Ordinance 2891CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. 2891
New Series
AMENDING THE ALAMEDA MUICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 8-8.1
(ANGLED PARG) OF SECTION 8-8 (GENERAL PARG REGULATIONS) OF
CHAPTER VIII (TRAFIC MOTOR VEHICLES AN ALTERNATIVE TRASPORTATION
MODES), TO PERMIT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ANGLE PARG AN AUTHORIZE
ANGLE PARG WHERE IT CURNTLY EXISTS AN SUBSECTION 12-12.1
(ESTABLISHED) OF SECTION 12-12 (PARG METER ZONES) OF CHAPTER XII
(P ARING LOTS AN PARG METERS), TO ESTABLISH PARG METER ZONES
WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code (CVC) Section 22508 states that parking meter
zones can be established only by ordinance; and
WHEREAS , CVC 22503 states that angle parking may be pennitted only by ordinance;
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WHEREAS , the City of Alameda Municipal Code (Section 12-12.1) currently delegates
authority to the Technical Transportation Team (TTT) to establish parking meter zones on streets
or portions thereof within 350 feet of a business distrct; and the City of Alameda Municipal
Code (Section 8-1) currently delegates authority to the TTT to designate areas where vehicles
must be parked at an angle.
NOW , THEREFORE , BE IT ORDAIND BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ALAMEDA that:
Section 1.The Alameda Municipal Code is hereby amended by repealing Subsection 8-
1 (Angled Parking) of Section 8-8 (General Parking Regulations) of Chapter VIII, (Traffic
Motor Vehicles and Alternative Transportation Modes) in its entirety.
Section 2 . The Alameda Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a new Subsection
Section 8-1 (Angled Parking) of Section 8-8 (General Parking Regulations) of Chapter VIII
(Traffc , Motor Vehicles and Alternative Transportation Modes) to read as follows:
GENERAL PARG REGULATIONS:
Angled Parking.
The following streets are hereby established as streets where angled parking is pennitted:
Central Avenue between Oak Street and Walnut Street , Wilow Street between Otis Drive and
Sandcreek Way. The Transportation Technical Team is hereby authorized to designate the
specific location of angled parking spaces on those streets identified above. Vehicles placed in
areas so designated shall be parked at the angle designated and shall park entirely within the
marked spaces. The Public Works Director shall cause to have installed and maintained
pavement markings which designate the angled parking spaces. Markings shall be at least four
(4") inch wide white striping designating each side of the individual parking spaces. Records
detailing the areas and angles for such parking shall be established and maintained in the City
Engineer s Offce.
Section 3 . The Alameda Municipal Code is hereby amended by repealing Subsection 12-
12-1 (Established) of Section 12-12 (Parking Meter Zones), of Chapter XII (Parking Lots and
Parking Meters), in its entirety.
Section 4 . The Alameda Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a new Subsection
12-12.1 (Established) of Section 12-12 (Parking Meter Zones), of Chapter XII (Parking Lots and
Parking Meters) to read as follows:
12-12 PARG METER ZONES.
12-12.1 Established.
All streets or portions thereof which are within three hundred and fifty (350) feet of a
business or commercial district per the Alameda Zoning Map are hereby established as parking
meter zones. The Transportation Technical Team is hereby authorized to designate the location
of parking meters within the established parking meter zones.
Section 5.This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the expiration
of thirty (30) days from the date of its final passage.
Attest:
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Lara Weisiger, City C
City of Alameda
, the undersigned , hereby certifY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly and regularly
adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting assembled on the 4
day of March , 2003 by the following vote to wit:
AYES:Councilmembers Daysog, De Witt , Matarrese , and
Mayor Johnson - 4.
NOES:None.
ABSENT:Councilmember Kerr - I.
ABSTENTIONS:None.
IN WITNESS , WHEREOF , I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the offcial seal of said City this
day of March , 2003.
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Lara Weisiger, City Cle
City of Alameda