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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.2 AmndOrdRePrkngOnHillsCITY OF DUBLIN AGENDA STATEMENT City Council Meeting Date: October 9, 1989 SUBJECT: Public Hearing: Ordinance Amending City of Dublin Ordinance 55-87 (Traffic Ordinance) Pertaining to Regulation of Parking on Hills (Report by Public Works Director Lee Thompson) EXHIBITS ATTACHED: 1) Draft Ordinance 2) Vehicle Code Section Pertaining to Hill Parking 3) Diagram of Wheel Positions RECOMMENDATION: 1) Open public hearing. 2) Receive Staff presentation and public comment. 3) Question Staff and the public. 4) Close public hearing and deliberate. 5) Waive reading and INTRODUCE ordinance amending City of Dublin Ordinance 55-87 (Traffic Ordinance) pertaining to regulation of parking on hills. FINANCIAL STATEMENT: No cost associated with adoption of ordinance. DESCRIPTION: Staff received a request from Mrs. Kate Hodgdon of 7750 Creekside Drive that consideration be given to installing "Curb Your Wheels" signs on the steeper streets. The request was made following a "runaway vehicle" accident which damaged Mrs. Hodgdon's fence. In researching the regulations pertaining to parking on hills, the Traffic Safety Committee discovered that the California Vehicle Code delegates the authority for such regulations to the local jurisdiction. Alameda County has such an ordinance, and since development has occurred and will continue to occur in Dublin's hills, Staff feels that it is prudent for the City to adopt an ordinance requiring a driver to curb or otherwise block the wheels of a vehicle that is parked on the street that is steeper than a 3% grade. Observation of vehicles on hill streets indicates that most drivers are aware of this safety practice and are already curbing their wheels. Staff feels that posting of signs is not necessary and that police enforcement of the ordinance, once adopted, would be a sufficient reminder to the others. Staff recommends that the City'~Council conduct a public hearing, waive the reading, and INTRODUCE the ordinance amending Ordinance 55-87 - pertaining to parking on hills. ITEM NO. ---Y COPIES TO: Kate Hodgdon TJKM ORDINANCE NO. -89 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN AMENDING ORDINANCE 55-87 (TRAFFIC ORDINANCE) HILL PARKING REGULATION The City Council of the City of Dublin does ordain as follows: Section 1. Article 7 "Miscellaneous" of Ordinance 55-87 (Traffic Ordinance) is hereby amended to add the following: Section 36.5 Hill Parking. It shall be unlawful for any person driving, or in control of, or in charge of a motor vehicle to permit it to stand unattended, within any business or residence district, on any portion of a public street in the Gity of Dublin having a grade exceeding three percent (3%), without effectively setting the brakes thereon and blocking a front wheel of said vehicle against the curb, by turning the front wheels in such a direction as to cause the forward portion of one of the front wheels to come in contact with the curb when the vehicle is facing downhill, or the rear portion of one of the front wheels to come in contact with the curb when the vehicle is facing uphill; if there is no curb, other suitable means shall be used to block the movement of the wheels of said vehicle. Section 2. This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its final passage and adoption by the City Council. Section 3. The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause this ordinance to be posted in at least three (3) public places in the City of Dublin in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of California. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this day of , 1989. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ATTEST: Mayor City Clerk -- 48o -- Div~ 11 .uthorR~es may, by ordnance or resolution~ ~g or s~ng of ve~cI~ on desi~at~ ~ee~ om thereat for the pu~e of s~eet ~eep~g. No ~fion reh~g to the p~g or stand~g of ~ereial ten~ d~ct sha~ ~ ~tive with reset to ~y e m~g pickups or deBvehes of.goo~, w~es, or or to ~ybuil~ng or s~c~e located on the res~et~ or for ~epu~ose of de,yegg materials to on, remodel~g, or r~omchon of ~y b~g a build~g per~t h~ pre~omly been obtainS. No such ~fion shall be effective ~ffi ~e sCeet or ~ghway, or ~ ~en si~-posted ~ ac~rdance with the unffom ificahom of the Deponent of Tr~sportafion, or loc~ lsed to ~ posted ~ a co~icuous place at each en~ce ice not less th~ 17 ~ches by ~ inches in ~e, an one ~ch ~ height, set~g forth the day or days'~d oh/bite& ~ reed ~ t~ s~hon, "entree" me~ the' ~eet or s~eets comp~g ~ area of res~ct~ pu~oses on the sine day or days and hours M~ ~other aot ~bject to such apar~ng res~ichon, or mbject to on ~erent days ~dho~s. . -- .9~. ~hve Janua~ l, 1~1. m. 1~ ~ecfive J~u~' 1, th~ Disabled - ~ ~a~ul for ~y person to p~k or leave st~d~g r space desi~ated for ~mbled persons and ~sable~ o Sechon ~11.7 or ~11.8, unless the vehicle ~splays ng Hcense plate or a plac~d ~sued pursuit to Sec~on Div. 11 --481- § 22511 essa recharging thereof. Anv..motori, ze.d ,wh,e,e, lchair.used,by.a.