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O2573City Council Meeting: May 8, 2018 Santa Monica, California ORDINANCE NUMBER 2613 (CCS) (City Council Series) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS 3.04.035 AND 3.16.170 REGULATING PARKING METER ZONES, METER RATES, PARKING FEES, PERMIT FEES AND HOURS OF OPERATION WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica ("City") regulates parking fees, permit fees, parking meter zones, parking meter rates and parking meter hours of operation; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica City Council (the "City Council") adopted policies outlined in the Land Use and Circulation Element ("LUCE") and Downtown Community Plan ("DCP") that suggest that parking pricing is one of the most effective strategies to reduce traffic congestion, encourage the shift towards alternative modes of transportation, and facilitate a more efficient use of existing parking supply; and WHEREAS, parking industry best practices have established that parking occupancy and availability is established through broadly communicated, sensible pricing plans; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to streamline the parking meter rate adjustment process by delegating to the City Manager the ability to evaluate and adjust on -street parking meter rates based on the parking management policies outlined in the LUCE and DCP. 1 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 3.04.035 is hereby amended as follows: 3.04.035 Parking fees and permit fees (a) Parking fees and permit fees, if any, designated permit areas, and exempted periods may be established and changed, from time to time, by resolution. (b) The City Manager, or his or her designee, is authorized to adjust, not more than twice per year and not more than once in any six-month period, parking fees, permit fees, if any, designated permit areas, and exempted periods for any off-street public parking lot, off-street parking meter, or other off-street public parking facility, including parking structures and designated permit areas, in order to facilitate the parking goals set forth in the Land Use and Circulation Element ("LUCE") and based on occupancy, comparable location surveys, and relationship to adjacent parking facilities. Off-street incremental parking rates may not be increased or decreased more than twenty-five percent at any one time and may be adjusted up or down in twenty-five cent intervals. (c) No parking permit will be issued until all outstanding parking citations are paid by the permit applicant. Section 2. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 3.16.170 is hereby amended as follows: 2 3.16.170 Parking meter zones, meter rates and hours of operation. (a) Parking rates for parking a vehicle in a designated on -street parking space shall be established and adjusted from time to time to manage the use and occupancy of on -street parking spaces for the public benefit in all parking areas. (b) The following rates are established for on -street parking meter and pay machines: 1. Downtown Meter Zone shall be $2.00 per hour. 2. Beach Meter Zone shall be $2.00 per hour. 3. Citywide Meter Zone: All other on -street parking in the City shall be $1.00 per hour. (c) The City Manager, or his or her designee, is authorized to adjust on -street parking rates from time -to -time based on the following: (1) Rates may be adjusted up or down in twenty-five cent intervals to achieve target occupancy based on consideration of occupancy, customer parking availability concerns, comparable location surveys, and relationship to adjacent parking facilities. (2) Rates may not be adjusted more than twice per year and may not be adjusted more than once in any six-month period. (3) Hourly rates may not be increased or decreased more than twenty-five percent at any one time. (4) A current schedule of on -street parking rates shall be available at the City Clerk's Office and broadly communicated to the public. 3 (b) This Section does not apply to any off-street public parking lots, off-street parking meters, or other off-street public parking facilities, owned and operated by the City of Santa Monica or the Parking Authority of the City of Santa Monica. Section 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 days from its adoption. APPROVED AS TO FORM: LANE DILG City Attorney This Ordinance shall become effective 30 Approved and adopted this 8th day of May, 2018. J"_' Ted Winterer, Mayor State of California ) County of Los Angeles ) ss. City of Santa Monica ) I, Denise Anderson -Warren, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2573 (CCS) had its introduction on April 24, 2018, and was adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting held on May 8, 2018, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Himmelrich, McKeown, O'Connor, Vazquez, Mayor Pro Tem Davis, Mayor Winterer NOES: None ABSENT: Councilmember O'Day ATTEST: A&W d0,41yn`M� 6/AII16 Denise Anderson -Warren, City Clerk Date A summary of Ordinance No. 2573 (CCS) was duly published pursuant to California Government Code Section 40806.