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Home My WebLink AboutAGENDA REPORT 2001 1017 CC REG ITEM 10CMOORPARK CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT ITEM 7- 2001 AC 11ON: 2'n_ Ord. a7Li. QS W r l bf read ng�-) BY: i TO: Honorable City Council FROM: Mike Mathews, Senior Management Analyst pem DATE: October 5, 2001 (CC Meeting of 10/17/2001) SUBJECT: CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO REVISE AND UPDATE CHAPTER 10.04 OF THE MOORPARK MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING PARKING PROHIBITIONS BACKGROUND Parking prohibitions such as red curbs and sign - posted zones are a public safety tool used to keep traffic lanes open, improve sight distance, and prevent vehicles from obstructing bicycle or emergency lanes. Currently, all parking prohibitions are submitted to the City Council for review and approval. This occasionally presents a problem when a safety issue requires immediate action. Staff recommends that subsection "J" of Moorpark Municipal Code Section be amended to permit the City Engineer, with the approval of the City Manager, to establish parking restrictions where the stopping of a vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or endanger life or property. The City of Ventura ordinance gives their staff latitude to make changes when immediate action is required, while retaining the balance of the authority with the City Council. This is the model for the proposed change to the Moorpark Municipal Code. A draft ordinance is attached as Exhibit A. The City Attorney has reviewed the attached ordinance. DISCUSSION Honorable City Council 10/08/01 for CC meeting of 10/17/01 Page 2 Through the authority of California Vehicle Code section 22507 (a), Moorpark Municipal code Section 10.04.190 is titled, `Prohibited parking or stopping areas - Designated." While the full text is included as Exhibit "B ", the opening paragraph states: "No person shall park, stop or leave standing any vehicle, trailer, or camper, whether attended or unattended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a peace officer or official traffic - control device in any of the following places:" Subsection "J" states: "Any area or zone where parking or stopping of a vehicle for all or any part of any day is restricted or prohibited by a resolution of the city council; provided, any such area or zone is designated by signs or markings giving notice of such parking restriction or prohibition." The proposed change adds the following sentence to subsection J: "Parking or stopping of a vehicle may be restricted or prohibited in any area where the City Engineer, with the approval of the City Manager, determines that the parking or stopping of a vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface." STAFF RECOMMENDATION 1. Introduce Ordinance No. for first reading. Attachments: Exhibit A: Ordinance No. Exhibit B: Text of Moorpark Code Section 10.04.190 StaffReports /Parkir.q Restrictions ord2.doc 0 0 0 � 1 �.1:i ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 10.04, TRAFFIC CODE WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 20 was enacted by the Moorpark City Council to established traffic standards for the City of Moorpark; and WHEREAS, Ordinances 73 and 178 amended this Municipal Code section; and WHEREAS, the Moorpark City Council has determined that it is appropriate to delegate to staff authority for the establishment of parking and stopping prohibitions. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 10.04.190 of Chapter 10.04, Article III, of the Moorpark Municipal Code is hereby amended by deleting paragraph J and adding a new paragraph J to read as follows: "J. Any area or zone where parking or stopping of a vehicle for all or any part of any day is restricted or prohibited by a resolution of the city council; provided, any such area or zone is designated by signs or markings giving notice of such parking restriction or prohibition. Parking or stopping of a vehicle may be restricted or prohibited in any area where the City Engineer, with the approval of the City Manager, determines that the parking or stopping of a vehicle would constitute a traffic hazard or would endanger life or property, when such area is indicated by appropriate signs or by red paint upon the curb surface." SECTION 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, Ordinance No. Page 2 subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, parts or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its passage and adoption. SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance; shall enter the same in the book of original ordinances of said City; shall make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall, within fifteen (15) days after the passage and adoption thereof, cause the same to be published once in the Moorpark Star a newspaper of general circulation, as defined in Section 6008 of the Government Code, for the City of Moorpark, and which is hereby designated for that purpose. PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of , Patrick Hunter, Mayor ATTEST: Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk �.?° 00" Moorpark Municipal Code Exhibit B Section 10.04.190 Prohibited parking or stopping areas -- Designated. No person shall park, stop or leave standing any vehicle, trailer or camper, whether attended or unattended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a peace officer or official traffic - control device in any of the following places: A. Within an intersection; B. On a crosswalk, except that a bus engaged as a common carrier or a taxicab may stop in an unmarked crosswalk to load or unload passengers; C. Between a safety zone and the adjacent right -hand curb or within the area between the zone and the curb as may be indicated by a sign or red paint on the curb; D. Within fifteen (15) feet of the driveway entrance to or exit from any fire station. This subsection shall not apply to any vehicle owned or operated by a fire department and clearly marked as a fire department vehicle; E. Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant, except when such vehicle is attended by a licensed driver who is seated in the front seat and who can immediately move such vehicle in case of necessity. This subsection shall not apply in respect to any vehicle owned or operated by a fire department and clearly marked as a fire department vehicle; F. In front of a public or private driveway, except that a bus engaged as a common carrier, school bus or taxicab may stop to load or unload passengers; G. On a sidewalk, except as permitted by ordinance; H. Alongside, opposite, or within any street or highway excavation, obstruction or construction when such stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic or construction operations; 1. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped, parked or standing at the curb or edge of a highway; J. Any area or zone where parking or stopping of a vehicle for all or any part of any day is restricted or prohibited by a resolution of the city council; provided, any such area or zone is designated by signs or markings giving notice of such parking restriction or prohibition; K. On any roadway in such a position as to obstruct the normal movement of traffic or in such a condition as to create a hazard to other traffic upon the street; L. Parking across or over the parallel lines of a designated space; M. Parking across the parallel lines into the aisle so as to cause a traffic hazard; N. Alongside curb space authorized for the loading and unloading of passengers of a bus engaged as a common carrier in local transportation when indicated by sign or red paint on the curb erected or painted by the city pursuant to a resolution of the city council; O. Upon a bridge, except vehicles of the authorities in charge, being used in the repair, maintenance or inspection of the facility; P. In front of that portion of a curb which has been cut down, lowered or constructed to provide wheelchair accessibility to the sidewalk and which is designated for wheelchair access by either a sign or red paint on the curb pursuant to a resolution of the city council. (Ord. 178 § § 1, 2, 1993; Ord. 73 § 1, 1986; Ord. 20 § 1 (part), 1984)