~m_e_.m__l~r nec ry . ' ' s[lall De e Ul o. Vt'lin a of the spemal enforcement umt while on auty q ppe headlamp in the fronL_and a single stoplamp in the rear. embers of the special enforcement unit mal/be paid an hourly wage · .M, ............ benefits nrovided other permanent .and, wimout me co,mp~a,7,~ ..... "2_,,~,~ to a,,nBcable workers temmoo:rary employ_ees, out .s,na¥,o~, ~-; ..... - -'-~-~-:~-~ b,, the local compensation benefits as proviaea oy law. Lusura~_ cp p,u,,¥¥~ { ~uthori~,, for disability or liability of a member of .the specmi e,mor,ce..menr ~nit sh~[1 be the same as for o~e,r emp,loye, es Nothing in this section precluaes a local aumonry ~rom u~a,~> full-Lime employees to enforce this chapter and ordinances adopted pursuant thereto. This section applies to all counties and dries, including every charter and city and county. Added Ch. 1095, StaB. 1984. Effective January 1, 1985. Parking Meter Zo'nes rate of fees for such z,on?,s,exce.p~t?~ ?[_~?2h~,,~o~"~e~cluaea a parking meter zone snan aescnDe me m~,, -***,- .... the zone. - · e and hi hwavs to be Local authorities may by ordinance ,cause stre ts , .g , .,. , . marked with white lines designating parring spaces aha reqmre vemmes to ark w-ithin the parkin spaces. · ' P .... § ~_. ___ ~^~ authoriW nursuant to this seclaon w No oruinance aaopteu oy au, ,,,,-,~ -; ¢; . .., .,_ ....... -'- . ..... ,~,7. ~;.hwa,/shall become effective unto me respect [o airy ~ta[¢ ~,~.~- j . . ~ ....... .1 ;~ ~Titinc' by tl~e rdinance has been subrmttea~ to aha a?p,¥.v .... ,--,,__~= ~. O · (1 orGLrlance snail De suomltt~a Department of Transpo, rta, tion. ').he pr~o.puo_se,_^~' '~,~qative body and the to the department o.m¥. py ac?on., oL ~.n¢ *~,,,, ,y~,~ _~. r_~ ' orooosed ordinance shall oe suDmattea !,n.comp. i. ere ar.a~dy~)l,2 ~ r - . seeuon estaoLtSlml~ a F Any ordinance adopted pursuant to trns for an}' person to obstruct, block, or otherwise bar access tlls or spaces except as provided in subdi~fision (a). (a~ and (b) apply to all offstreet parking facilities owned s'tate, and to all offstreet parking facilities owned or authority. Subdivisions (a) mad (b) also apply to any d maintained offstreet parking faciliW. 1976. Effective January 1, 1977. s. 1981. Effective January 1, s. 1983. Eaffective July 14, 19,S3. by terms of an urgency clause. ~ts. 1985. Effective January 1, 1966. s. 1987. Effective January 1, 1988. )rcement of Disabled Persons Parking ~thorities may establish a special enforcement unit for roxSding adequate enforcement of Section °°-2,507.8 and resolutions adopted pursuant to Section 22511.7. may establish recruitment and employment guidelines ~d Snable emplo?Tnent of qualifieddisabled persons in ement units. ;pecial enforcement unit may issue notices of parking ) Section 41103 for x4olat/ons of Section 22507.8 and local a~Ursuant to Section o_2511.7. Members of the special not be peace officers and shall not make arrests in the al duties, but shall wear distinctive uniforms and badges o-way radio unit, which may utilize police frequencies ay b~ issued by the local atithority to each member of nent unit for use while on duty. ,- may pay the cost of uniforms and badges for the special and' m~{v provide d:dlv cleaning of the uniforms. al authority may provide'motorizedwheelchalrs for use · special tJnit (vhile on duty, including batteries and metei' zone or fixing rates of fees for such a zone shall be subject to local referendum processes '.m the same manner as ff such ordinance dealt with a matter of purely local concern. Ch. 2017, StaB. 1981. Effective September 15, 1961. Amend~t Ch. ,545StaB. 1974. E. ffective January 1, 1975. - 22510. Where any highway has been cleared of snow by snoxx~.lows, and the xxSdth of the hiighwav is'restricted by reason of sno{v conditions, the artment of Transportation in respect to state h/ghwavs, and local ~,4ties in resoect to highways unde.r thei,r ju, risdic, tion,.rday~:,ce~a~]_cl maintain signs indicating those areas ~satlun ~smc p g p , , her or both sides of the highways. No person shall stop,, par.~, or ?,ave eit ...... '-'- ,~-^ --~as marked by signs, whether attenaea or an ' an verllcle v,'lynm ul~ oac ., . . · st..a, mg~ ff ....... when necessary to avoid conflict x~ath other traffic or m unattenueu, except compliance with the directions of a traffic Or peace officer. Amended Ch. 1996, Stats. 1959. Effective September 18. 1959. Amended Ch. 545, Stats. 1974. Effective January 1, 1975. Veterans' Exemption 29511. Repealed Ch. 104L Stats. 1985. Effect/~e January 1, 1986.