ORDINANCE NO. _____
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERCULES AMENDING THE HERCULES MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 3, CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 12 TO SPECIFY PARKING RESTRICTIONS IN DESIGNATED GREEN ZONES, AND CLARIFYING PARKING TIME LIMITS IN DESIGNATED YELLOW ZONES WHEREAS, the City of Hercules has adopted parking regulations providing for restricted on-street parking, codified in the Hercules Municipal Code Title 3, Chapter 4; and WHEREAS, local regulations providing for restricted on-street parking make use of color coded curbs to differentiate the types of allowable on-street parking; and WHEREAS, two parking spaces on John Muir Parkway have been converted to 20 minute parking stalls by painting the curbs green; and WHEREAS, it has been subsequently determined that green curb parking has not been specifically defined or designated in Hercules Municipal Code Title 3, Chapter 4; and WHEREAS, in reviewing current on-street parking code provisions it has also been determined that there is ambiguity in several provisions that should be clarified; and WHEREAS, the proposed amendments are consistent with state law requirements for curb markings contained in California Vehicle Code Section 21458.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERCULES DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Recitals. The City Council hereby incorporates the above recitals into this Ordinance by this reference.
SECTION 2. Amendment. That the City Council of the City of Hercules does hereby amend Hercules Municipal Code Title 3, Chapter 4, Article 12, to read as follows:
Hercules Municipal Code
TITLE 3
Chapter 4. Traffic
Article 12. Stopping for Loading or Unloading
Sec. 3-4.1202 Curb Markings.
(a) The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this section, to place, and when required herein shall place, the following curb markings to indicate the regulations of this article, and such curb markings shall have the meanings as set forth in this section:
(1) Red shall mean no stopping, standing or parking No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle in a Red zone at any time except as permitted by the Vehicle Code, and except that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone. (2) Yellow shall mean no stopping, standing or parking No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle in a Yellow zone at any time between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers or materials provided that the loading or unloading of passengers or materials shall not consume more than five (5) minutes nor the loading or unloading of materials more than twenty (20) consecutive minutes. (3) White shall mean no stopping, standing or parking No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle in a White zone for any purpose other than loading or unloading passengers, or for the purpose of depositing mail in an adjacent mail box, which shall not exceed five (5) consecutive minutes, and such restrictions shall apply between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays and except as follows:
A. When such zone is in front of a hotel or in front of a mail box the restrictions shall apply at all times.
B. When such zone is in front of a theater the restrictions shall apply at all times except when such theater is closed. (4) No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle in a Green zone other than the time and days specified on the sign adjacent to such green zone. If no signage specifying a time limitation is present, no vehicle shall stop, park or be left standing for longer than twenty (20) consecutive minutes in the green zone. (4) (5) When the Director of Public Works has caused such curb markings to be placed, no person shall stop, stand or park, or leave standing a vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking in violation of any of the provisions of this section.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decisions shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The Council hereby declares that it would have adopted the Ordinance, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be deleted.
SECTION 4. Effective Date and Publication. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall publish or post the Ordinance as required by law. This Ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days from date of final adoption.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE was first read at a regular meeting of the Hercules City Council on the 10th day of October, 2023, and was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Hercules City Council on the _____ day of _____________, 2023, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Alex Walker-Griffin, Mayor
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Eibleis Melendez
City Clerk
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