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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2005 1005 CC REG ITEM 09EITEM 9 • E' CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA City Council Meeting of io - os-aoo5 AC11ON• J3 MOORPARK CITY COUNC I f3� 6, AGENDA REPORT TO: The Honorable City Council FROM: Kenneth C. Gilbert, Director of Public Works DATE: September 22, 2005 (Council Meeting 10 -5 -05) SUBJECT: Ordinance Revising Section 10.04.180 of the Moorpark Municipal Code Pertaining to Parking in Disabled Parking Zones DISCUSSION Section 10.04.180 of the Moorpark Municipal Code (MMC) [Exhibit 1] sets forth certain specific language with regard to regulating the use of disabled parking zones. Problems have been encountered in using this Section to cite vehicles illegally parked in handicap parking spaces, due to the fact that the language in that Section does not include all of the parking violations set forth in the counter -part section of the California Vehicle Code (CVC) . The attached ordinance will amend Section 10.04.180 of the MMC to merely state that a violation of CVC Section 22507.8 shall be a violation of the Moorpark Municipal Code. In this way all of the handicap parking restrictions set forth in the CVC will be "citable" under the MMC. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Introduce Ordinance No. for first reading, waive full reading, and schedule second reading and adoption for November 2, 2005. Attachments: Exhibit 1: Current Language of Section 10.04.180 Exhibit 2: Ordinance Ord HC Parking 0510 000"3141, EXHIBIT 1 10.04.180 Disabled persons parking zones. It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle, other than a vehicle bearing a distinguishing license plate as defined by Section 2251 1.5 of the Vehicle Code of the state, to park or stop such vehicle in a disabled persons parking zone desig- nated by the city engineer, provided, however, such disabled persons parking zone shall be designated by blue curb mark- ings and signs. (Ord. 20 § 1 (part), 1984) 0®0�42 Exhibit 2 ORDINANCE NO. A ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 10.04.180 OF TITLE 10, VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, OF THE MOORPARK MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO PARKING IN SPACES FOR THE DISABLED WHEREAS, on June 20, 1984, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 20 adding Chapter 10.04 - Traffic Code to the Moorpark Municipal Code (MMC); and WHEREAS, Chapter 10.04 includes Section 10.04.180 - Disabled Parking Zones, which sets forth certain language regulating the parking of vehicles in parking spaces identified for use by disabled persons; and WHEREAS, a staff report has been presented to the City Council outlining certain limitations to the current wording of said language and recommending changes to that language. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The Moorpark Municipal Code is hereby amended by deleting Section 10.04.180 and adding a new Section 10.04.180 to read as follows: 1110.04.180 - Disabled persons parking zones. Any violation of Section 22507.8 - Parking in Spaces for the Disabled of the Vehicle Code, as written and as may be amended, shall be a violation of the Moorpark Municipal Code." SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its passage and adoption. SECTION 3. 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 U0fl343 the Government Code, for the City of Moorpark, and which is hereby designated for that purpose. PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of , 2005. Patrick Hunter, Mayor ATTEST: Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk 000344