1 TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Joe Hoefgen, Interim City Manager
PREPARED BY: John Campos, Parking Enforcement Supervisor MEETING DATE: January 16, 2024
SUBJECT: Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 859
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt ordinance.
BACKGROUND
On December 19, 2023, the City Council introduced on first reading Ordinance No. 859 amending Title VIII (Motor Vehicles and Traffic), Chapter 1 (Traffic and Parking), Article
1. (In General), Section 8-1.05(a) of the Lomita Municipal Code to implement a defined length of one hundred (100) feet of vehicle movement following notice of seventy-two (72) hours of consecutive non-movement.
Should the City Council approve the second reading and adoption, the proposed ordinance would take effect on February 16, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT
None
OPTIONS:
1. Adopt Ordinance No. 859
2. Do not adopt the ordinance
3. Provide alternative direction
ATTACHMENTS
1. Ordinance No. 859
Item No. 7j
CITY OF LOMITA
CITY COUNCIL REPORT
2 Reviewed by: Approved by:
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Gary Y. Sugano Joe Hoefgen
Assistant City Manager Interim City Manager
Prepared by:
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John Campos
Parking Enforcement Supervisor
ORDINANCE NO. 859
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING LOMITA
MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE VIII (MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC), CHAPTER 1 (TRAFFIC AND PARKING), ARTICLE 1. (IN GENERAL), SECTION 8-1.05(A), TO IMPLEMENT A DEFINED LENGTH OF ONE HUNDRED (100) FEET OF VEHICLE MOVEMENT FOLLOWING NOTICE OF SEVENTY-TWO (72) HOURS OF CONSECUTIVE NON-MOVEMENT
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Recitals.
A. California Vehicle Code section 22651 makes it illegal for a vehicle to be parked in the same spot in the public right of way for more than seventy-two (72) hours on any public street in California.
B. California Vehicle Code section 22651 requires a seventy-two (72) hour notice of consecutive non-movement before a vehicle can be cited or towed. After the owner of the vehicle is provided the notice, he or she has seventy-two (72) hours to move the vehicle before any enforcement action is taken.
C. State law does not define the distance a vehicle owner must move his or her vehicle after receiving the notice of non-movement.
D. On December 19, 2023, City Council considered the proposed text amendment to Title VIII of the Lomita Municipal Code to implement a defined length of one hundred (100) feet of vehicle movement following notice of seventy-two (72) hours of consecutive non-movement.
E. Chapter 1 of Title VIII of Lomita Municipal Code establishes definitions and traffic and parking regulations throughout the city.
Section 2. Action.
NOW, THEREFORE, based on the foregoing, the City Council hereby approves the following amendments to the Lomita Municipal Code:
A. Section 8-1.05(a) of Title VIII of the Lomita Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
Attachment No. 1
Removal to safe place. The sheriff shall remove to a safe place every vehicle which has been parked or left standing upon a highway for seventy-two (72) or more consecutive hours.
(1) "Safe place" defined. As used in this section the words "safe place" include, but are not confined to, any garage, parking lot or open space owned by, maintained by, or under the jurisdiction of, the County of Los Angeles, and also every privately owned garage the owner or proprietor of which will accept such vehicles.
(2) For the purposes of this section, the vehicle shall be considered to have remained parked/left standing unless, the vehicle has been moved at least one hundred (100) feet from the position previously located. The only exceptions being vehicles which moved across from their location or around the corner of their location, if moved less than 100 feet.
Section 3. Effective Date.
This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after the date of its passage and adoption; and within fifteen (15) days after its passage and adoption, the City Clerk shall cause a copy of this ordinance to be published in accordance with the provisions of the law. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this ____day of ________, 2023. ____________________________
Bill Uphoff, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
Trevor Rusin, City Attorney Kathleen Horn Gregory, City Clerk