O2444City Council Meeting: October 22, 2013 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2444 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA AMENDING SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 3.16.120
RELATED TO EXEMPTION OF PAYMENT AT PARKING METERS FOR CLEAN AIR
VEHICLES
WHEREAS, environmental sustainability is a core value of the City of Santa
Monica; and
WHEREAS, the City expresses this value through a broad range of policies,
including policies supporting environmentally sustainable transportation alternatives,
such as clean air vehicles; and
WHEREAS, for over a decade, the City has granted various exemptions from
parking charges as a means of encouraging motorists to utilize clean air vehicles; and
WHEREAS, in addition to these environmental goals and policies, the City has
also adopted a policy of managing parking assets to maximize City revenues; and
WHEREAS, the balance between these competing policies must be adjusted
from time to time to promote the public's welfare.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 3.16.120 is hereby amended
to read as follows:
3.16.120 Operation of parking meters.
(a) Unless exempt pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of this Section, when any
vehicle is parked in a metered parking space, the operator immediately shall
deposit payment in the manner prescribed on the parking meter or at the parking
space. Unless otherwise permitted by law, no person shall park a vehicle in a
designated metered parking space in excess of the maximum parking time limit
set by the City.
(b) Subsection (a) of this Section shall not require an operator of a vehicle to
deposit payment in a parking meter when:
(1) The parking meter indicates an unexpired portion remains of the period for
which payment had been previously made; or
(2) An officer of the Fire or Police Department has determined a period of
emergency exists; or
(3) In compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control sign or
signal; or
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(4) A posted sign at the parking space indicates words similar to "Except
Sunday" or "Except Sundays and Holidays" and the day is a Sunday or a holiday.
(c) Subsection (a) of this Section shall not require an operator of a vehicle to
deposit payment in a parking meter if the vehicle is lawfully displaying one of the
following decals, placards or plates issued by the California Department of Motor
Vehicles:
(1) Current and valid clean air decals; or
(2) Zero - emission vehicle decals; or
(3) Any special recognition plate.
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, is hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary
to effect 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 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
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official newspaper within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become
effective 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Approved and adopted this 22 "d day of October, 2013.
Pam O'Connor, Mayor
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of Santa Monica )
I; Sarah P. Gorman, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Ordinance No. 2444 (CCS) had its introduction on October 8, 2013,
and was adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting held on October 22,
2013, by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers:
Noes: Councilmembers:
Absent: Councilmembers:
Davis, Holbrook, Vazquez, Winterer
McKeown
Mayor O'Connor
Mayor Pro Tern O'Day
A summary of Ordinance No. 2444 (CCS) was duly published pursuant to
California Government Code Section 40806.
ATTEST:
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Sarah F` City Clerk