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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #1491 ORDINANCE NO. 1491 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE BY AMENDING CHAPTER 65, ARTICLES 650, 651, 652 and. 654 RELATING TO PARKING METER ZONES AND METER EN- FORCEMENT AND AMENDING CHAPTER 63, ARTICLE 633, SECTION 6332 (c) RELATING TO LOADING ZONES WHEREAS, the City of Huntington Beach has installed. parking meters in certain areas of the city; and. It is necessary to establish regulations for the operation of such meters and the method, of enforcing such regulations therefor � g g to avoid. great financial loss to said city; NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain as follows : SECTION 1. Sections 6511, 65125 6512. 15 6512.2 and 6512.3. Article 651, Chapter 65 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code and Sections 6525 and 6526.4. Article 652, Chapter 65 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code are hereby repealed . SECTION 2 . Sections 6500, 6500. 15 6500.6 of Article 650, Chapter 65, of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code are hereby amend.ed to read. as follows : 6500. DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this chapter, certain words and phrases are defined and certain provisions shall be con- strued as herein set forth, unless the provisions of the context otherwise require . 6500. 1 PARKING METER ZONES . Means those certain areas within the city within which the parking of Vehicles upon streets or city-owned, or leased land, shall be controlled, regulated, and inspected with the aid of timing devices and meters, herein re- ferred to as "parking meters" or "meters" . (496,609. ) 6500.6 DIRECTOR. Means the Director of Harbors, Beaches and. Development of the City of Huntington Beach. 1. SECTION 3 . Article 651 of Chapter 65 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Cod.e is hereby amended by adding thereto, Sections 6510, 6511 and, 6512 to read as follows : 6510. ESTABLISHMENT OF PARKING METER ZONES . Parking meter zones may be established. and, determined by resolution of the city council and. parking of vehicles within any such zone shall be as provided in this chapter. 6511. COUNCIL TO PRESCRIBE METER OPERATION. The parking time allowed following d.eposit of such coins as provid.ed. in this Chapter, the hours during which such deposits are required., and, the directions which shall appear on the parking meters, shall be such as may be prescribed. by the Council, by resolution. (496,592) 6512. VARIED PARKING METER TIMES . When the City Council designates the parking times allowed. following deposit of such coins as provided. in this chapter and. more than one (1) parking time is so designated, the Director may place the meters in such locations within the zone as he shall deem proper and, consistent with the intention of the City Council. SECTION 4. Sections 6521, 6522, 6522 . 1 and. 6523 of Article 652, Chapter 65, is hereby amended to read. as follows: 6521. INSTALLATION OF PARKING METERS . The Director, when directed, by the Council, shall cause to be installed upon such streets or portions thereof or city owned. or leased. land, within the parking meter zones, adjacent to each designated, parking space, such parking meters as shall have been approved by the Council (496, 582, 6o9) 6522. SIGNS FOR METERS . It is the duty of the Department of Public Works to maintain signs in the various areas within the parking meter zones, indicating the type of meter there installed. and. the days and. hours during which the parking meters are in operation . 6522. 1 LOCATION OF SIGNS . Such signs may either be on separate posts, painted. on the curbs, or fastened to the parking meters, in the discretion of the Department of Public Works . (496) 6523 . SPACES FOR PARKING . The Department of Public Works shall have lines or markings painted. upon the curbs, streets or area adjacent to each parking meter, designating the parking space for which said. meter is to be used- (609) SECTION 5 . Sections 6541.3 and. 6542 of Article 654, Chapter 2. 65 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Cod.e are hereby amended to read as ' follows : 6541.3 . PAYMENT. The owner or operator may, within twenty- four (24) hours after the time when such notice was attached to such vehicle pay to the judge of a court of competent jurisdiction, or his duly authorized deputy, in full satisfaction for such violation, the sum of two dollars ($2.00) in a business parking meter zone; the sum of five dollars ($5 .00) in a residential park- ing meter zone; the sum of ten dollars ($10 .00) in a recreation parking meter zone . }_ 6542 . VIOLATION: MAXIMUM PENALTY. Any person violating any provision of this chapter or any resolution adopted pursuant to this chapter, shall be deemed guilty of a, misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) , or by imprisonment in the county jail of the County of Orange, for a period. not exceeding six (6) months, or by both fine and imprisonment . SECTION 6 . Section 6332 (c) of Article 633, Chapter 63 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby amended to read as follows : 6332 (c) . White shall mean no stopping, standing or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers, or for the purpose of depositing mail in an adjacent mail box, which shall not exceed three (3) minutes and such restrictions shall apply between 6: 00 A.M. and 6: 00 P.M. of any day including Saturdays, Sundays and. Holidays, and except as follows : (1) When such zone is in front of a hotel or in front of a mailbox, the restrictions shall apply at all times . (2) When such zone is in front of a theater or church, the restrictions shall apply at all times except when such theater or church is closed . SECTION 7. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter or any part thereof is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining por- tions of this chapter or any part thereof. The City Council here- by declare that it would have passed each section, subsection, 3 • subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase hereof irre- spective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional. SECTION 8. The provisions of these sections insofar a,s they are substantially the same a,s existing provisions of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code relating to the same subject shall be construed as restatements and continuations and. not as new enactments . SECTION 9 . The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach hereby declares that this ordinance is an emergency measure, necessary to prevent great financial loss to the city, and. such ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately upon adoption. thereof. SECTION 10 . The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance, and cause same to be published within fifteen days in the Huntington Beach News, a, weekly news- paper of general circulation, printed. and published in Huntington Beach, California. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 7th day of April 1969• Ma, o r ATTEST: Ci rk APPROVED AS TO FORM: low City Attor 4. Emergency Ord. No. 1491 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss . CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ) I. PAUL C. JONES, the duly elected, qualified, and acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex- officio Clerk of the City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was read to the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 7th day of April, 1969, and was passed and adopted by at least 5 affirmative votes of said City Council . AYES : Councilmen: Shipley, Bartlett McCracken Kaufman Matney, Green Coen NOES : Councilmen : None ABSENT : Councilmen: None City Clerk and -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California 1. PAUL C, JONES, CITY CLERK of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio clerk of the City Council, do hereby certify that this ordinance has be publishe in the Huntington Beach News o _ l v....- -- ---------- i�G..... I rda.nce 'th tthh� ci 'harter of said City. 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