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Ordinance 1202ORDINANCE NO. 1202 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING PUBLIC OFF- STREET LARKING LOTS IN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA BY ADDING TO CHAPTER 3, TITLE XV'II, . OF . THE ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE, A NEW ARTI- CLE 7; PRESCRIBING REGULA- TIONS RELATIVE TO TRAFFIC MOVEMENT AND PARKING OF VEHICLES THEREIN; PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION,. OP- ERATION, MAINTENANCE, SU- PERYISION REGULATION AND CONTROL OF THE USE :OF P.ARK- ING METERS THEREON- PRE- SCRIBING RATES TO BE CHARD- ED FOR PARKING; AND PRE- .SCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIO- LATIONS OF THE PROVISIONS HEREOF. BE : IT ORDAINED BY THE "COUN- CIL OF THE CTTY OF ALAMEDA: SECTION 1. Chapter 3 of Title XVII of the "Alameda Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding thereto a new Article 7, which shall read as follows:.. 7. Public Off- Street Parking Lots Sec, 17 -371.: Establishment of Pubs lic . Off- Street Parking Lots. Public off- street parking lots are hereby ea- .tablished in the City of Alameda.; and all of the provisions of this or- dinance shall be applicable thereto. Such off - street parking lots are those areas so designated by resolution. of the Council : of the. City of Alameda. Sec. 17 -372. Method of Regulation. The method of regulation and control of parking or standing of vehicles in public off - street parking lots shall be determined by the City Council, and may be by parking meters, at- tendants or any other appropriate means. On those public off- street parking lots which are to be controlled by parking meters the City; Treasurer shall cause parking meters to be in- stalled and maintained. Sec. 17 -373. Time of Operation of Parking ; Meters, % The provisions of this ; ordinance relating to the opera- tion of parking meters' on public :off- street parking lots shall be: effective during the hours and on the dayys established by resolution of the Council of the City of Alameda and as "so designated by appropriate markings or signs. Sec. 17-374. Rates for Use of public Off-Street Parking. Lots. .The rates to be charged for Parkin gg -in : public off- street parking lots and the hours during which the rates will be effec- tive ; shall be established by resolu -. tion of the Council of the City of Alameda . and .shall be . designated by appropriate markings or signs. Sec. 17 -375. Operational Procedure to be Followed. Immediately after occupancy of a ; parking space, . the operator of a vehicle shall; unless there is unexpired time on the park ing meter, deposit or. .cause to have deposited in the :parking meter des- ignated for said parking space a coin of the United States of a denomina- tion designated on said meter, or, an :official token issued by the City of Alameda, as described in = Section 17 -378 hereof, and unless said park= inL meter is of the 'autayna+ir +uric which requires no manual opera- lion other than the deposit of a coin, completely turn a ::crank, knob . or handle in accordance with the.. in- structions on said parking meter. Sec.. 17 -376. Unlawful to , Park After Meter Time : Has Expired. It shall be unlawful for the - operator of any vehicle to permit said vehicle to remain parked in any parking space during any time that the meter is showing a signal indicating that such space is illegally in use other than such time immediately after the on g- inal ' occupancy as is necessary to operate .the meter to show legal park- ingg Se.: 17 -377. Unlawful to. Extend Time Beyond Lirnit..It shall be un- lawful and a violation of the provi- sions of : this ordinance for any perr son to follow the operational proced- ure or any .part of the operational procedure for the purpose of increas- ing or extending the parking time of any vehicle- beyond the legal park- ing time which has been established for the parking space: adjacent to which said parking meter is placed. Sec. 17 -378. Improper Use of Motor. It shall be unlawful to . deposit or cause to be deposited in any park- ing meter any defaced or bent coin, or any slug, device or metallic sub - stance for a coin of the United, States, or for any person to deface, injure, tamper with, open or wilfully break destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter; ; provided, how- ever, nothing herein shall : prevent the use in such public off - street park- ing lot; meters of a metallic token duly and officially issued by the City of Alameda for such purpose. Said metallic token shall bear the legend "City of Alameda Parking Lots —Good for'.One Hour," :and shall be inscribed with the .year of issue. Sec. 17 =379.: Deposit of Coins in Me- ter by.: Unauthorized Person. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than the owner or operator of a vehicle to deposit any coin in any parking meter without the knowledge or consent . of said owner or operator of the vehicle using the parking space. Sec. 17 -3710. ' Parking Meters and Parking Meter .Standards Not to be Used for Certain Purposes.:. It shall be unlawful for any person : to attach anything to or allow a bicycle . mews- rack or any other article or thing to lean against a .parking meter or a parking meter standard. Sec. 17 -3711. Overtime Parking The limit of parking time and the days . and hours during which park- ing time limits ' shall ' apply on pub- lic off- street parking lots shall be established by resolution. of the Council of the City . of Alameda. When appropriate signs or mark- ings designating such parking time limits are in place giving notice thereof, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop; stand or park said vehicle on any public off - street parking Iot for long- er than the permitted tune. Sec. 17 -3712. Parallel or . Diagonal Parking. When a parking space In any public off - street parking lot is parallel with the adjacent meters, any vehicle parked or standing in such parking space . shall be parted or 'shall >stand so that the foremost part of said vehicle shall be nearest to :Ou- vnrtrirror as +ar A6o1,m.