SR 02-13-2024 5F
City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: February 13, 2024
Agenda Item: 5.F
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Douglas Sloan, City Attorney, City Attorney's Office, Administration
Subject: Second Reading and Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Santa Monica
Municipal Code Section 3.12.900 on Overnight Parking Permits for Oversized
Vehicles
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached Ordinance.
Executive Summary
At its meeting on January 23, 2024, the City Council introduced for first reading an
Ordinance amending Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 3.12.900 on Overnight
Parking Permits for Oversized Vehicles. The ordinance is now presented to the City
Council for adoption.
Prepared By: Bradley Michaud, Principal Legal Analyst
Approved
Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. ORD-Oversized Vehicle Overnight Parking 2d
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City Council Meeting: February 13, 2024 Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER_______ (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING
SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 3.12.900 TO ADOPT ADDITIONAL
RESTRICTIONS ON OVERNIGHT PARKING PERMITS FOR OVERSIZED VEHICLES
AND AUTHORIZE THE ADOPTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS
WHEREAS, in 1975, the City adopted an ordinance defining oversized vehicles
and creating a permitting process to allow for the limited on-street parking of oversized
vehicles on City streets; and
WHEREAS, City staff states that there are roughly 45 to 50 active oversized
vehicle permits in the City, consisting of full-size recreational vehicles and smaller (but
still oversized) “sprinter” vans; and
WHEREAS, City staff receives complaints regarding oversized vehicles being
parked far from the residences of permittees, oversized vehicles infrequent turnover of
oversized vehicle parking, and oversized vehicles being used for storage; and
WHEREAS, the amendments in this ordinance and the promulgation of
administrative regulations will help address many of the complaints received by City staff
and encourage good use of the overnight parking of oversized vehicle permit process.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 3.12.900 is hereby amended
as follows:
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3.12.900 Overnight parking permits for oversized vehicles.
Permits for overnight parking in residential areas may be issued by the City upon
application of any person therefor, and subject to the following provisions:
(a) Each application for an overnight street parking permit shall be filed with the City, upon
a form to be furnished by the City.
(b) Each such application shall set forth:
(1) The name, residence, address, and telephone number of the applicant, who
must be a resident of the City of Santa Monica;
(2) The license number, make, model, and type of vehicle for which an overnight
parking permit is requested;
(3) The name and current address of the registered owner of said vehicle;
(4) The dates for which the permit is requested. Such dates shall commence in all
cases at six p.m.;
(5) Such additional information as the City may require;
(6) A statement that applicant declares under penalty of perjury that all statements
in the application are true; and
(7) The signature of the applicant.
(c) Upon the filing of the application, the City may make such investigation as necessary
to determine whether such a permit should be issued. An overnight parking permit shall
be issued in a form designated by the City, specifying the periods for which it is valid.
Such permit shall be issued only for a noncommercial passenger vehicle, as defined by
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the Vehicle Code, which together with any fixtures, accessories or property, except single
post radio antennas, exceeds a width of eight feet, a height of eight feet, or a length of
twenty feet, but in no event shall such a permit be issued where, upon investigation, it is
determined by the City that to permit overnight parking of the vehicle for which the
application is made would constitute a hazard to pedestrians, vehicular traffic or
enforcement of the law.
(d) The overnight parking permit shall be visibly displayed on the vehicle for which it was
issued as instructed by the City, and the permit shall not be effective unless it is so affixed.
(e) A permitted oversized vehicle must park within a two-block radius, as described in the
administrative regulations, of the residence of the permit holder.
(f) No more than one overnight parking permit may be issued at a single residence
address, and for no more than a one month period for an oversized vehicle registered to
a Santa Monica resident.
(g) No overnight parking permit may be issued for more than one consecutive seven-day
period per month for an oversized vehicle registered to a non-Santa Monica resident.
(h) An overnight parking permit issued pursuant to this Section does not waive
compliance with any other applicable parking law, regulation or ordinance.
(i) The City Manager or designee is authorized to develop and adopt administrative
regulations that are consistent with the purposes of this Chapter.
(j) The Police Department shall have the authority to enforce the administrative
regulations established pursuant to this Chapter.
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(k) The City Council shall establish by resolution such fees as may be required for the
review and processing of an overnight parking permit.
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 official
newspaper within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty
days after adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Douglas Sloan, City Attorney
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