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(Amended by Ord. No. 180,092, Eff. 9/7/08.)
It shall be unlawful to deposit or cause to be deposited in any off-street parking meter any defaced or bent coin, or any slug, device, metallic or other substitute for any money of the United States of America, or for any person to deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any off-street parking meter, or to place any foreign matter or substance in said off-street parking meter or any part thereof.
(Title and Section Amended by Ord. No. 180,092, Eff. 9/7/08.)
It shall be unlawful for any person to make or cause to be made a payment in an off-street parking meter for the purpose of increasing or extending the parking time of any vehicle beyond the legal parking time which has been established by the Board of Transportation Commissioners for the off-street parking meter space.
(Title and Section Amended by Ord. No. 180,092, Eff. 9/7/08.)
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to park, or to cause, allow, permit or suffer to be parked, a vehicle in any off-street parking meter space without immediately making or causing to be made a lawful payment at an applicable parking meter as provided in Section 88.57.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle to remain in any off- street parking meter space for more than the time indicated by posted signs or indicated on an applicable off-street parking meter indicating the maximum parking time allowed in such off-street parking meter space, or during any time the applicable off-street parking meter is indicating that the time has elapsed for which lawful payment has been made for said off-street parking meter space; provided, however, that the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any vehicle described in Section 80.05.
(Amended by Ord. No. 143,158. Eff. 5/4/72.)
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to park, or cause, allow, permit or suffer to be parked, a vehicle in any publicly owned off-street parking facility in violation of signs erected pursuant to Section 88.50 B.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle to remain in or upon any publicly owned off-street parking facility for more than the time indicated by the signs erected pursuant to Section 88.50 B.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any vehicle described in Section 80.05.
(Added by Ord. No. 148,681, Eff. 9/10/76.)
(a) The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to designate stalls or spaces in publicly owned, leased or controlled off street parking facilities for the exclusive use of those physically handicapped persons whose vehicles display the distinguishing license plates or placards issued to disabled persons pursuant to Section 22511.5 of the Vehicle Code, or to disabled veterans as specified in Section 9105 of the Vehicle Code. Such designation shall be made whenever the Department of Transportation determines that access to property would be improved for physically handicapped persons and shall be accomplished by posting immediately adjacent to and visible from each stall or space a sign consisting of a profile view of a wheelchair with occupant in white on a blue background. (Amended by Ord. No. 151,833, Eff. 2/10/79, Oper. 2/25/79.)
(b) (Amended by Ord. No. 151,833, Eff. 2/10/79, Oper. 2/25/79.) There shall also be posted immediately adjacent to and visible from such stall or space a sign which clearly and conspicuously states the following:
“Unauthorized vehicles not displaying distinguishing license plates or placards issued to physically handicapped persons or disabled veterans will be towed away at owner’s expense. Towed vehicles may be reclaimed at ------ or by telephoning ------.”
When such a sign is posted, the Department of Transportation shall cause the blank spaces to be completed and maintained to set forth the following:
1. The complete address of the place where the vehicle may be reclaimed.
2. The applicable telephone number of the local law enforcement agency.
(Added by Ord. No. 185,744, Eff. 10/15/18.)
(a) The Department may designate stalls or spaces on a public street or in a publicly owned parking facility in the City of Los Angeles for the exclusive use of charging and parking a vehicle that is connected for electric charging. Electric charging stations installed pursuant to this section shall be exempt from the provisions of Section 62.08 (Specifications and Procedures for Above Ground Facilities Installations in the Public Rights-of-Way) of this Code. Electric charging stations installed on streets and publicly owned parking facilities prior to the adoption of this section shall also be subject to the following provisions: (Amended by Ord. No. 187,630, Eff. 10/31/22.)
(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to park or leave standing a vehicle in a stall or space designated for electric charging on a public street or publicly owned parking facility unless the vehicle is connected for electric charging.
(2) It shall be unlawful for a person to obstruct, block, or otherwise bar access to a parking stall or space designated for electric charging unless the person’s vehicle is parked or left standing in the stall or space while the vehicle is connected for electric charging.
(3) Towing. Subject to the notice, posting, and impound requirements set forth in California Vehicle Code Section 22511, any peace officer or any regularly employed and salaried employee of the City who is authorized to engage and is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations may remove, or cause to be removed, a vehicle in violation of this section. The vehicle shall be removed to the nearest Official Police Garage, as defined in LAMC Section 80.77.4, from the location where the violation occurred. Section 22852 of the California Vehicle Code applies to this section with respect to the removal of any vehicle in violation of this section. Section 22852 is incorporated by reference as if set forth in full herein and provides, in summary, that whenever an authorized employee of the City directs the storage of a vehicle, the City shall direct the storage operator to provide the vehicle’s registered and legal owner(s) of record, or their agent(s), with the opportunity for a post-storage hearing to determine the validity of the storage. Notice of the storage shall be mailed or personally delivered to the registered and legal owner(s) within 48 hours, excluding weekends, as specifically provided for under Section 22852 of the California Vehicle Code. To receive a post-storage hearing, the owner(s) of record, or their agent(s), must request a hearing in person, in writing or by telephone within ten days of the date appearing on the notice. The City may authorize its own officer or employee to conduct the hearing as long as the hearing officer is not the same person who directed the storage of the vehicle.
(b) Violation – Penalties. A violation of this section is subject to the civil penalties listed in Section 89.60 of this Code. The City Council may establish from time to time by resolution an increase in the amount of the fine.
(c) Severability. If any subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this section is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this section, and each and every subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof not declared invalid or unconstitutional, without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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