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City Council Meeting: January 28, 2020 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE 2629 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
ENACTING SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 3.16.242
TO PROHIBIT NON-CHARGING VEHICLES FROM PARKING AT
PUBLIC ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS AND AMENDING SANTA
MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS 3.04.035 AND 3.16.170 TO PERMIT THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF OVERSTAY CHARGES FOR PARKING SPACES
DESIGNATED FOR USE OF PUBLIC ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS.
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted the Electric Vehicle Action Plan in November
2017 to support the shift to electric vehicles in Santa Monica; and
WHEREAS, the number of electric vehicle owners continues to grow and demand
for public electric vehicle charging stations exceeds supply; and
WHEREAS, parking spaces designated for use of public electric vehicle charging
stations are intended to be used only while using the public electric vehicle charging
station; and
WHEREAS, encouraging turnover at parking spaces designated for use of public
electric vehicle charging stations is necessary to maximize station access; and
WHEREAS, new smart public electric vehicle charging stations (i.e., network-
connected) have the technology to automatically charge drivers an administrative charge
for overstaying in a parking space designated for use of a public electric vehicle charging
station beyond the maximum posted time; and
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WHEREAS, to encourage turnover at parking spaces designated for use of public
electric vehicle charging stations, the Electric Vehicle Subcommittee of the Task Force
on the Environment has recommended adoption of an overstay charge in the amount of
One Dollar ($1.00) per minute, to be charged beginning after a set grace period of five
minutes up to a maximum of $53.00 for electric vehicles that exceed posted time limits at
parking spaces designated for use of public electric vehicle charging stations; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to prohibit non-charging vehicles from parking in
spaces designated for use of public electric vehicle charging stations; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to establish an overstay charge for electric vehicles
that exceed the maximum legal parking time posted at parking spaces designated for use
of public electric vehicle charging stations.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 3.16.242 is hereby added to
read as follows:
3.16.242 Violation-Parking non-charging vehicle in a space designated
for use of a public electric vehicle charging station.
No owner or operator of a non-electric vehicle shall park his or her vehicle
in any parking space designated for use of a public electric vehicle charging
station. No owner of an electric vehicle shall park his or her electric vehicle
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in any parking space designated for use of a public electric vehicle charging
station except during time that he or she is using the public electric vehicle
charging station to charge the electric vehicle.
Section 2. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 3.04.035 is hereby amended to
read as follows:
3.04.035 Parking fees and permit fees.
(a) Parking fees and permit fees, if any, designated permit areas, and
exempted periods, and overstay charges for spaces designated for use of
public electric vehicle charging stations may be established and changed,
from time to time, by resolution.
(b) The City Manager, or 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, exempted periods, and
overstay charges for spaces designated for use of public electric vehicle
charging stations 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. Overstay charges for
spaces designated for use of public electric vehicle charging stations may
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not be increased or decreased more than twenty-five percent at any one
time and may be adjusted up or down in five cent intervals.
(c) No parking permit will be issued until all outstanding parking citations
are paid by the permit applicant.
Section 3. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 3.16.170 is hereby amended to
read as follows:
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 two dollars per hour.
(2) Beach Meter Zone shall be two dollars per hour.
(3) Citywide Meter Zone. All other on-street parking in the City shall
be one dollar per hour.
(4) Spaces Designated for Use of Public Electric Charging Stations.
The rate shall be as set forth above depending on the zone in which
the meter is located, with the exception that an overstay charge on a
per minute basis to be established by resolution shall also apply for
electric vehicles using such spaces for charging that remain in such
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spaces more than ten minutes after the maximum posted time
permitted for charging.
(c) The City Manager, or designee, is authorized to adjust on-street
parking rates and overstay charges 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. Overstay charges may
be adjusted up or down in five-cent intervals based on the same
considerations.
(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 and overstay charges may not be increased or
decreased more than twenty-five percent at any one time.
(4) A current schedule of on-street parking rates and overstay
charges shall be available at the City Clerk’s office and broadly
communicated to the public.
(d) 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.
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SECTION 4. Any provision of the 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 5. 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 6. 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 30
days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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LANE DILG
City Attorney
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Approved and adopted this 28th day of January, 2020.
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K e v i n M c K e o w n , M a y o r
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. 2629 (CCS) had its introduction
on January 14, 2020 and was adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting
held on January 28, 2020, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Davis, Morena, Himmelrich, Winterer, Jara,
Mayor Pro Tem O’Day, Mayor McKeown
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
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Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk Date
A summary of Ordinance No. 2629 (CCS) was duly published pursuant
to California Government Code Section 40806.
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