HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2689 - Amending Section 36-488 of Santa Ana Municipal Code Relating to Display of Permits
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:
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 5th day of Julv 2005.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney
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Paula J. leman
Assistant City Attorney
AYES:
Councilmembers: Alvarez. Bustamante. Christy. Garcia. Pulido.
Solorio (6)
NOES:
Councilmembers: None (0)
ABSTAIN:
Councilmembers: None (0)
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers: Bist (1)
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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 July 5, 2005 and that said ordinance was
published in accordance with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana.
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