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City Council Meeting 3-11-03 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER WM.. (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
AMENDING THE SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING
TO PARKING METER ZONES
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Monica is interested in
establishing on-street parking zones to reflect different levels of parking demand,
especially visitor parking demand in different areas of the City; and
WHEREAS, the beach and the downtown have the highest concentration
of visitor serving uses and highest levels of parking occupancy; and
WHEREAS, the beach and downtown have significant off-street parking
resources and are well served by transit services; and, adjacent to the Beach
and in the downtown for the purposes of setting parking meter rates and hours
and implementing coastal parking policies and recommendations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Monica may wish to
charge different parking meter rates in the beach and downtown from those
charged elsewhere in the City of Santa Monica,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1 Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 3.16.180 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
SECTION 3.16.180 Parking Meter Zone "A:"
The following named and described streets or portions of
streets within the City shall constitute Zone "A":
All streets lying west of Ocean Avenue/Barnard Way to the
west City Limit from the north City Limits to the south City Limits, inclusive
of both sides of Ocean Avenue/Barnard Way, and all streets south of
Wilshire Boulevard, west of Lincoln Boulevard and north of Colorado
Boulevard, including both sides of Wilshire Boulevard and Colorado
Boulevard.
(b) Parking rates for parking a vehicle in a designated space in
parking meter zone "A" shall be set by resolution of the City Council of the
City of Santa Monica.
(c) Parking meters shall be operated in Zone "A" at such times
and hours as posted by the Planning and Community Development
Department.
SECTION 2. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 3.16.190 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
SECTION 3.16.190 Parking Meter Zone "B:"
(a) The following named and described streets or portions of streets
within the City shall constitute Zone "B":
All streets lying east of Ocean Avenue/Barnard Way to the east
City Limit from the north City Limits to Wilshire Boulevard, inclusive of
Both sides of Wilshire Boulevard from the west side of Lincoln Boulevard
to the east City Limits.
(2) All streets lying east of Lincoln Boulevard from Wilshire Boulevard to
Colorado Boulevard inclusive of both sides of Lincoln Boulevard
All streets lying east of Ocean Avenue/Barnard from Colorado
Boulevard to the South City Limits, including both sides of Colorado
Boulevard from the west side of Lincoln Boulevard to the east City Limits.
Parking rates for parking a vehicle in a designated space in
parking meter Zone "B" shall be set by resolution of the City Council of the
City of Santa Monica.
Parking meters shall be operated in parking meter Zone "B" at
such times and hours as posted by the Planning and Community
Development Department.
SECTION 3. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 3.16.221 is hereby
rescinded in its entirety.
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 any competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of the ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that
it would have passed this ordinance, and each and every 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. 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 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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MA HA JON~ MOUTRI
City Attorney
Approved and adopted this 11th day of March, 2003.
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Richard Bloom, Mayor
State of California ) I
County of Los Angeles) ss.
City of Santa Monica ) I, Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 2069 (CCS) had its introduction on February 25, 2003, and
was adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting held on March 11, 2003, by the
following vote:
Ayes: Council members: Holbrook, Genser, Katz, Mayor Pro Tem McKeown,
Feinstein, Mayor Bloom
Noes: Council members: None
Abstain: Council members: None
Absent: Council members: O'Connor
ATTEST:
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Maria M. Stewart, City lerk