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ORDINANCE NO. NS-2146
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
AMENDING SECTIONS 36-135 AND 36-493 OF
THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO AUTHO-
RIZE POLICE OFFICERS TO REMOVE VEHICLES
WHICH ARE ILLEGALLY PARKED IN ALLEYS OR
PARKWAYS OR IN PERMIT PARKING DISTRICTS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That section 36-135 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 36-135.
parking in alleys and parkways.
(a) No person shall park any vehicle in any alley in the city
except while actively engaged in loading or unloading passengers,
freight or merchandise.
(b) No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within any
parkway.
(c) Police Officers are authorized to remove a vehicle from
the alley or parkway when such vehicle is stopped, standing or
parked in violation of this section, provided that a sign giving
notice that the vehicle may be removed has been posted.
SECTION 2: That section 36-493 of the Santa Ana Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 36-493.
Penal provisions.
(a) Unless exempted by the prov1s10ns of this article, no
person shall stand or park a motor vehicle in any permit parking
district in violation of any parking restrictions established
pursuant to this article. Police officers are authorized to remove
a vehicle from the street when such vehicle is standing or parked
in violation of this section, provided that a sign giving notice
that the vehicle may be removed has been posted.
(b) No person shall falsely represent himself or herself as
eligible for a parking permit or furnish false information to the
director or his representatives in an application for a parking
permit.
(c) No person who has been issued a parking permit shall
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thereafter allow the use thereof by any other person.
(d) No person shall copy, produce, create or use any facsimile
or counterfeit parking permit.
SECTION 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be
invalid or unconstitutional 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 anyone or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or
portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the
repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the
prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were
committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as
affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the
collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provision
applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of
any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted,
filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and
obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force
and effect.
ADOPTED this 4th
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ATTEST:
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Dan1el H.~
Mayor
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COUNCILMEMBERS:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Edwar J. Co e
City Attorney
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CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY & PUBLICATION
state of California
County of Orange
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I, JANICE C. GUY, Clerk of the council, do hereby certify the
attached Ordinance N.<;' - 2/ t./ to
to be the original ordinance
adopted by the city Council of the City of Santa Ana on
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; and that said ordinance was ~ublished in
accordance with the Charter of the city of Santa Ana.
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Clerk of the c~un2/l:
City of Santa Ana
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