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ORDINANCE NO. 13-1338
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR
CAR SHARING PROGRAMS AND AMENDING THE
HERMOSA BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Findings and Purpose. The City Council finds as follows:
1. Car sharing has been shown to mitigate environmental and transportation issues
commonly affecting urban communities, including increased traffic congestion and limited
infrastructure capabilities.
2. The City seeks to encourage participation in car sharing programs because such
programs offer economic, environmental, and community benefits to City residents, employers,
and visitors.
3. Car sharing supports the City's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and
increase sustainability; provides City residents, employers, and visitors with affordable
transportation options; and is compatible with the City's existing infrastructure.
4. Car sharing serves to reduce residents' reliance on individually owned automobiles,
thereby reducing pressure on already scarce on -street parking spaces, and offers a supplement to
the limited public transportation options available to City residents.
5. California Vehicle Code Section 22507.1 authorizes cities to issue permits tc
facilitate car sharing programs.
Based on the foregoing findings, the purpose of this Ordinance is to allow for the issuance
of permits to allow for the parking of car sharing vehicles in legal parking spaces notwithstanding
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Specified restrictions in order to facilitate and encourage the use of car sharing as an alternative
method of transportation.
SECTION 2. Title 10, Chapter 10.32 of the Hermosa Beach Municipal Code is amended
by adding thereto a new section 10.32.350 to read as follows:
10.32.350. Car sharing permits.
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Chapter, the City may issue permits to vehicles
participating in a car sharing program approved by the City Council, allowing such vehicles to
park in metered spaces without payment and without regard to time restrictions and in other legal
parking spaces on the public right-of-way (including residential preferential parking districts), and
only those City parking lots and City facilities designated in the permit without regard to time
restrictions. In all zones that have a time limit of less than one hour, car sharing vehicles must
observe the time restriction. In no case shall vehicles park during times designated and posted for
street sweeping.
B. Exclusions. The following restrictions additionally apply to car sharing permits:
1. Parking shall comply with all other signs or markings posted, authorized
designated by the City of Hermosa Beach restricting the parking, standing, stopping or leaving
vehicles.
2. Parking within public parking lots and parking structures shall comply with all
time, payment, and other restrictions and requirements.
3. Vending from car sharing vehicles is prohibited except in conformance with
regulations applicable to all other vending vehicles.
4. This section is not applicable to parking, standing, stopping or leaving of vehicles
in private parking spaces or private parking lots, parking spaces or lots owned by the Hermosa
Beach City School District, or any other parking spaces or lots not under the jurisdiction of the
City of Hermosa Beach.
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SECTION 3. The City Clerk is directed to certify the passage and adoption of this
Ordinance; cause it to be entered into the City of Hermosa Beach's book of original Ordinances;
make a note of the passage and adoption in the records of this meeting; and, within fifteen (15)
days after the passage and adoption of this Ordinance, cause it to be published or posted it
accordance with California law.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 14Ih day of May 2013 by the following vote:
AYES: DiVirgilio, Duclos, Fishman, Tucker, Mayor Bobko
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
City Clerk
of the City Council and MAYOR of the City of Hermosa Beach, California
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TO FORM:
13-1338
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH
I, Elaine Doerfling, City Clerk of the City of Hermosa Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 13-1338 was duly and regularly passed,
approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach at a regular
meeting held at the regular meeting place thereof on the 141h day of May, 2013, and said
Ordinance will be published in the Easy Reader newspaper on May 23, 2013.
The vote was as follows
AYES:
DiVirgilio, Duclos, Fishman, Tucker, Mayor Bobko
NOES:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
ABSENT:
None
Dated: May 14, 2013
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Elaine Doerfling, City Clerk