HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 01-O8 ORDINANCE NO. 01-08
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF AZUSA AMENDING CHAPTER 74
SECTION 74-460 AND 74-461 OF THE AZUSA
MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO VEHICLE
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND DISABLED
PARKING ENFORCEMENT ON PRIVATELY OWNED
OFFSTREET PARKING FACILITIES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS :
SECTION 1 . Chapter 74 , Section 74-460 and 74-461 of the Azusa
Municipal code are hereby amended to read as follows :
Sec. 74-460. Handicapped parking in private offstreet parking
facilities--Generally.
Pursuant to Vehicle Code § 21107 . 8, the city council does find
and declare that there are within the city a substantial number of
privately owned and maintained offstreet parking facilities that
are generally held open for use by the public for vehicle parking.
The protection of the public peace and safety requires that Vehicle
Code §§ 22350, 23103 and 23109 apply to such privately owned and
maintained offstreet parking facilities when the owner or operator
of privately owned and maintained offstreet parking facilities has
filed with the traffic engineer the following:
(1) A description of the offstreet parking facility sufficient to
identify it .
(2) A written request that this section and section 74-462 become
applicable to the described offstreet parking facility.
(3) A certification executed under penalty of perjury that there
has been erected in a conspicuous place at each entrance to such
offstreet parking facility a notice of not less than 17 inches by
22 inches in size with lettering not less than one inch in height
to the effect that such offstreet parking facility is subject to
public traffic regulations and control .
Sec. 74-461. Parking For The Disabled.
1 . Pursuant to Sections 21107 . 8 Vehicle Code and 74-460 of this
code, nothing in this Chapter shall prohibit or restrict
enforcement of Section 22507 . 8 of the Vehicle Code on publicly or
privately owned and maintained offstreet parking facilities when
such parking stall or space is designated for disabled or veteran
parking purposes pursuant to Section 22511 . 7 or 22511 . 8 of the
Vehicle Code if immediately adjacent to and visible from such stall
or space there is posted a sign consisting of a profile view of a
wheelchair with an occupant in white on a blue background, unless
a vehicle displays either one of the distinguishing license plates
or a placard issued pursuant to Vehicle Code § 22511 . 5 or to
disabled veterans as specified in Vehicle Code § 9105 .
2 . All required or designated disabled parking stalls and
spaces shall be maintained in accordance with provisions of the
State Building Standards Code. Said maintenance shall include the
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replacement or repair of any damaged, defaced, faded, or missing
signs, pavement stenciling, and required stall or space striping.
3 . It shall be unlawful to allow vegetation, or any non-
vehicle obstructions, materials, containers, equipment, or other
objects, or temporary structures in, on, above, or around a
required or designated parking stall or space in such a manner as
to obstruct, prevent access to, or otherwise diminish the
availability of required or designated parking spaces or stalls for
the disabled.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 1 h d. . ' Oc ober 2001
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss .
CITY OF AZUSA )
I, VERA MENDOZA, City Clerk of the City of Azusa do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 01-08 was
regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 1st day of October , 2001 .
That thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the 15th day of October ,
2001, by the following vote, to wit :
AYES : COUNCIL MEMBERS : HARDISON,STANFORD,ROCHA,MADRID
NOES : COUNCIL MEMBERS : NONE
47,ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS : CHAGNON ter
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CITY CLERK 452-76
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