HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #4350 ORDINANCE NO. 4350
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING SECTIONS 10.04, 10.50, 10.56, 10.60, 10.64, AND
10.68 OF TITLE 10 OF THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 10.04.055 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.04.055. Director of Community & Library Services.
The Director of Community &Library Services shall be responsible for administering the on-
street parking meter zones and the off-street City parking lots.
SECTION 2. Section 10.04.086 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.04.086 Peak Season
"Peak season" shall mean from 5:00 a.m. the Saturday before Memorial Day through
12:00 a.m. the day after Labor Day.
SECTION 3. Section 10.04.090 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.04.090 Parking Meter
"Parking meter" shall mean any single-space parking meter, multiple space parking
meter, pay station, or any other equipment installed by the Director of Community & Library
Services for the collection of payment to park in any designated metered parking space either in
any off-street City pay parking lot or any on-street parking meter zone.
SECTION 4. Section 10.04.115 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
added to read as follows:
10.04.115 Payment
"Payment" shall mean any method of remittance authorized or approved by the Director
of Community and Library Services.
SECTION 5. Section 10.50.020 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.50.020 Payment of Charges Required
A. The City Council shall establish by Resolution the fees, rates and charges for vehicle
parking at all off-street City pay parking lots. Collection of such fees, rates, and
charges shall be made through authorized payment methods including mobile
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payment applications, digital platforms, parking meters, attendants, or other City-
approved systems.
B. No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle upon any off-street City pay
parking lot at any time without payment of the fees, rates and charges established for
the use of the lot by Resolution of the City Council.
C. All fees, rates and charges for parking at any off-street City pay parking lot shall be
paid in advance in money of the United States of America, except as otherwise
provided by validation agreement.
D. No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle in violation of any properly noticed
curfew as established by the City Manager or the Director of Community & Library
Services.
SECTION 6. Section 10.50.030 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.50.030 Validation Agreement- Authorization
A. The City Manager or the Director of Community & Library Services may enter into
written agreements with any person or legal entity to provide for validation of
parking in any off-street City pay parking lot.
B. The charges such person or legal entity pays shall be in accordance with the
schedule of fees, rates and charges for non-validated parking established by
Resolution of the City Council.
SECTION 7. Section 10.56.030 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.56.030 Parking Revenues from Metered Zones
The City Treasurer may designate an employee to receive and account for all parking
revenues.
SECTION 8. Section 10.56.040 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.56.040 Parking Revenues Placed in Meter Fund
It is the duty of the City Treasurer to account for and process all on-street parking meter
zone money and to place it in a special fund to be known as the "parking meter fund," which
fund shall be used exclusively for the purposes of specified in Section 10.50.060.
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SECTION 9. Section 10.56.060 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.56.060 Use of Proceeds
The money paid to parking meters in the on-street parking meter zones is levied and
assessed as a fee to provide for the proper regulation, control and inspection of traffic upon the
public streets, and to cover the cost of supervising, regulating and inspecting the parking of
vehicles in the zones, the cost of placing and maintaining lines or markings, designating parking
spaces in the zones, the cost of the purchase, supervision, protection, inspection, installation,
operation, maintenance, control and use of the parking payment collection devices and/or
payment instruction signs installed hereunder, and the acquisition by purchase or lease,
improvement, operation, maintenance, repair and replacement of all parking facilities on streets;
and the special fund in which such fees shall be placed shall be devoted exclusively to those
purposes.
SECTION 10. Section 10.56.080 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.56.080 Records of Violations.
The Police Department shall maintain records of all violations of any provision of this
Chapter occurring within designated on-street parking meter zones, including the date and time
of each violation, the make and state license number of the vehicle involved, and any other
information necessary to provide a complete understanding of the circumstances surrounding
such violation.
SECTION 11. Section 10.60.020 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.60.020 Times and Payment Deposited Prescribed.
The parking time limits and fees for designated on-street parking meter zones shall be
established as follows
A. Business Zones. Parking spaces with 120-minute parking limits may be installed
in the business zones, in locations determined by the Director of Community and
Library Services. The fee for parking shall be three dollars per hour in off-peak
season and four dollars per hour in peak season. Exceptions to these rates shall
include July 4th, the two days immediately preceding and/or following July 4th as
selected by the Director of Community and Library Services, and the three days of
the Air Show when rates will increase by two dollars per hour.
