A. Parking by Permit Only.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, it shall be unlawful for any person to stand or park any vehicle on any street or portion thereof so restricted by resolution of the City Council to permit parking only during all or certain portions of the day provided signs giving notice of said restriction have been posted, unless a parking permit issued by the City is displayed on the vehicle as provided for in this section.
2. This restriction shall not apply to any authorized emergency vehicle, City or Government vehicle, public utility vehicle or service vehicle when used for official business or performing a private service on said permitted street, or to any vehicle used for the collection or delivery of United States Mail.
B. Issuance of Permits. The City Treasurer, or such other person as authorized by the City Council, shall, upon application and payment of the designated fee established by resolution of the City Council, issue a parking permit for any non-commercial passenger vehicle or pick-up truck owned and registered to any resident of a single-family property
adjacent to any street restricted to permit parking. The applicant shall be issued parking permits in accordance with Council approved Residential Permit Parking Procedures and Guidelines for Selected Streets. Commercial, recreational, inoperative, or unregistered vehicles are prohibited from acquiring and/or utilizing Residential Parking Permit(s).
C. Application for Permit.
1. To obtain a residential parking permit, the applicant shall furnish their full name, home address, day and evening phone numbers, and proof of residence.
2. Parking permits may be issued online or through the City's Utility Services Division for first year applicants and/or renewals as permitted.
D. Display of Permits.
1. Parking permits shall be a "hanger" type placard supplied by the City and hung from the rear view mirror at all times when the guest's vehicle is parked on a street within the permit parking area.
2. In the event there is no rear view mirror, the hanger shall be placed within view behind front windshield on the driver's side of the vehicle.
E. Duration of Permits. All parking permits issued by the City pursuant to this section shall be valid for the one year period from January 1st through December 31st of each year. Permits for the following year shall be issued in December of each year.
F. Violations.
1. Parking a vehicle in violation of this section shall be an infraction. All persons designated by the Chief of Police are authorized and empowered to remove or cause to be removed all vehicles parked on a street contrary to the provisions of this section, and to tow and store the vehicles. The owner or operator of any such vehicle shall be liable for reasonable towing and storage charges.
2. It shall be a violation of this section for any person falsely to represent himself as eligible for a resident parking permit or to furnish false information in an application therefore; to do so is sufficient grounds for revocation of all permits issued to the associated address.
3. It shall be a violation of this section for any person holding a resident parking permit issued pursuant to this section to allow the use of or display of such permit on a vehicle other than that for which the permit was issued. Any person who so uses or displays a resident parking permit on a vehicle other than that for which it was issued is likewise guilty of a violation of the section. In such a situation, the permit shall be considered invalid and the owner of said vehicle subject to a citation.
4. a. It shall be a violation of this section for any person to copy, produce, or otherwise bring into existence a facsimile or counterfeit resident parking permit or guest parking permit. Any person who knowingly uses or displays a facsimile or counterfeit parking permit, with intent to evade prohibitions or limitations on parking in a designated permit parking area is likewise guilty of a violation of this section and an infraction. In such a situation, the City shall revoke the resident's privilege to obtain parking permit(s) in the future.
b. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to authorize vehicle parking contrary to Section 8.44.080 of this code pertaining to "Early Morning Parking" or at any other location or at any time otherwise prohibited by any other provision of law.
(Ord. 3173, 2011; Ord. 3143, § 1, 2010; Ord. 2539, 1985).