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REQUEST FOR
COUNCIL ACTION
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CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY:
JUNE 20, 2005
APPROVED
TITLE:
ORDINANCE RELATING TO
DISPLAY OF PARKING PERMITS
o As Recommended
o As Amended
o Ordinance on 151 Reading
o Ordinance on 2nd Reading
o Implementing Resolution
o Set Public Hearing For
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CITY MANAGER
CONTINUED TO
FILE NUMBER
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Adopt an Ordinance amending Section 36-488 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code
regarding the display of vehicular parking permits.
DISCUSSION
The current Section 36-488 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code requires a
parking permi t to be permanently affixed to the left rear bumper of a
vehicle. Due to the potential damage such affixation can cause, it is
proposed that the code be amended to allow residents to affix their parking
permit to either the left rear bumper or the left rear window of a vehicle.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
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Paul M. Walters
Chief of Police
Police Department
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PJC/5-31-05
ORDINANCE NO. NS-2689
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTION 36-488
OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING
TO DISPLAY OF PERMITS
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, Section 36-488 requires a parking permit to be
permanently affixed to the left rear bumper of a vehicle.
1. Due to the potential damage such affixation can cause to
vehicle bumpers it is appropriate to amend the code to allow
permit parking residents to affix their parking permit to either
the left rear bumper or the left rear window of a vehicle.
B. All provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code which are repeated
herein are repeated solely in order to comply with the provisions of
section 418 of the Charter of the City of Santa Ana. Any such
restatement of existing provisions of the Code is not intended, nor
shall it be interpreted, as constituting a new action or decision of
the City Council, but rather such provisions are repeated for
tracking purposes only in conformance with the Charter.
Section 2. Section 36-488 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended
to allow parking permit district residents to affix their parking permit to either the left rear
bumper or the left rear window of a vehicle (new language underlined, deleted language in
strikeout for tracking purposes only):
Sec. 36-488. Display of permits.
(a) A parking permit issued pursuant to this article (other than a guest
parking permit) shall be permanently affixed to either the left rear
bumper or the left rear window of the vehicle for which it was
issued.
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(b) Guest parking permits shall be displayed face-up on the left front
dashboard of the vehicle for which it was issued.
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.
ADOPTED this
day of
,2005.
Miguel A. Pulido
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney
By:
Paula J. Coleman
Assistant City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers
NOES: Councilmembers
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers
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CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the
attached Ordinance No. NS-2689 to be the original ordinance adopted by the
City Council of the City of Santa Ana on , and that said
ordinance was published in accordance with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana.
Date:
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
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