SECOND READING AND ADOPTION
C:\Program Files\eSCRIBE\TEMP\18383531156\18383531156,,,Ordinance - Amendments to CVMC Chapter 10.56 and 10.52.docx ORDINANCE NO.
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
CHAPTER 10.56 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE ,
“PARKING METERS, PARKING METER ZONES AND
PERMIT PARKING ,” AND CHAPTERS 10.52, “STOPPING,
STANDING, AND PARKING,” TO INCREASE PARKING
METER RATES AND REFLECT THE CURRENT PARKING
METER ZONES AND TIME LIMITS
WHEREAS, the Downtown Parking District was established in 1963 pursuant to the Parking District Law of 1943 (California Streets and Highways Code 31500 – 36745); and
WHEREAS, the Downtown Parking District provides more than 1 ,500 public parking spaces through metered and free parking; and
WHEREAS, Chen Ryan Associates was engaged to conduct a Chula Vista Parking Management Study; and
WHEREAS, in September 2022, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista adopted a resolution approving the Downtown Parking Management Plan Report dated August 2022; and
WHEREAS, the approved Downtown Parking Management Plan Report included the recommendation to increase parking meter rates to provide sufficient revenue to support Downtown Parking District operations and parking turnover; and
WHEREAS, City staff has reviewed the Downtown Parking Management Plan Report and recommends increasing the parking meter rates to support the increased maintenance and enforcement costs of the Downtown Parking District; and
WHEREAS, minor modifications have been made within the Downtown Parking District to the established parking meter zones and time limits; and
WHEREAS, modifications are required in Chula Vista Municipal Code Chapter 10.52 and
10.56 to reflect the increase in the parking meter rates and accurately reflect the current parking meter zones and time limits within the Downtown Parking District.
NOW, THEREFORE the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
Section I. Chapter 10.56, Parking Meters, Parking Meter Zones and Permit Parking, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Chapter 10.56
PARKING METERS, PARKING METER ZONES AND PERMIT PARKING
[Section 10.56.010 remains unchanged.]
Ordinance
10.56.020 Meters – Installation and maintenance – Rates for use.
The City Council shall provide for the installation of parking meters including curb or street marking lines, regulation and operation thereof, cause said meters to be maintained in good workable condition, and set the rates for parking in a space regulated by said meters by ordinance.
The rates for parking in a space regulated by a meter are as follows:
A. Two, Three and Four Hour Meters. A $0. 75 deposit for each one -hour interval up to the maximum legal time limit established for the zone in which the meter is located; or
B. Ten (10) Hour Meters. A $0.50 deposit for each one-hour period up to the maximum legal time limit established for the zone in which the meter is located.
[Section 10.56.030 remains unchanged.]
10.56.040 Meters – Meter zones – Designated – Time limits authorized in zone – Schedule XI.
In accordance with CVMC 10.56.030, parking meter zones are hereby established upon those public parking lots and streets or portions of streets described herein in which parking of vehicles shall be regulated by parking meters between the hours and on days specified in CVMC 10.56.150 and upon the signs erected thereon, and for the duration specified below and upon the signs erected thereon, as follows:
Schedule XI
Name of Street Beginning At Ending At Side Duration
Center Street Third Avenue Del Mar Avenue N/S 2 hours
Church Avenue F Street E Street E/W 2 hours
Church Avenue Center Street Madrona Street E/W 2 hours
Del Mar
Avenue
F Street Center Street East 2 hours
E Street Garrett Avenue 100 ft. E/E curbline of
Landis Avenue
N/S 2 hours
F Street Garrett Avenue Del Mar Avenue North 2 hours
F Street Third Avenue 125 ft. E/E curbline of
Third Avenue
South 2 hours
G Street 100 ft. W/W
curbline of Third
Avenue
100 ft. E/E curbline of
Church Avenue
N/S 2 hours
Garrett Avenue 125 ft. S/S curbline
of E Street
150 ft. N/N curbline
of E Street
East 2 hours
Ordinance
Landis Avenue F Street 300 ft. N/N curbline
of E Street
East 2 hours
Landis Avenue F Street 170 ft. N/N curbline
of E Street
West 2 hours
Madrona Street Third Avenue 125 ft. E/E curbline of
Third Avenue
N/S 2 hours
Park Way 125 ft. W/W
curbline of Third
Avenue
Third Avenue N/S 2 hours
Third Avenue E Street Center Street East 2 hours
Third Avenue Center Street Madrona Avenue East 2 hours
Third Avenue Madrona Avenue Alvarado Street East 2 hours Third Avenue E Street 125 ft. S/S curbline of
Roosevelt Street
West 2 hours
Designated
Parking Lot
Location Duration
No. 1 Near southwest corner of Landis and E Streets 10 hours No. 2 Northeast corner of Landis and Davidson Streets 4 hours No. 3 200 block of Landis (north of F Street) 10 hours
No. 4 340 F Street (near southwest corner of E Street) 3 hours Unlimited
No. 5 Near southeast corner of Third and Madrona 4 hours No. 8 281 – 287 Church Avenue (between Church and Del
Mar Streets)
10 hours
No. 10 Northwest corner of Church and Davidson Streets 10 hours
The City Engineer shall maintain within a register a Schedule XI listing the restrictions applicable to these locations where parking meter zones have been established.
