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(Amended by Ord. No. 182,791, Eff. 11/22/13.)
The Department is hereby authorized to increase or decrease parking meter rates by no greater than 100 percent from the rates prescribed in Section 88.00, but no less than a rate of $0.50 per hour for each of the first four hours and a total of $2.00 for up to ten hours as permitted by the posted parking regulations.
(a) The rates established by the Department under the authority of this Section shall be based on parking demand, as reviewed by traffic investigation and surveys, with the goal of reaching occupancy by vehicles at the rate of 70 to 90 percent for parking meter spaces on each block at such times and hours that payment is required. The Department shall report to the City Council not less frequently than once per year on any actions taken pursuant to this Section and the impact(s) of those actions or revenue and meter usage.
The Department is hereby authorized and directed to install or caused to be installed, parking meters in all parking meter zones hereby established or hereafter created by the Council of the City of Los Angeles, in such numbers as may be designated by said Council and in such places in parking meter zones as may be determined by said Council be necessary to the regulation, control and inspection, of the parking of vehicles therein, said determination shall be based upon good traffic engineering principles, traffic investigation and surveys made from time to time by the Department of Transportation. (Amended by Ord. No. 151,833, Eff 2/10/79, Oper. 2/25/79.)
(a) Parking meters installed in parking meter zones shall be placed upon the curb or area adjacent to the parking meter spaces hereinafter described. (Amended by Ord. No. 180,092, Eff. 9/7/08.)
(b) No other officer, board or department of this City, and no private agency or person, shall install or place any parking meter within the purview of this division except upon the order of the Department. (Amended by Ord. No. 134,523, Eff. 7/17/67.)
(c) For the convenience of the public, parking meters may be installed which accept coins of a greater monetary value than that which is required for the parking space for which the meter is installed. (Added by Ord. No. 144,115, Eff. 12/31/72.)
(Added by Ord. No. 170,019, Eff. 10/21/94.)
The Department is hereby authorized and directed to permit commercial vehicles to park up to a maximum of four hours in commercial loading zone, designated by signs or yellow curb paint, time limit zones with a posted limit of one or more hours, and no parking zones, when such vehicles are engaged in loading or unloading activities and are equipped with an activated personal parking meter, approved by the Department, that charges for time pursuant to the rate schedule set forth in Section 88.00.1 of this chapter.
(Amended by Ord. No. 134,523, Eff. 7/17/67.)
The Department is hereby authorized and directed to repair, maintain, replace and otherwise keep said parking meters in good working order and condition at all times or cause the same to be done.
(a) No other officer, board or department of this City, and no private agency or person, shall repair, maintain or replace any parking meter within the purview of this division except upon the order of the Department.
(b) All persons engaged in repairing, maintaining, replacing or otherwise working upon said parking meters shall bear identification showing that such persons are authorized to do such repair, maintenance or replacement work. (Relettered (b) by Ord. No. 159,561, Eff. 1/17/85.)
(Added by Ord. No. 170,019, Eff. 10/21/94.)
The Department shall not be responsible for the sale, maintenance or repair of personal parking meters permitted for use in commercial loading zones, time limit zones and no parking zones, except to the extent necessary to exercise complete control and responsibility for the collection of all revenues generated by their use.
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