+.A *, o 'Alameda City Ordinances ® New Series Ordinance No. 1202 the parking space. When a parking space in : any public off- street park- ing .lot is diagorial or at right angles to. the parking meters any vehicle parking .or standing in such parking space shall be parked or .shall stand with the foremost part of ' such be- hicle nearest to the parking meter designated for the parking space. Sec. 17- 3713. Parking Within Park- ing Spaces. Parking spaces on public off - street parking lots shall be desig- nated by lines , or other appropriate marl�ings. When parking spaces are so designated,. it. shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop, stand or park said vehicle other than in a regularly designated parking or loading space, across any such line or marking, or in such po- sition that said : vehicle . shall not be entirely within the area so designated as a parking space. No vehicle shall be parked, stopped, nor shall stand either wholly or partially in any driveway of any public off - street parking lot or in any manner which shall obstruct or interfere with the free .movement of vehicles in such driveway or in any manner so as to obstruct or otherwise prevent or interfere with ingress to or egress from any regularly designated park- ing space. Seca 17 -3714. Use of Entrance and Exit. It shall be unlawful .for any person .to . enter any public off - street parking lot over any area or drive- way or the portion between any curb returns which is not marked with the word "entrance' or other - wise indicated by arrows,. signs or words that it . is a driveway or place for the entering: of such parking lot. It shall be unlawful for any per- . son to. move. any vehicle from any such parking ..lot :. into any public way over any area except an area marked with the word "'exit" or otherwise indicated by arrows, signs or words' that it is a driveway or place for the leaving of such parking lot: Sec. 17 -3715. Use of Aisles. It shall be unlawful for any person to travel in the direction opposite to that designated in one-way. shall be unlawful for. any person to travel on the. left side of an aisle desig- nated for two -way traffic movement. Sec. 17- 3716... Length of :Vehicles. It shall be unlawful for any. person to stop, stand. or ,.park any vehicle having an overall length in. excess of 21 feet in any public off- street parking lot. Sea 17 -3717. Trailers It shall be unlawful for any :person to stop, stand or 'park any house or :truck trailer in any public off - street park - ing lot. Sec. 17 -3718. Speed of Vehicles. It shall be unlawful for. any person . to move any vehicle on any public off- street parking lot at any speed ex- ceeding ten (10) miles per hour. Sea. 17 -3719. Citations. For any vi- olation of any provision. of this or- dinance, the 'Police Department of the City City of Alameda is hereby ern- powered to issue notices to appear or citations in the usual form, and manner 'as provided 'in. the Vehicle Code of the State of California. See, 17 -3720. Removal of Vehicles. The Police Department of the City Of Alameda is hereby empowered to remove, or. cause to have .removed: to tho nonract rrnrnda nr n +V,0 . _1l al. n-F safety, or to a garage designated or maintained by the :City. of Alameda; any vehicle that is stopped, standing or parked on. any public off- street parking lot in violation of Sections 17 -3712, : 17. 3714 and 17 -3715 of this ordinance, or which is left, on such public : off- street parking lot for : a period exceeding thirty (30) hours. The provisions of Section 585 of the Vehicle Code of the State of Cali- fornia, pertaining to notice. to owner and garage .keeper's lien, shall apply in the event of such removal. See. 17- 3721. Prima Facie Presump- tion.. In any prosecution charging a violation of any ,of the :provisions of this ordinance governing the stop - ping, standing or parking . of a ve- hicle in any public off- street parking lot, proof that the particular vehicle described - . the complaint was stopped, sanding or parked in vio- lation of any provision of this ordi- nance, together with : proof that de- fendant named in the complaint was at the time of such stopping, stand- ing or parking the registered owner of such vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of such motor vehicle was. the person who stopped, left standing or-parked such motor vehicle at the point where and for the time during which such violation occurred, Seca 17 -3722. Constitutionality. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision or decisions shall not affect the validity of the :remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and..each section, subsection, sentence;; clause and : phrase thereof, . irrespective of the fact that one or. more :sections; subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid. Sec. 17 -3723: Penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision or to 'fail to comply with any of the requirements of this ordinance. Any :person violating : any provisions or failing to comply with any of the . requirements of this or- dinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and,. upon conviction thereof, shall : be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding` six (6) months; or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day during any portion of which any vio- lation of any of the : provisions of this ordinance is committed, contin- ued or :permitted by such person and shall be punishable therefor as provided for in this :ordinance. SECTION 2. The Council of the City of Alameda does hereby declare that the herein ordinance is being enacted.in the event of great emer- gency and necessity. The p ublic off- street parking lots referred to herein will commence to be utilized as such within a period of approximately eight (8) days, to -wit: November 16, 1956; hence, it ' is extremely urgent and necessary that an appropriate ordinance governing the use of Said off - street parking lots be in existence and effect on such date. SECTION 3. Pursuant to Section 3 -12 of the 'Charter of the City of Alameda City Ordinances New se's Ordinance No. 1202 ordinance enacted in ' the event of great emergency or necessity, it shall be . introduced and passed at one and the same ' meeting and shall ' become effective immediately 'upon :passage. R. P. KRANELLY Presiding 'Officer of the Council Attest : SHIRLEY H. TENNIER City Clerk I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in regular ,meeting assem- bled on the 7th day of November, 1956, by the following vote, to wit AYES Councilmen Haag, Hove, McCall, Moresi, President Kranelly NOES: None. ABSENT: None, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set . my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 8th day of November, 1956. SHIRLEY H. TENNIER (SEAL) City Clerk of the City of Alameda Publish Nov. 8, 1956.