(a) An Operator of an Unattended Parking Station must either (1) use Pay and Display RCE that issues a Parking Ticket to be displayed in the Occupant's Motor Vehicle, or, (2) use RCE that utilizes a method of Electronic Payment acceptable to the Enforcing Agency that records the Occupant's Motor Vehicle's license number, parking space number, or some other means of identifying the Occupant as having paid Rent.
(b) An Unattended Parking Station that uses Electronic Payment must have individually numbered and clearly marked parking spaces. The RCE must be able to record the identification number of the parking space occupied by the Occupant's vehicle to track period of Occupancy and confirm Payment of Rent.
(c) Pay and Display RCE must upon the payment of Rent issue a Parking Ticket or Receipt to the Occupant that states the time and date issued, the amount of Rent prepaid, and the Occupancy Period. The Parking Ticket or Receipt must contain a statement instructing the Occupant to display it on the dashboard of his or her vehicle, and must warn the Occupant that his or her vehicle may be towed for failing to display the Parking Ticket or Receipt as required.
(d) The Operator of an Unattended Parking Facility shall post a sign, which is at least 10 inches by 15 inches in size, and in type at least one inch high and 3/4 inches wide, at every location where the Occupant pays Rent or in a at least two places that are otherwise conspicuous and obvious to any Occupant, instructing the Occupant how to pay Rent and warning the Occupant that his or her Motor Vehicle may be towed for failure to display the Parking Ticket as instructed and/or failure to pay Rent.
(e) Pay and Display RCE must upon the payment of Rent issue a Parking Ticket or Receipt to the Occupant that states the time and date issued, the amount of Rent prepaid, and the Occupant Occupancy Period. The Parking Ticket or Receipt must contain a statement instructing the Occupant to display the Parking Ticket or Receipt on the dashboard of his or her Motor Vehicle, and must warn the Occupant that his or her Motor Vehicle may be towed for failing to display the Parking Ticket or Receipt as required.
(f) Where an Operator has met the requirements of this Section 2208, and the Occupant fails to pay Rent or fails to display the Parking Ticket as instructed, the Operator may in its discretion tow the Motor Vehicle in accordance with California Vehicle Code Sections 22658, 22952, 55953 or other applicable law or charge additional Rent. Such additional rent must be clearly stated in the rate posting signage required by Section 2220(b) of this Article.
(g) The Enforcing Agency may issue such rules and regulations as are required to provide for the remote payment of Rent at Unattended Parking Stations through the use of telephones, cellular telephones, smart cards, debit cards or other electronic devices, consistent with the purposes and provisions of this Article.
(h) An Operator of an Unattended Parking Station shall not tow or charge additional Rent to any Motor Vehicle that entered the Unattended Parking Station while the RCE was not fully operational and for a period of eight hours after the RCE is restored to full function.
(Added by Ord. 234-06, File No. 060892, App. 9/14/2006; amended by Ord. 292-10, File No. 101100, App. 11/18/2010; Ord. 257-14
, File No. 141053, App. 12/19/2014, Eff. 1/18/2015)