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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 11091993 - H.2 4 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Before THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA At its regularly scheduled meeting on November 9, 1993 , at 11 a.m. at the Contra Costa County Administration Building, 651 Pine Street, Martinez, California, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing concerning the adoption of a schedule of parking penalties for parking violations, late payment penalties, administrative fees, and other related charges for parking violations pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 40203 .5. Dated : October 29 , 1993 PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board and County Administrator By: J. 0. Maglio, Deputy Clerk Fr Contra '10TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS .s Costa FROM: Phil Batchelor County Administrator and ®'"'t �° County Warren RuP f, Sheriff-Coroner �., ,••c3' osTq..-ovr�'� DATE: November 9, 1993 SUBJECT: Transition to Civil Parking Penalties SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION The State Legislature has mandated that traffic violations involving standing and parked vehicles be transferred from the penal system, administered by the courts to a civil penalty system administered by the counties and other local agencies . State law requires that the transition take place before January 1, 1994 and the courts in Contra Costa County have required that the transition occur on November 10, 1993 . On July 29 , 1993 the Board authorized the Office of Revenue Collections to enter into agreements with agencies in Contra Costa County for the collection of parking citations and. on September 21 , 1993, the Board received the County Administrator' s progress report. To complete implementation of the transition it is recommended that the Board adopt the attached urgency ordinance, introduce the attached regular ordinance, adopt the attached Resolution which maintains the existing court- mandated violation penalties until December 31 , 1993 and establishes a new civil penalty schedule effective January 1 , 1994 . CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES "SIGNATURE RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD CO EE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S) : ACTION OF BOARD ON November 9 , 1993 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED x OTHER IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that Ordinance No. 93-80 is ADOPTED; Ordinance No. 93-82 is INTRODUCED and December 7 , 1993 is set for adoption of same; and Resolution 93/683 relative to the penalties is ADOPTED. VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A x UNANIMOUS (ABSENT II TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. Orig: Co_unty Counsel ATTESTED November 9 , 1993 cc: County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF Sheriff-Coroner THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AN OUNT MINISTRATOR BY , DEPUTY ORDINANCE NO. 93- 80 (Urgency Ordinance: Civil Parking Penalties) The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows : SECTION I. SUMMARY. This ordinance is an urgency ordinance providing for civil penalties for the violation of regulations governing the standing or parking of vehicles . SECTION II . Chapter 14-10 is added to Division 14 of Title 1 of the Contra Costa County Ordinance Code, as follows : Chapter 14-10 Civil Penalties 14-10.002 Violation - Civil Penalties . Notwithstanding any contrary provision, any violation of an ordinance code section governing the standing or parking of a vehicle is subject only to a civil penalty and civil fees and charges , as provided pursuant to sections 40200 and 40203 . 5 of the California Vehicle Code. 14-10.004 Civil Penalty Schedules . The Board of Supervisors shall establish and modify from time to time, by resolution, schedules of parking penalties for parking violations, late payment penalties , administrative fees, other related charges, and civil penalties for standing and parking violations, as provided in California Vehicle Code section 40203 . 5 or as otherwise provided by law. SECTION III. URGENCY DECLARATION. This ordinance is an urgency measure required to implement the transition of standing and parking vehicle violation sanctions from the penal system administered by the courts to a civil penalty system administered by the counties and other local agencies . State law requires that the transition take place before January 1, 1994 and the courts in Contra Costa County have required that the transition occur on November 10, 1993 . D - 80 SECTION IV. EFFECTIVE DATE AND EXPIRATION DATES. This ordinance becomes effective immediately upon passage on November 9, 1993, and shall be operative until February 1, 1994 . Within 15 days of passage, this ordinance shall be published once with the names of the Supervisors voting for and against it in the CONTRA COSTA TIMES , a newspaper published