1. Parking spaces with 24-minute parking limits may be installed in the
business zone in locations determined by the Director of Community and
Library Services. Parking in these parking locations will be limited to 5:00
a.m. to 12:00 a.m. daily, including Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
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2. The Director of Community and Library Services may determine that
certain business zone parking hours may be limited or extended. Notice of
limited or extended parking limits shall be posted for the public.
B. Residential Zones.
1. Parking spaces with 60-minute, 120-minute and 12-hour parking limits may
be installed in the residential zones in locations determined by the Director
of Community and Library Services. With the exception of Residential
Zones (Section 10.60.010(B)(7) and (B)(8)), the fee for parking shall be
three dollars per hour in off-peak season and four dollars per hour in peak
season. The fee for parking in Residential Zones (Section 10.60.010(B)(7)
and (B)(8)) shall be three dollars per hour in off-peak season and three
dollars and fifty cents per hour in peak season.
Exceptions to these rates shall include July 4th, the two days immediately
preceding and/or following July 4th as selected by the Director of
Community and Library Services and the three days of the Air Show when
rates will increase by two dollars per hour.
2. Parking spaces with 60-minute, 120-minute,and 12-hour parking limits may
be installed within the residential zone in locations to be determined by the
Director of Community and Library Services. These parking locations will
be limited to 5:00 a.m. through 12:00 a.m. daily, including Saturdays,
Sundays, and holidays.
C. Recreational Zones.
1. Parking spaces with 12-hour parking limits may be installed within Zones A,
B, C, D and E in locations determined by the Director of Community and
Library Services. The fee for parking shall be three dollars per hour in off-
peak season and three dollars and fifty cents per hour in peak season.
Exceptions to these rates shall include July 4th, the two days immediately
preceding and/or following July 4th as selected by the Director of
Community and Library Services and the three days of the Air Show when
rates will increase by two dollars per hour.
2. Parking spaces with 30-minute,60-minute, 120-minute,and 12-hour parking
limits may be installed within recreational zones in locations to be
determined by the Director of Community and Library Services. These
locations will be limited to parking from 5:00 a.m. through 12:00 a.m. daily,
including Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
3. The Director of Community and Library Services may determine that
certain recreational zone parking hours may be limited or extended. Notice
of limited or extended parking limits shall be posted for the public.
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SECTION 12. Section 10.60.030 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.60.030 Varied Times Limits
The Director of Community and Library Services or designee may designate the parking
times allowed following payment as provided in this chapter. Parking payment devices or
systems shall be configured to correspond to the designated time limits for each space.
SECTION 13. Section 10.60.040 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.60.040 State Highways Within Zones
The provisions of Chapters 10.56, 10.60, 10.64 and 10.68 of the Huntington Beach
Municipal Code shall be ineffective as to any portion of a state highway within the boundary of
the on-street parking meter zone as set forth in Section 10.60.030 six months after receipt of
notification from the Department of Transportation of the State of California of its rescinding its
approval to the ordinance codified in this chapter.
SECTION 14. Section 10.60.050 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.60.050 Curfew
In all on-street parking meter zones, the payment of fees through any authorized parking
payment device or system does not exempt a person or vehicle from receiving a citation for
violation of the posted curfew.
SECTION 15. Section 10.64.010 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.64.010 Parking Payment
When directed by the City Council, the Director of Community and Library Services
shall cause to be installed on such streets or portions thereof within designated metered zones,
parking payment devices or systems.
SECTION 16. Section 10.64.020 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.64.020 Signs Indicating Payment Requirement
The Department of Public Works shall install and maintain signs in the various areas
within metered parking zones. The signs shall clearly indicate the type of parking payment
device or payment system available and the days and hours during which payment is required.
SECTION 17. Section 10.64.030 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code are hereby
amended to read as follows:
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10.64.030 Sign Location
Signs as referenced in Section 10.64.020 may be placed on separate posts, painted on
curbs, displayed electronically, or otherwise provided in a reasonable manner to inform the
public, at the discretion of the Department of Community and Library Services.
SECTION 18. Section 10.64.040 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.64.040 Markings Indicating Parking Space
The Department of Public Works shall have lines or markings painted or otherwise
placed on curbs, streets, or adjacent areas to designate each parking space within designated
metered zones and its applicable payment requirements.
SECTION 19. Section 10.64.050 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.64.050 Vehicle Positions Within Lines
Each vehicle parked in a designated parking space shall be positioned entirely within the
lines or markings defining that space.
