HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 1425CITY OF LYNWOOD
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
ORDINANCE NO 142-5
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD AMENDING
CHAPTER 7 OF THE LYNWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
FOLLOWS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD DOES ORDAIN AS
Section 1 Subsection 7 -20 15 of Section 7 -20 of Chapter 7 of the
Lynwood Municipal Code is amended in its entirety to read as follows
7-20 15 Private Parking Facilities
a. The City Council finds and determines that there are privately
owned and maintained offstreet parking facilities in commercial and industrial
zones within the City that are generally held open for use of the public for
purposes of vehicular parking and where no fee is charged for the privilege to
park. In accordance with Section 21107 8 of the California Vehicle Code, and
subject to the notice requirements of subparagraph d, Section 22350 (basic
speed law), Section-23103 (reckless driving), Section 23109 (speed contests
and exhibitions of speed), and the provisions of Division 16.5, commencing
with Section 38000 (off- highway vehicles), of the California Vehicle Code will
apply to every privately owned and maintained offstreet parking facility that is
specifically identified in a resolution adopted by the City Council in accordance
with the provisions of subparagraph c.
b Unless prior authorization has been obtained from the owner or
operator of a privately owned and maintained offstreet parking facility that is
specifically identified in a resolution adopted by the City Council in accordance
with the provisions of subparagraph c, the following acts are unlawful
-- - -�- - -__-- -- -- - (1) - it is ur ilawlui - for any person to siop, park or stand any -
commercial vehicle within such offstreet parking facility The term
"commercial vehicle" means a vehicle having a manufacturer's gross
vehicle weight rating of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or more and
which falls within the definition of a "commercial vehicle" set forth in
Section 260 (a) of the California Vehicle Code, but no passenger car or
recreational vehicle, even if registered as, or bearing the license plate
of, a commercial vehicle is subject to this prohibition For such period of
time as is reasonably required to complete the specified activity, the
provisions of this subparagraph b (1) do not apply to a commercial
vehicle which is stopped, parked, or left standing while being used for
any of the following purposes.
(a) Making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, or
merchandise from or to any building or structure located on or
adjacent tot he offstreet parking facility, or
(b) Performing a service at or near the offstreet parking
facility at which it is stopped, parked or standing, or
(c) Delivering materials to be used in the actual and bona fide
repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or
structure on or adjacent to the offstreet parking facility for which a
building permit has previously been obtained
(2) It is unlawful for any person to park, stop, or leave
standing any vehicle within such offstreet parking facility for the primary
purpose of displaying the vehicle for sale
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C. The provisions of subparagraphs a and b of this subsection apply
to every privately owned and maintained offstreet parking facility that is
specifically identified in a resolution adopted by the City Council Prior to the
adoption of that resolution, a public hearing. must be held, and at least ten (10)
days prior written notice of that hearing must be given to the owner and operator
of the privately owned and maintained offstreet parking. facility that is involved
d The prohibitions and regulations contained in subparagraphs a
and b of this subsection do not apply of any offstreet parking facility identified by
resolution of the City Council unless the owner or operator has caused to be
posted in a conspicuous place at each entrance of that offstreet parking facility
a notice not less than seventeen (17) inches by twenty -two (22) inches in size,
with lettering not less than one (1) inch in height , to the effect that the offstreet
parking facility is subject to the City's traffic regulations and control
e Section 22507 of the California Vehicle Code, which relates to
parking spaces for disabled persons and disabled veterans may be enforced
without the posting of a notice at each entrance to the offstreet parking facility
as required under subparagraph d
f Nothing in this subsection limits or affects any right or remedy
which the owner or person in lawful possession of private property, including
any offstreet parking facility, may have under other provisions of law
authorizing notification of the local traffic law enforcement agency of parking
violations or the removal of a vehicle unlawfully parked upon private property
Section 2 The City Clerk is directed to certify to the passage and
adoption of this ordinance and to cause it to be published or posted in the manner
required by law
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 7t,h day of November , 1995
AYES COUNCILMEMBER BYRD, HEINE, HENNING, REA, RICHRARDS
NOES NONE
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ASSENT NONE
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ANDREA L. HOOPER, CfTY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM
CITY ATTORNEY
FAUSTIN GONZA
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF LYNWOOD )
I, ANDREA HOOPER, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was duly and regularly
adopted, passed and approved by the City Council of the City of Lynwood,
California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held at the regular
meeting place thereof on the 7th day of Movember , 1995 by the following
vote
AYES COUNCILMEMBER BYRD, HEINE, HENNING,REA, RICHARDS
NOES NONE
ABSENT
EXCUSED NONE
Dated this 7.TH day of --^
Approved As To Form
City Attorney
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Andrea L. Hooper, City Clerk