in this County. PASSED ON November 9, 1993 by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Powers, Bishop, McPeak and Torlakson NOES: None ABSENT: Supervisor Smith ABSTAIN: None ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County Administrator By: Ann Cervelli Tom Torlakson Deputy Board Chair fb as ww\v lc rk. I 0. ORDINANCE NO. 93- (Civil Parking Penalties) . The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows (omitting the parenthetical footnotes from the official text of the enacted or amended provisions of the County Ordinance Code) : SECTION I. SUMMARY. This ordinance adds chapter 14-10 to the County Ordinance Code to provide civil penalties for the violation of regulations governing the standing or parking of vehicles . SECTION II. Chapter 14-10 is added to Division 14 of Title 1 of the Contra Costa County Ordinance Code, as follows : Chapter 14-10 Civil Penalties 14-10.002 Violation - Civil Penalties . Notwithstanding any contrary provision, any violation of an ordinance code section governing the standing or parking of a vehicle is subject only to a civil penalty and civil fees and charges , as provided pursuant to sections 40200 and 40203 . 5 of the California Vehicle Code. 14-10. 004 Civil Penalty Schedules . The Board of Supervisors shall establish and modify from time to time, by resolution, schedules of parking penalties for parking violations, late payment penalties, administrative fees , other related charges, and civil penalties for standing and parking violations, as provided in California Vehicle Code section 40203 . 5 or as otherwise provided by law. ORDINANCE NO. 93- i 4 . SECTION III. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance becomes effective 30 days after passage, and within 15 days after passage shall be published once with the names of the Supervisors voting for and against it in the a newspaper published in this County. PASSED ON by the following vote: AYES: NOES: \ ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County Administrator By: Board Chair (SEAL] fb5b a:\aww\ord\civlprkg.pen ORDINANCE NO. 93- A/d7 At its regularly scheduled meeting on November 9 , 1993 at 11 :00 a.m. at the Contra Costa County Administration Building, 651 Pine Street, Martinez, California, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing concerning the adoption of a schedule of parking penalties for parking violations, late payment penalties, administrative fees, and other related charges for ,parking violations pursuant to Vehicle Code section 40203 . 5 . df(a) :parking.aww THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on November 9 , 1993, by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Powers , Bishop, McPeak and Torlakson NOES: None ABSENT: Supervisor Smith ABSTAIN: None SUBJECT: Adoption of Civil Penalty ) Schedule for Parking and ) Resolution No. 93/683 Standing Vehicle Violations ) (Vehicle Code, §§ 42000 and) 40203 . 5 ) ) 1 . The Contra Costa County schedule for parking penalties, late payment penalties, administrative fees and other related charges for parking and standing violations shall be the schedule set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto, from November 10, 1993 to December 31 , 1993, inclusive . , 2 . The Contra Costa County schedule for parking penalties, late payment penalties, administrative fees and other related charges for parking and standing violations shall be the schedule set forth in Exhibit B, attached hereto, from and after January 1, 1994 . 11,ereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Su isors on th date shown. ATTESTED: PHIL BA CHELOA,Clerk of the Board of Supervi and COun ministrator a By - .Deputy Orig. Dept: County Counsel cc: County Administrator Sheriff-Coroner Resolution No. 93/ 683 PARKING ENFORCEMENT EXHIBIT A BAIL SCHEDULE WALNUT CREEK-DANVII.LE MUNI MT. DIABLO MUNI DELTA MUNI (Effective 6-1-93) CC046-2.004 14.00 Failure to Obey No Parking Sign CC046-4.002 11.00 Wheels not Curbed CC046-4.003 31.00 Commercial Veh. Parking Prohibited CC046-4.004• 16.00 Parking in Excess of 72 Hours CC046-4.006 14.00 Parked with Marked Spaces CC046-8.004 29.00 Roadside Selling of Vehicles CVC21113(a) 13.00 Parking/Public Grounds CVC21211(b) 13.00 Parked in Bike Lane CVC22500(a) 13.00 Blocking Intersection CVC 22500(b) 13.00 Blocking Crosswalk CVC22500(c) 13.00 Parking Adjacent to Safety Zone CVC22500(d) 13.00 Pkg within 15' Fire Station Driveway CVC22500(e) 13.00 Blocking Driveway CVC22500(f) 13.00 Blocking Sidewalk - CVC22500(g) 13.00 Blocking Excavation CVC22500(h) 13.00 Double Parked CVC225000) 250.00 Parking in Bus Loading Zone CVC225000) 13.00 Parking in Tunnel CVC22500(k) 13.00 Parking on Bridge CVC22500(1) 275.00 Blocking Wheelchair Access CVC22500.1 28.00 Parking in Posted Fire Lane CVC22502(a) 13.00 Curb Parking - 18" from right CVC22502(e) 13.00 Curb Parking - One Way Street CVC22504(a) 13.00 Unincorporated Area Parking CVC22505(b) 13.00 Parked in Posted No Parking Area CVC22507.8(a) 275.00 Parking in Handicapped Space CVC22507.8(b) 275.00 Blocking Handicapped Parking CVC22507.8(c) 275.00 Parking on Handicapped Stall Boundary CVC22514 18.00 Fire Hydrants CVC22515(a) 13.00 Unattended Motor Vehicle CVC22515(b) 13.00 Unattended Vehicle CVC22516 28.00 Locked Vehicle - Person inside CVC22520 .28.00 Stopped on Freeway CVC22521 18.00 Parking on RR Tracks CVC22522 275.00 Parking near Sidewalk Access Ramp CVC22523(a) 103.00 Abandoning Vehicle on Highway CVC22523(b) 103.00 Abandoning Prohibited ADMINISTRATIVE FEES Late Payment Penalty $20 . 