A. Definitions. The following definitions apply for purposes of this section:
"Downtown Plaza" is that area bounded by 3rd Street to the west, J Street to the north, 7th Street to the east, and L Street to the south.
"Downtown Plaza parking lots" are Sacramento city parking lots G, K and U, which are within the Downtown Plaza.
"Merchant" is any person, business or other entity conducting business at the Downtown Plaza, and who validates parking tickets for the Downtown Plaza parking lots.
"Parking charges" means those charges incurred by using the parking lots located at the Downtown Plaza.
"Person" is any person who parks in any of the parking lots of the Downtown Plaza.
"Validation" means a validation of a parking ticket issued by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase, entitling said customer to a specified period of free parking, in accordance with the provisions of the parking operation and maintenance agreement for the Downtown Plaza, dated November 30, 1992.
B. It is unlawful for any person to park a vehicle in any of the Downtown Plaza parking lots and use more than one validation to pay parking charges for said vehicle on the same day. The penalty for a violation of this subsection shall be as follows:
1. One hundred dollars ($100.00) for one violation;
2. Two hundred dollars ($200.00) for one subsequent violation within one year;
3. Five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each subsequent violation within one year.
C. It is unlawful for any person employed by a merchant to park a vehicle in any of the Downtown Plaza parking lots and use a validation issued by that merchant to pay any portion of parking charges due for said vehicle. The penalty for a violation of this subsection shall be as follows:
1. One hundred dollars ($100.00) for one violation;
2. Two hundred dollars ($200.00) for one subsequent violation within one year;
3. Five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each subsequent violation within one year.
D. A notice of parking violation shall be issued to the registered owner of a vehicle for which a validation is used to pay any portion of said vehicle's parking charges in violation of subsection B or C of this section. The notice of parking violation shall set forth the violation including a reference to the applicable subsection hereof, the date and approximate time of the violation, the location where the violation occurred, and the license number, color, and, if possible, the make of said vehicle. The notice of parking violation shall also indicate that payment of the penalty for said violation is required to be made not later than twenty-one (21) days from the date of the notice, and shall describe the procedures for depositing the penalty or contesting the notice of parking violation. The issuance and review of notices of parking violation and delinquent parking violation, and the liability for and payment and collection of parking violation penalties, shall be governed by Section 40200 et seq., of the California Vehicle Code and Chapter 10.56 of this title.
E. It is unlawful for any merchant to issue any person a validation unless the validation is issued in conjunction with a purchase of goods or services from that merchant. It is unlawful for any merchant to knowingly issue to any employee of that merchant. A violation of this subsection shall be an infraction.
F. Administrative penalties may be imposed for any violation of subsection E of this section in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.28.010 of this code. The administrative penalty for a violation of subsection E of this section shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00). (Prior code § 25.09.157-1)