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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-111 - Re-Establish Overnight Parking Permit System & Rescinding Resolution 95-136RESOLUTION NO. 2011 -111 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH RE- ESTABLISHING AN OVERNIGHT PARKING PERMIT SYSTEM FOR THE USE OF PARKING SPACES IN THE BALBOA MUNICIPAL LOT AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 95 -135. WHEREAS, Section 12.12.050 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code provides that, in a City parking lot, a vehicle may be parked and remain parked in a parking space if such vehicle has displayed a current, valid overnight parking permit issued by the City of Newport Beach, pursuant to authorization of the City Council; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach wishes to establish a Balboa Municipal Lot Overnight Parking Permit and designate the fees and regulations governing the use of said Permit. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach as follows: 1. There is hereby established a parking permit system consisting of a non - transferable, annual Overnight Parking Permit which, when affixed to the front windshield of a vehicle within a seven -inch (7) square in the lower corner farthest removed from the driver's position, shall authorize the overnight parking of such vehicle in the Balboa Municipal Lot. The Master Parking Permit shall be valid for overnight parking in the Balboa Municipal Lot. The Annual Parking Permit shall not be valid for overnight parking in the Balboa Municipal Lot. Overnight parking is hereby defined for this parking lot to mean between the hours of 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. It shall not, however, establish any priority for parking spaces. 2. The Overnight Parking Permit established pursuant to this Resolution shall allow a vehicle to remain in the Balboa Municipal Parking Lot continuously for a period of up to seven (7) days without the payment of the regular parking fee. 3. The Overnight Parking Permit established pursuant to this Resolution shall not be used for the parking of buses. For purposes of definition within this Resolution, the term "bus" shall mean any motor vehicle, other than a motor truck or truck tractor, designed for carrying more than nine (9) people, including the driver, and used or maintained for the transportation of passengers. 4. The Overnight Parking Permit established pursuant to this Resolution shall not be usable for vehicles 84 inches or more in width AND more than 84 inches in height OR more than 20 feet in length OR without windshields. 5. The Overnight Parking Permit hereinbefore established shall be appropriately designed and dated to indicate the appropriate year during which said Overnight Parking Permit shall be valid. 6. The adoption of this Resolution shall not be construed to impair the validity of any existing Overnight Parking Permit, and all said Overnight Parking Permits shall continue to be effective for the term issued therefore. 7. The annual fee for the Balboa Municipal Lot Overnight Parking Permit shall be two hundred twenty -five dollars ($225.00). Thereafter, the fee will be increased each year, based upon any interim increase in the Consumer Price Index (the Los Angeles, Long Beach and Anaheim Index). This increase shall be rounded to the nearest whole dollar and shall become effective on January 1 of any year that the City Council does not otherwise revise the fee. 8. Overnight Parking Permits purchased on or after October 1 of any year shall have the fee reduced seventy -five percent (75 %). 9. Persons 65 years of age or older may purchase a total of one (1) Overnight Parking Permit at a reduced rate, which shall be fifty percent (50 %) of the regular fee which is set forth in this Resolution, subject to the satisfactory evidence of the following: (a) Proof of age; and (b) That the vehicle for which an Overnight Parking Permit is requested be registered to and driven by the person requesting said permit. 10. Persons who have served or are serving in the United States military may purchase a total of one (1) Overnight Parking Permit at a rate, which shall be reduced twenty - five percent (25 %) of the regular fee, subject to the satisfactory evidence of the following: (a) Military identification; and (b) That the vehicle for which an Overnight Parking Permit is requested be registered to and driven by the person requesting said permit. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Resolution No. 95 -135 be and hereby is rescinded. ADOPTED this 22nd day of November, 201' ATTEST: k� e�. City Clerk Mayor STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 2011 -111 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 22nd day of November, 2011, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: Rosansky, Gardner, Selich, Curry, Mayor Henn Noes: Hill, Daigle Absent: None Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 23rd day of November, 2011. �UIIY��✓� r�V' �V �IV�' City Clerk Newport Beach, California (Seal)