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AB-2586 Parking.(2015-2016)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 22507.6 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:

22507.6.
 (a)  Local authorities may, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit or restrict the parking or standing of vehicles on designated streets or highways, or portions thereof, for the purpose of street sweeping. No  sweeping or other maintenance activities. An  ordinance or resolution relating to the parking or standing of commercial vehicles in a residential district shall not  be effective with respect to any commercial vehicle making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, or merchandise from or to any building or structure located on the restricted street or highway, or for the purpose of delivering materials to be used in the repair, alteration, remodeling, or reconstruction of any building or structure for which a building permit has previously been obtained. No such  The  ordinance or resolution shall not  be effective until the street or highway, or portion thereof, has been sign-posted in accordance with the uniform standards and specifications of the Department of Transportation, or local authorities have caused to be posted in a conspicuous place at each entrance to the street a notice not less than 17 inches by 22 inches in size, with lettering not less than one inch in height, setting forth the day or days and hours parking is prohibited. As used in this section, “entrance” means the intersection of any street or streets comprising an area of restricted parking for street-sweeping or other maintenance  purposes on the same day or days and hours with another street or highway not subject to such a  that  parking restriction, or subject to parking restrictions on different days and hours.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), by January 1, 2020, if a local authority prohibits or restricts the parking or standing of vehicles on designated streets or highways, or portions thereof, for the purpose of street sweeping or other maintenance activities, the local authority, as soon as the street sweeping or other maintenance activities have concluded, shall ensure that the designated streets, highways, or portions thereof are promptly made available to motorists, regardless of the posted hours.

SEC. 2.

 Section 22508.5 of the Vehicle Code, as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 71 of the Statutes of 2013, is repealed.

22508.5.
 (a) A vehicle may park, for up to the posted time limit, in any parking space that is regulated by an inoperable parking meter or an inoperable parking payment center.
(b) A vehicle may park without time limit in any parking space that does not have a posted time limit and that is regulated by an inoperable parking meter or inoperable parking payment center, subject to any other applicable regulations regarding parking vehicles.
(c) A local authority may limit parking to four hours for a parking space that does not have a posted time limit and that is regulated by an inoperable parking meter or an inoperable parking payment center, if the local authority posts signs clearly providing notice of the time limitation applicable when that parking meter or parking payment center is inoperable.
(d) If a parking space is regulated by a parking meter or parking payment center that cannot physically accept payment, a local authority shall not issue a citation for nonpayment of parking fees notwithstanding the fact that the parking meter or parking payment center may accept payment by other nonphysical means.
(e) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a local authority shall not, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit or restrict the parking of vehicles in a space that is regulated by an inoperable parking meter or inoperable parking payment center.
(f) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Inoperable parking meter” means a meter located next to and designated for an individual parking space that has become inoperable and cannot accept payment in any form or cannot register that a payment in any form has been made.
(2) “Inoperable parking payment center” means an electronic parking meter or pay station serving one or more parking spaces that is closest to the space where a person has parked and that cannot accept payment in any form, cannot register that a payment in any form has been made, or cannot issue a receipt that is required to be displayed in a conspicuous location on or in the vehicle.

SEC. 3.

 Section 22508.5 of the Vehicle Code, as added by Section 2 of Chapter 71 of the Statutes of 2013, is amended to read:

22508.5.
 (a) A vehicle may park, for up to the posted time limit,  two hours,  in any parking space that is regulated by an inoperable parking meter or an inoperable parking payment center.
(b) A vehicle may park without time limit in any parking space that does not have a posted time limit and that is regulated by an inoperable parking meter or inoperable parking payment center, subject to any other applicable regulations regarding parking vehicles.
(c) A local authority may limit parking to four hours for a parking space that does not have a posted time limit and that is regulated by an inoperable parking meter or an inoperable parking payment center, if the local authority posts signs clearly providing notice of the time limitation applicable when that parking meter or parking payment center is inoperable.
(d) If a parking space is regulated by a parking meter or parking payment center that cannot physically accept payment, a local authority shall not issue a citation for nonpayment of parking fees notwithstanding the fact that the parking meter or parking payment center may accept payment by other nonphysical means.
(e) (b)  Except as provided in subdivision (c), a  A  local authority shall not, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit or restrict the parking of vehicles in a space that is regulated by an inoperable parking meter or inoperable parking payment center.
(f) (c)  For purposes of this section:
(1) “Inoperable parking meter” means a meter located next to and designated for an individual parking space that space, which  has become inoperable and cannot accept payment in any form or cannot register that a payment in any form has been made.
(2) “Inoperable parking payment center” means an electronic parking meter or pay station serving one or more parking spaces that is closest to the space where a person has parked and that cannot accept payment in any form, cannot register that a payment in any form has been made, or cannot issue a receipt that is required to be displayed in a conspicuous location on or in the vehicle.
(d) A violation of subdivision (a) is subject to civil penalties and is neither an infraction nor a public offense.

SEC. 4.

 Section 22508.7 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:

22508.7.
 A local authority, when contracting with a private entity to enforce parking regulations, shall not provide any monetary or other incentive, such as the promise of a future contract for the issuance of a specified or higher number of violation notices, in connection with the issuance of violation notices.