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.
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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:
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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.
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(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.
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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:
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Denise Anderson -Warren, City Clerk Date
A summary of Ordinance No. 2573 (CCS) was duly published pursuant to
California Government Code Section 40806.