ORDINANCE 1495ORDINANCE NO. 1495
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8 -5F OF THE EL
SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE TO REGULATE CAR SHARING
PROGRAMS.
The Council of the City of El Segundo does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: The City Council finds and declares as follows:
A. On April 2, 2013 the City Council adopted a Carsharing Ordinance
No. 1478 by adding Article F to Chapter 8 -5 of the El Segundo
Municipal Code ( "ESMC ") to mitigate environmental and
transportation issues commonly affecting urban communities
including, without limitation, traffic congestion.
8. It is in the public interest for the City to encourage participation in
Carsharing programs because such programs offer economic,
environmental, and community benefits to City residents, employers, and
visitors.
C. Carsharing helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sustainability;
provides City residents, employers, and visitors with affordable
transportation options; and is compatible with the City's existing
infrastructure.
D. Carsharing serves to reduce residents' reliance on individually owned
automobiles, thereby reducing pressure on already scarce on- street
parking spaces and offers a supplement to the limited public
transportation options available to City residents.
E. Vehicle Code § 22507.1 authorizes cities to issue permits to facilitate
Carsharing programs.
F. Ordinance No. 1478 provided for a minimum of 300 cars for purposes of
being an authorized Carsharing program within the City. The Council is
now desirous of reducing this minimum requirement and making other
minor revisions to Ordinance No. 1478.
SECTION 2: ESMC § 8 -5F -2 ( "Definitions ") is amended to read as follows:
"8 -5F -2: Definitions.
Unless the contrary is stated or clearly appears from the context, the following
definitions govern the construction of the words and phrases used in this
article:
A. "Carshare Business" means a public or private entity owning at least 150
motor vehicles operating a carsharing program.
B. "carsharing Program" means a service operated by a carshare business
that rents at least 150 carshare vehicles that serve the City on an hourly or
daily rental rate and that has entered into an agreement with the City
authorized by the City Council. Vehicles must be allowed to be dropped off
and picked up at a minimum of twenty -five different locations in the City.
The twenty -five locations must be on separate parcels of property or be
comprised of at least twenty -five public parking spaces.
C. "Carshare Vehicle" means a vehicle participating in a carsharing program
and registered with a carshare business."
SECTION 3: ESMC § Section 8 -5F -11 ( "Permit Form ") is amended to read as follows:
"8- 5F -11: Permit Form.
Permits issued pursuant to this article will be in a form prescribed by the police
chief and should, at the police chief's discretion, include the license plate
number of the carsharing to which it relates, and the date of issuance and the
day of expiration."
SECTION 4: The City Council determines that this Ordinance is exempt from review under
the California Environmental Quality Act (Cal. Pub. Res. Code §§ 21000, et seq.; "CEQA ")
and CEQA regulations (Cal. Code Regs. tit. 14, §§ 15000, et seq.) because the only
potential physical effect on the environment that could foreseeably result from its
implementation is a reduction in environmental impacts associated with vehicle traffic
including, without limitation, traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions. Such a
reduction in the use or operation of an existing City street is categorically exempt from
further CEQA review under Cal. Code Regs. tit. 14, § 15301. This Ordinance, therefore,
is an action that does not have the potential to cause significant effects on the
environment.
SECTION 5: Repeal or amendment of any provision of the ESMC will not affect any
penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred before, or preclude prosecution and imposition of
penalties for any violation occurring before this Ordinance's effective date. Any such
repealed part will remain in full force and effect for sustaining action or prosecuting
violations occurring before the effective date of this Ordinance.
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SECTION 6: If any part of this Ordinance or its application is deemed invalid by a court of
competent jurisdiction, the City Council intends that such invalidity will not affect the
effectiveness of the remaining provisions or applications and, to this end, the provisions
of this Ordinance are severable.
SECTION 7: The City Clerk is directed to certify the passage and adoption of this
Ordinance; cause it to be entered into the City of El Segundo's book of original
ordinances; make a note of the passage and adoption in the records of this meeting; and,
within fifteen
(15) days after the passage and adoption of this Ordinance, cause it to be published or
posted in accordance with California law.
SECTION 8: This Ordinance will become effective thirty days following its passage and
adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this lst day of July , 2014.
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Suzanne Fuentes, Mayor
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ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Tracy Weaver, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole
number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing Ordinance No.
1495 was duly introduced by said City Council at a regular meeting held on the 17thday
of June 2014, and was duly passed and adopted by said City Council, approved
and signed by the Ma or, and attested to by the City Clerk, all at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the �st day of July 2014, and the same was so passed and
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Fuentes, Jacobson, Atkinson, Fellhauer, Dugan
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Tracy Weaver ity Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mark . Hensley, City Att ney
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