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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-110 - Re-establishing a Master Parking Permit System and Rescinding Resolution No. 95-134RESOLUTION NO. 2011 -110 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH RE- ESTABLISHING A MASTER PARKING PERMIT SYSTEM, AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 95 -134. WHEREAS, Section 12.44.120 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code provides that, in any parking meter zones previously established by Resolution, a vehicle may be parked and remain parked in a parking space without the deposit of coins if such vehicle has displayed a current, valid Master Parking Permit issued by the City of Newport Beach pursuant to authorization of the City Council; and WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach operates parking facilities where a vehicle may be parked, and remain parked without the payment of fees, if such vehicle has displayed a current, valid Master Parking Permit issued by the City of Newport Beach pursuant to authorization of the City Council. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach as follows: 1. There is hereby established a parking permit system consisting of a non- transferable, annual Master Parking Permit which, when affixed to the front windshield of a vehicle within a seven -inch (7) square in the lower corner farthest removed from the driver's position, shall authorize the parking of such vehicle in any metered space and in the Corona del Mar State and City Beach Parking Lot, the Balboa Municipal Parking Lot, and the Superior Avenue Parking Lot, without requiring the payment of an additional parking fee, provided said lots are open for parking and space is available therein. Such Master Parking Permit shall be valid in the Balboa Municipal Parking Lot between the hours of 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. It shall not, however, establish any priority for parking spaces. 2. The Master Parking Permit established pursuant to this Resolution shall not be usable for vehicles 84 inches or more in width AND more than 84 inches in height OR more than 20 feet in length OR without windshields. 3. The Master Parking Permit hereinbefore established shall be appropriately designed and dated to indicate the appropriate year during which said Master Parking Permit shall be valid. 4. The adoption of this Resolution shall not be construed to impair the validity of any existing Master Parking Permit, and all said Master Parking Permits shall continue to be effective for the term issued therefore. 5. The fee for the Master Parking Permit shall be $450. Thereafter, the fee will be increased each year, based upon any interim increase in the Consumer Price Index (the Los Angeles, Long Beach and Anaheim Index). This increase shall be rounded to the nearest whole dollar and shall become effective on January 1 of any year that the City Council does not otherwise revise the fee. 6. Master Parking Permits purchased on or after October 1 of any year shall have the fee reduced seventy -five percent (75 %). 7. Persons 65 years of age or older may purchase a total of one (1) Master Parking Permit at a reduced rate, which shall be fifty percent (50 %) of the regular fee which is set forth in this Resolution, subject to the satisfactory evidence of the following: (a) Proof of age; and (b) That the vehicle for which a Master Parking Permit is requested be registered to and driven by the person requesting said permit. 8. Persons who have served or are serving in the United States military may purchase a total of one (1) Master Parking Permit at a reduced rate, which shall be twenty -five percent (25 %) of the regular fee, subject to the satisfactory evidence of the following: (a) Military identification; and (b) That the vehicle for which a Master Parking Permit is requested be registered to and driven by the person requesting said permit. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Resolution No. 95 -134 be and hereby is rescinded. ADOPTED this 22nd day of November, 2011. Mayor . ��a STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 2011 -110 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 22nd day of November, 2011, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: Rosansky, Gardner, Selich, Curry, Mayor Henn Noes: Hill, Daigle Absent: None Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 23rd day of November, 2011. City Clerk Newport Beach, California (Seal)