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Item # 24
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
November 2, 2021
TOPIC: Ordinance Amending Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code
AGENDA TITLE
Ordinance Amending Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code for Placement of
Parking Meters Next to Class IV Bikeways
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Approve first reading of an ordinance amending Chapter 36 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code to allow motorists parked along Class IV bikeways to pay the parking meter located
on the sidewalk.
DISCUSSION
Currently, SAMC 36-400 & 36-401 requires all parking meters be placed upon the curb
alongside of and next to the parking spaces. However, Class IV (protected) bikeways
have a raised median separating the parking space and the bikeway from the sidewalk.
According to the existing SAMC sections 36-400 and 36-401, the parking meters would
need to be placed on the median island separating the parking space from the bikeway.
However, the raised median for the Class IV bikeways is very narrow and does not
provide sufficient room for someone to stand on it to pay the meter. This recommended
code change will allow parking meters placed on the sidewalk curb to be effective for the
parking spaces adjacent to the raised bikeway median. For safety reasons and
enforcement, the best place to install the parking meters is on the sidewalk. Staff
recommends adopting the ordinance for the placement of parking meters along Class IV
bikeways (Exhibit 1).
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
There is no environmental impact associated with the action.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
EXHIBIT(S)
1. Ordinance
Ordinance Amending Chapter 36 of the SAMC
November 2, 2021
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Submitted By: Nabil Saba, P.E., Executive Director – Public Works Agency
Approved By: Kristine Ridge, City Manager
Ordinance No. NS-XXX
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ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXX
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 36-
400 OF CHAPTER 36 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL
CODE REGARDING THE LOCATION OF PARKING
METERS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines,
and declares as follows:
A.Currently, Santa Ana Municipal Code Section 36 -400 requires all
parking meters to be placed upon the curb alongside of and next to
parking spaces;
B.Class IV (protected) bikeways have a raised median separating the
parking space and the bikeway from the sidewalk; and
C.The use of protected bikeways requires modification of Santa Ana
Municipal Code Section 36-400 to allow parking meters to be placed on
the sidewalk adjacent to parking spaces.
Section 2. Section 36-400 of Article VIII entitled “Parking Meters” of Chapter 36
of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows (new language
is underlined and deleted language is stricken):
Sec. 36-400. - Location on sidewalk curb; space markings.
All parking meters shall be placed upon the sidewalk curb alongside of adjacent
parking spaces or and next to parking spaces. Such parking spaces shall be of
sufficient size to accommodate an automobile and shall indicate parallel or diagonal
parking by painted lines on the pavement.
Section 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstit utional by the decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby
declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
EXHIBIT 1
Ordinance No. NS-XXX
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Section 4. This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its
adoption.
Section 5. The Clerk of Council shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and
shall cause the same to be published as required by law.
ADOPTED this ____ day of November, 2021.
_________________________
Vicente Sarmiento
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM
SONIA R. CARVALHO
City Attorney
By:
Laura A. Rossini
Chief Assistant City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers: _________________________________
NOES: Councilmembers: _________________________________
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: _________________________________
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers: _________________________________
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, DAISY GOMEZ, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify that the attached
Ordinance No. NS-XXX to be the original ordinance adopted by the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana on ______________, 2021, and that said ordinance was published in
accordance with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana.
Date: ______________________ ________________________________
Daisy Gomez
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana