ORDINANCE 1206ORDINANCE NO. 1206
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO AMENDING
VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE EL
SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH
CIVIL PENALTIES FOR PARKING
VIOLATIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
A. In 1992, the State Legislature adopted A.B. 408
which was codified as Chapter 1244 of the Statutes
of 1992. A.B. 408 provides that effective July 1,
1993, parking violations shall become civil
matters rather than criminal matters.
B. Pursuant to A.B. 408, the City is required to
adopt a civil penalty schedule for parking
violations.
C. This Ordinance amends the E1 Segundo Municipal
Code to provide that parking violations are to be
treated as civil matters and authorizes the City
Council to adopt a civil penalty schedule for
parking violations.
SECTION 2. Section 1.12.010 of Chapter 1.12 of Title 1
of the E1 Segundo Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"1.12.010 VIOLATIONS - PENALTY
Any person violating any of the provisions or
failing to comply with any of the mandatory
requirements of the ordinances of El Segundo
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor unless the
violation is made an infraction or, in the
case of parking violations, a civil penalty
is imposed by the provisions of this code.
Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under
the ordinances of E1 Segundo shall be
punished by a fine of not more than one
thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not to
exceed six months or by both such fine and
imprisonment. Each such person shall be
guilty of a separate offense for each and
every day during any portion of which any
violation of any provision of the ordinances
of E1 Segundo is committed, continued or
permitted by any such person, and he shall be
punished accordingly."
SECTION 3. Section 1.12.035 is hereby added to Chapter
1.12 of Title 1 of the E1 Segundo Municipal Code to read as
follows:
"1.12.035 PARKING VIOLATIONS SUBJECT TO CIVIL PENALTY.
The following sections of this Code regarding parking
violations shall be treated as civil matters subject to a civil
penalty:
Section 10.28.020 Stopping or standing in parkways.
Section 10.28.040 Designated no parking areas.
Section 10.28.050 72 hour parking limit.
Section 10.28.060 Parking in street to display vehicle for
sale.
Section 10.28.065 Parking in municipal parking lot to
display vehicle for sale.
Section 10.28.070 Repairing vehicle on street.
Section 10.28.080 Washing vehicle on street when charge is
made.
Section 10.28.110 Parking on grades.
Section 10.28.140 Safety equipment for trucks in excess
4,000 lbs., or truck tractor.
Section
10.28.150
48 hour parking limit on any trailer,
camper or other similar type vehicle.
Section
10.28.160
Parking outside of marked space.
Section
10.28.170
No stopping - tow away zones.
Section
10.29.100
Preferential parking violations.
Section
10.32.010
20 minute parking.
Section
10.32.020
40 minute parking.
Section
10.32.030
1 hour parking.
Section
10.32.040
2 hour parking.
Section
10.32.060
Diagonal parking.
Section
10.32.070
Commercial vehicle parking in
residential districts.
Section 10.32.080 Permit parking on city property.
Section 10.32.090 Commercial vehicle parking in city owned
parking lot.
Section 10.36.020 Parking in violation of curb marking.
Section 10.36.040 Yellow Loading Zones.
Section 10.36.050 Passenger Loading Zones.
Section 10.36.060 No parking in alleys.
Section 10.64.010 Key left in ignition.
Section 10.80.050 Erasure of tire mark in connection with
enforcement of parking regulation only.
A violation of any of these sections shall be subject
to a civil fine in the amount established by resolution of the
City Council. The contesting of citations for these violations
shall be subject to the administrative review process for parking
violations set forth in the State Vehicle Code."
SECTION 4. Section 10.29.100 of Chapter 10.29 of Title
10 of the E1 Segundo Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
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"10.29.100 PROHIBITIONS.
(a) On Monday through Friday, between the hours of
10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., and between the hours of 2:00 p.m. and
3:00 p.m., no vehicle shall be parked or stopped adjacent to any
curb in a preferential parking zone in violation of any posted
prohibition or restriction, unless such vehicle shall have
prominently displayed a duly issued permit on or by the left rear
portion of the rear bumper; or a visitor permit or special event
permit to be displayed on the driver side dashboard.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to forge,
falsify, sale, rent, or lease, or cause to be forged, falsified,
sold, rented or leased for any value or consideration any
preferential parking permit.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to buy or
otherwise acquire for value or use any preferential parking
permit, except as provided for in this chapter."
SECTION 5. Severability. If any section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase, word or portion of this ordinance is,
for any reason, held to be invalid, or unconstitutional by a
decision of any sort 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
adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence,
clause, phrase, word or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact
that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses,
phrases, words or portions, be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this ordinance; shall cause the same to
be entered in the book of original ordinances of said city; shall
make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records
of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall
cause to be posted the same in three public places in the City of
El Segundo in the time and manner provided by laws/
APPROVED AND ADOPTED, this 5th .bP%,October , 1993.
ATTESTED:
--91ndy M r esen,
'City C erk
APPROVED AS TO FO
Leland C. Dolley,
City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) ss.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
Carl-Jac Mayor
of the City of E1 Segundo,
California
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1206
was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of E1 Segundo held on the 21st day of September 1993,
and adopted at a regular meeting on the 5th day of October 1993
by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Mayor Jacobson, Mayor ProTem Wise, and Councilmembers
West, Switz, and Robbins.
NOES: None
ABSENT: None )
Cl�hcyy MorIvalsen, City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, DO
HEREBY CERTIFY that the whole number of members of the City Council of the
said City is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being ORDINANCE NO. 1206 is
a full, true correct original of ORDINANCE NO. 1206 of the said City of El
Segundo, California, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CM OF EL
SEGUNDO AMENDING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE EL SEGUNDO
MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH CIVIL PENALTIES FOR PARKING
VIOLATIONS.
which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved and
signed by the Mayor or said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City,
all at a regular meeting of the said Council held on the Sth DAY OF OCTOBER
1993, and the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Jacobson,
Councilman West,
Councilman Robbins.
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
NOT PARTICIPATING: None
Mayor ProTem Wise,
Councilman Switz, and
I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the provisions of Section
36933 of the Government Code of the State of California, that the foregoing
ORDINANCE NO. 1206, as duly and regularly published according to law and
the order of the City Council of said City of El Segundo Herald, a weekly
newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated within said
City and that the same was so published therein.
- - ' NDY ESEN'
/City Clerk of the
City of El Segundo,
California
(SEAL)