SECTION 20. Section 10.64.070 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.64.070 Proper Functioning
Parking payment devices or systems shall be designed to register payment for authorized
parking time and provide a reasonable means of verifying that payment has been made, and the
applicable parking time has not expired. Parking rates not specified in this Title shall be
established by City Council resolution.
SECTION 21. Section 10.64.080 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
deleted in its entirety.
SECTION 22. Section 10.68.010 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.68.010 Payment Required
No person shall park any vehicle in any parking space (except as otherwise permitted in
this chapter) without immediately making payment through an authorized parking payment
device or system in the amount and for the time period required for that space.
SECTION 23. Section 10.68.020 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
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10.68.020 Overtime Parking—On Street Parking Meter Zones
No person, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, shall cause, permit, allow or
suffer any vehicle registered to or parked or operated by him or her to be or remain parked in any
parking space in an on-street parking meter zone, designated by resolution of the City Council,
beyond the time parking in such place is otherwise permitted or limited, or without paying the
posted fee for the entire time the vehicle occupies the parking space.
SECTION 24. Section 10.68.030 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
deleted in its entirety.
SECTION 25. Section 10.68.040 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
deleted in its entirety.
SECTION 26. Section 10.68.050 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.68.050 Payment Required -- Exception
A vehicle may be parked in a metered zone without payment during hours as authorized
by City Council Resolution or Minute Action.
SECTION 27. Section 10.68.060 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
deleted in its entirety.
SECTION 28. Section 10.68.070 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.68.070 Tampering with Signs, Payment Devices, or Meters.
It is unlawful for any unauthorized person to open, or for any person to deface, injure,
tamper with, or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter or sign, or
to attempt to circumvent any authorized parking payment device or system,installed pursuant to
this chapter, or to hitch any animals thereto.
SECTION 29. Section 10.68.080 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.68.080 Parking Permits
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, there is established a system of permit
parking subject to the following standards and provisions:
A. A non-transferable parking permit shall be issued upon payment of a fee established
by resolution of the City Council and shall be valid for a period of one year. Such
permit may be issued in the form of a physical decal or a virtual permit associated
with a vehicle's license plate number. When a physical decal is issued, it shall be
affixed to the inside of the front windshield of the permitted vehicle within a seven-
inch square in the lower corner farthest removed from the driver's position. A virtual
permit shall be valid only for the vehicle whose license plate number is registered
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with the City's parking permit system. A valid parking permit shall authorize the
parking of the permitted vehicle in posted or metered zone areas within the City, as
such areas have been or may hereafter be established by resolution of the City
Council, without payment otherwise required for parking within such areas. Issuance
of a parking permit shall not establish any priority or guarantee the availability of a
parking space.
B. Parking permits, whether issued as physical decals or virtual permits, shall be valid
for one vehicle only and shall not be transferable to any other person or vehicle,
except in the event that the vehicle for which the permit has been issued is replaced
by a substitute vehicle.
Physical decal permits may be transferred to a substitute vehicle by presenting the
existing decal to the City and paying for any applicable fees. Virtual permits may be
transferred to a substitute vehicle only after the permit holder officially notifies the
City of the new vehicle's license plate number and the City acknowledges the
change.
C. The Director of Community and Library Services shall establish the rules and
procedures for the sale and use of annual parking permits.
SECTION 30. Section 10.68.130 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
10.68.130 Hours
The hours of operation of said on-street meter parking zones shall be from 5:00 a.m. to
midnight daily.
SECTION 31. This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after its adoption.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 1st day of September , 2026.
May
INITIATED AND APPROVED:
ATTEST: (Ai/ -V
City Clerk it or of unity & Library Services
REVIEWED AND APPROVED: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Manager City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, LISA LANE BARNES, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the
City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at
a Regular meeting thereof held on August 18,2026, and was again read to said City
Council at a Regular meeting thereof held on September 1,2026, and was passed and
adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City
Council.
AYES: Gruel, Kennedy, Twining, McKeon, Burns, Van Der Mark, Williams
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
RECUSED: None
I,Lisa Lane Barnes,CITY CLERK of the City of Huntington
Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council,do hereby
certify that a synopsis of this ordinance has been published in
the Orange County Register on September 10,2026.
In accordance with the City Charter of said City. //%� �/ -,
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Lisa Lane Barnes, City Clerk City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
Senior Deputy City Clerk of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California