s). Such blll shall be in the amount of
$100 per lineal feet of curb, or portion thereof,
to be maintained as a loadlng zone. If the annual
fee 1S not received 1n the Office of the Parklng and
Trafflc Eng1neer by August 15, the Park1ng and
Traffic Engineer shall cause the yellow loading zone
curb marklngs and any appurtenant signs to be
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SECTION 2. If any section~ subsection~ sentence~ clause or phrase of
thlS ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by
a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decislon shall
not affect the validity of the remainlng portlons of the ordinance. The
Clty Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordlnance
and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase not
declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion
of the ordlnance would be subsequently declared lnvalid or unconstitutlonal.
SECTION 3. The Mayor shall sign and the Clty 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 fifteen (I5) days after
its adoption. The ordinance shall become effectlve after thlrty (30) days
from the date of lts adoption.
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