Report Prepared by: John Tresidder, Assistant City Clerk, City Clerk’s Office
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SUBJECT: Second Reading of Ordinance Dealing with Angle Parking, No Parking Zones, Freight and Passenger Loading Zones, and Accessible Passenger Loading Zone on N Street between W. 18th and W. 19th Streets
REPORT IN BRIEF
Second reading of previously introduced Ordinance.
RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt Ordinance 2458, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Merced, California, amending Merced Municipal Code Sections 10.28.090, “Angle Parking Permitted Where,” 10.28.230, “No Parking Zone,” and 10.32.050, “Freight and Passenger Loading Zones - Locations,” and adding Section 10.28.059, “Accessible Passenger Loading Zones,” to the Merced Municipal Code.
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ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve, as recommended by the Traffic Committee; or,
2. Continue to a future meeting; or,
3. Deny
AUTHORITY
The Merced Municipal Code (MMC):
Section 10.28.070 - Angle parking-Markings.
Whenever any provision of this code or other ordinance of this city designates and describes any street or portion thereof upon which angle parking shall be permitted, the city engineer shall mark or sign such street indicating the angle at which vehicles shall be parked.
Section 10.28.080 - Angle parking-Method.
When signs or markings are in place indicating angle parking as provided by Section 10.28.070, no person shall park or stand a vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway indicated by such signs or markings.
Section 10.28.180 - Curb markings-Generally.
The city engineer is authorized, subject to the provisions and limitations of this chapter to place, and when required shall place, the following curb markings to indicate parking or standing regulations. Such curb markings have the following meanings:
A. Red means no stopping, standing, or parking at any time except as permitted by the state Vehicle Code; provided, that a bus may stop in a red zone marked or signed as a bus zone;
B. Yellow means no stopping, standing, or parking at any time between six a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays for any purpose other than the loading or unloading of passengers or materials;
C. White means no stopping, standing, or parking for any purpose other than loading or unloading of passengers which shall not exceed three minutes and such restrictions shall apply between six a.m. and six p.m. of any day except Sundays and holidays and except as follows:
1. When such zone is in front of a hotel or church the restrictions shall apply at all times.
2. When such zone is in front of a theatre the restrictions shall apply at all times except when such theatre is closed;
D. Green means no standing or parking for longer than the period indicated by signs properly posted on any day except Sundays and holidays;
E. Blue means no standing or parking except for vehicles bearing a special license plate or special placard issued for disabled persons pursuant to Section 9105 or Section 22511.5 of the California Vehicle Code; provided, that there shall also be posted a sign as provided in Chapter 10.36. Blue curb parking spaces shall be operative twenty-four (24) hours a day, Sundays and holidays included.
Section 10.28.190 - Curb markings-Violation.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle adjacent to any such legible curb marking or sign in violation of any of the provisions of Section 10.28.180.
Section 10.28.210 - Zones determined by city council.
The city council shall, by ordinance or resolution, determine those streets, parts of streets, alleys or other locations, upon which parking shall be limited to stated periods of time, or to certain vehicles or shall be prohibited, and the city engineer shall designate such streets or parts of streets, alleys or other locations by appropriate signs, parking space markings or curb markings.
This request add the subject street section to those in this particular MMC Section:
Section 10.28.230 - No parking zones.
When authorized signs are in place giving notice thereof, no person shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle at any time on any day along the following portions of the following streets: (See table in MMC 10.28.230)
ATTACHMENTS
1. Ordinance 2458