ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 10.08 OF THE RIVERSIDE MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING SECTION 10.08.050 REGARDING SUSPENSION OF PARKING RESTRICTIONS, AMENDING SECTION 10.52.100(B) REGARDING TEMPORARY “NO PARKING”, SPECIAL EVENTS, MEETINGS, ELECTIONS, OR EMERGENCY PARKING SIGNS, AND AMENDING SECTION 10.60.010(D) REGARDING PARKING FACILITIES.
The City Council of the City of Riverside does ordain as follows:
Section 1: Section 10.08.050 of the Riverside Municipal Code is added as follows:
“Section 10.08.050 Suspension of Parking Restrictions.
Notwithstanding the relative sections of this Code, the City Traffic Engineer or their designee may suspend any of the parking regulations or restrictions set forth in said sections upon the following conditions:
A written application for the suspension of all or any such parking regulations shall be filed with the City Traffic Engineer.
The City Traffic Engineer or their designee shall find that the requested suspension of all or any such parking regulations or restrictions is in the public interest and is in connection with a civic celebration, community event, or otherwise is for the benefit of the citizens of the City and may authorize the suspension of the enforcement of the provisions of any said sections for such periods of time and, upon such conditions as the City Traffic Engineer or their designee may deem necessary, for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and general welfare.” Section 2. Section 10.52.100(B) of the Riverside Municipal Code is amended as follows:
“Section 10.52.100(B) Temporary “No Parking”, special events, meetings, elections, or emergency parking signs.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, whenever the City Manager determines a need exists due to special events, meetings, or elections, the City Manager may permit parking on any municipal roadway or portion thereof without imposition of the parking time limits or the fees established for said parking area or space for a period of time not to exceed 48 hours for each such occasion during any one week; such time limits and/or fees for special events parking, meetings, or elections shall be conspicuously displayed.” Section 3. Section 10.60.010(D) of the Riverside Municipal Code is amended as follows:
“Section 10.60.010 Municipal parking facilities.
Special events, meetings, or elections. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, whenever the City Manager determines a need exists due to special events, meetings, or elections, the City Manager may permit parking on any municipal parking facility or portion thereof without imposition of the parking time limits or the fees established for said parking facility for a period of time not to exceed 48 hours for each such occasion during any one week; such time limits and/or fees for special events, meetings, or elections parking shall be conspicuously displayed.” Section 4: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in accordance with Section 414 of the Charter of the City of Riverside. This ordinance shall become effective on the 30th day after the date of its adoption.
ADOPTED by the City Council this _____ day of ____________, 2024. ______________________________
PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON
Mayor of the City of Riverside
ATTEST:
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DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
I, Donesia Gause, City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the City Council on the _____ day of ______________, 2024, and that thereafter the said ordinance was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the City Council on the _____ day of ____________, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes:
Noes:
Abstain:
Absent:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Riverside, California, this _____ day of ____________, 2024. _____________________________DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
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