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(Added by Ord. No. 170,019, Eff. 10/21/94.)
The following rates are hereby established for commercial vehicles that utilize personal parking meters when parking in commercial loading zones, designated by signs or yellow curb paint, time limit zones and no parking zones.
Time | Charge | ||
0 to 30 minutes | - | free | |
31 to 60 minutes | - | $1.00 | |
61 to 120 minutes | - | $2.00 additional | |
121 to 180 minutes | - | $3.00 additional | |
181 to 240 minutes | - | $4.00 additional | |
(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.
(Amended by Ord. No. 180,092, Eff. 9/7/08.)
The Department shall cause distinct lines or markings to be painted or placed, replaced and maintained upon the curb or roadway adjacent to each parking meter for the purpose of designating the parking meter space or spaces for which said meter is to be used. Said lines or markings shall be so painted or placed as to permit parking in the manner provided by the California Vehicle Code.
(a) It shall be unlawful when such lines or markings are in place for any person to park, stop or stand any vehicle other than completely within the confines or limits of such parking meter space.
(Added by Ord. No. 170,019, Eff. 10/21/94.)
When the operator of a commercial vehicle first parks such vehicle in a commercial loading zone, time limit zone or no parking zone with the intent to remain for a period of time in excess of thirty (30) minutes, the operator shall activate and display within the vehicle, in accordance with Section 88.06.1, a personal parking meter approved by the Department.
The maximum legal parking time for each portion of the area or areas described in Section 80.00 hereof shall be as determined from time to time by the Department. Said determination shall be based upon good traffic engineering principles, traffic investigation and surveys made from time to time. (Amended by Ord. No. 134,523, Eff. 7/17/67.)
(a) Said maximum legal parking time in parking meter zones, except as provided in Section 88.01.1, shall not be in excess of the maximum legal parking time as prescribed and determined and posted by said commissioners or by such other department or bureau authorized to so determine and so post, as provided elsewhere in this chapter. (Amended by Ord. No. 170,019, Eff. 10/21/94.)
(b) Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or construed to permit parking during times or hours prohibited elsewhere in this chapter.
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