[Sections 10.56.050 through 10.56.320 remain unchanged.]
Section II. Chapter 10.52, Stopping, Standing and Parking Section 10.52.480, is herby amended to read as follows:
10.52.480 Municipal parking lots – Designated – Manner of parking required – Schedule XV.
Pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22519, the following areas are designated as off -street public parking lots owned or operated by the City. It is unlawful for any vehicle to park in a municipal parking lot except in accordance with the angle to the curb in dicated by signs or pavement markings allotting space to parked vehicles and entirely within the limits of said allotted space, Ordinance
with the front wheel nearest the curb and within six inches of said curb or other stop, and in accordance with the time limits indicated on signs erected in the area by the City Engineer pursuant to regulation adopted under CVMC 10.04.030. The City Engineer shall maintain within a register a Schedule XV listing the restrictions applicable to these locations.
Designated
Parking
Lot
Location
No. 1 Near southwest corner of
Landis and E Streets
No. 2 Northeast corner of Landis and
Davidson Streets
No. 3 200 block of Landis (North of F
Street)
No. 4 340 F Street (Near southwest
corner of E Street)
No. 5 Near southeast corner of Third
and Madrona
No. 8 281 – 287 Church Avenue
(between Church and Del Mar
Streets)
No. 10 Northwest corner of Church
and Davidson Streets
NPSC Norman Park Senior Center
(between F and Center Streets)
City Hall
Employee
Lots
West of Fourth Street, south of
Davidson, east of Fig Street.
North of F Street west of Fire
Station No. 1.
City Hall
Visitor Lot
North side of F Street, between
Building 200 and Fire Station
No. 1.
Chula Vista
Community
Park Lot
South of Chula Vista
Community Park and west of
Eastlake Parkway
City
Employee
Lot
West of Maxwell Road and
north of Main Street at the John
Lippit Public Works Center
Ken Lee
Lot
West of Fourth Avenue and
south of F Street
Ordinance
Police
Department
Parking
Structure
East of Fourth Avenue and
south of F Street
The City Engineer has the ability, once signage is posted, to designate specific parking spots in the above lots as visitor parking, car share parking, electric vehicle parking, disabled person and/or employee parking. The City Council hereby delegates to the City Engineer the ability to change the parking spot designations within the above lots, including but not limited to establishing metered parking, without having to seek Council approval beforehand. The designations of any specific parking spot or parking area will not be enforceable until signage is posted. Parking that is in violation of the posted signs is illegal and will be ticketed pursuant to CVMC 10.62.010 through 10.62.030.
Section II. Severability
If any portion of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, is for any reason held to be invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional, by a court of competent jurisdiction, that portion shall be deemed severable, and such invalidity, unenforceability or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining portions of the Ordinance, or its application to any other person or circumstance. The City Council of the City of Chula Vista hereby declares that it would have adopted each sect ion, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, sentences, clauses or phrases of the Ordinance be declared invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional.
Section III. Construction
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista intends this Ordinance to supplement, not to duplicate or contradict, applicable state and federal law and this Ordinance shall be construed in light of that intent.
Section IV. Effective Date
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force on the thirtieth day after its final passage.
Section V. Publication
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published or posted according to law.
Presented by Approved as to form by
Sarah Schoen Marco A. Verdugo
Director of Finance/Treasurer City Attorney