00 DMV Hold $10 . 00 Returned Check Charge $10 . 00 Copy of Citation $ 2 . 00 *Note: Unless noted in this table, all parking fines are $20 . 00 . Equipment violations are $30 . 00, reduced to $10 . 00, upon proof of correction if 40610 V.C. box on the citation was marked. i EXHIBIT B CIVIL PENALTY SCHEDULE PARKING AND EQUII'MENT VIOLATIONS EFFECTIVE 1-1-94 Contra Costa County Ordinance and Traffic Resolution Sections: CODE DESCRIPTION PENALTY CCO46-2.004 Failure to Obey No Parking Sign 20.00 CCO46-4.002 Wheels not Curbed 20.00 CCO46-4.003 Commercial Vehicle Parking Prohibited 50.00 CCO46-4.004 Parking in Excess of 72 Hours 20.00 CCO46-4.006 Parking within Marked Spaces 20.00 CCO46-8.004 Roadside Selling of Vehicles 30.00 CC090-95 Roadside Selling of Vehicles(Blackhawk) 30.00 T/R 3260 Parking Prohibited 2AM to 6AM(Blackhawk) 20.00 cco-fee.94 CIVIL PENALTY SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE 1-1-94 California Vehicle Code Sections: EXHIBIT B CVC DESCRIPTION PENALTY SECTION 5204 Tabs Not Displayed 25.00 21113a Pkg/Public Grounds (Cty Hosp) 20.00 21211b Parked in Bike Lane 20.00 22500.1 Parking in Posted Fre Lane 20.00 22500a Blocking Intersection 20.00 22500b Blocking Crosswalk i 20.00 22500c Parking Adjacent to Safety Zone 20.00 22500d Pkg wrn 15 feet of a Fre Station Driveway 20.00 22500e Blocking Driveway 20.00 22500f Blocking Sidewalk 20.00 22500g Blocking Excavation 20.00 22500h Double Parked 20.00 225001 Parking inBus Loading Zone 250.00 22500j Stopping in tube or tunnel 20.00 22500k Stopping on a bridge 20.00 225001 Blocking Wheelchair Access 250.00 CVC DESCRIPTION PENALTY SECTION 22502a Curb Parking $20.00 22502e Curb Parking One Way Road 20.00 22504a Unincorporated Parking 20.00 225056 Parked in Posted No Parking Area 20.00 22507.8a Blocking Handicapped Parking Stall 275.00 22507.8b Parking in a Handicapped Parking Stall 275.00 22507.8c Parking on Lines/Handicapped Stall 275.00 22514 Fire Hydrants 20.00 22515a& b Unattended Vehicles 20.00 22516 Locked Vehicles w/Person Inside 35.00 22517 Vehicle Door Open to Traffic Lane 35.00 22520 Stopping on Freeway 20.00 22521 Illegal to Park on RR Track 20.00 22522 Park Near Sidewalk Ramps 275.00 22523a Abandon Vehicle on Ifighway 100.00 22523b Abandon Vehicle on Public or Private Property 100.00 22526a& b Grid Lock Intersection 50.00 22951 Street/Alley Parking 20.00 23333 Stopping &Parking on Vehicle Crossing 20.00 24008 Modification of Vehicles to be Lowered 25.00 24012 Tailiamp Improperly Mounted 25.00 24250 Lighting During Darkness 25.00 24252a Lamps and Devices 25.00 24253a& b Battery Requirement 25.00 24400 Headlamp Requirements 25.00 24401 Dim Lights on Parked Vehicle 25.00 24600 Taillamp 25.00 24601 Lic Plate Lamp 25.00 DESCRIPTION PENALTY CVC SECTION 24603a-h Stop Lamps $25.00 24607a-e Reflectors on Rear 25.00 24608 Front/Side Reflectors 25.00 24953a Turn Signal Lamps 25.00 25251b Failure to Use Warning Flashing Signals 25.00 25300a-e Warning Device-Use for Parked Vehicle 25.00 25950a Color of Lights/Reflectors -Front 25.00 25950b Color of Lights/Reflectors -Rear 25.00 26101 Unapproved Lamps/Windows 25.00 26311a Brakes on All Wheels 25.00 26451a Parking Brake System 25.00 26453 Condition of Brakes in Good Order 25.00 26700 No Windshield 25.00 26701d Red Wind Deflector 25.00 26706a Windshield Wiper-Every Vehicle 25.00 26706b Windshield Wiper- (2) Per Vehicle 25.00 26708.5 Applied Material to Window 25.00 26708a Restricted View 25.00 26709a Mirrors 25.00 26709b Mirrors 25.00 26710 Defective Windshield/Rear Window 25.00 27150a Defective Muffler 25.00 27155 Lnproper Fuel Tank Caps 25.00 27465a Depth of Tires-Dealer 25.00 27465b Depth of Tires-User 25.00 27600 Fenders &Mud Guards 25.00 27601 Radiator Ornament Protruding Forward 25.00 28071 No Front/Rear Bumpers 25.00 vc-fee.93 ADMINISTRATIVE FEES Late Payment Penalty $20 . 00 DMV Hold $10. 00 Returned Check Charge $10 . 00 Copy of Citation $ 2 . 00 *Note: Unless noted in this table, all parking fines are $20. 00. Equipment violations are $30 . 00, reduced to $10 . 00, upon proof of correction if 40610 V.C. box on the citation was marked. I ORDINANCE NO. 93- 80 (Urgency Ordinance: Civil Parking Penalties) The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows : SECTION I. SUMMARY. This ordinance is an urgency ordinance providing for civil penalties for the violation of regulations governing the standing or parking of vehicles . SECTION II. Chapter 14-10 is added to Division 14 of Title 1 of the Contra Costa County Ordinance Code, as follows : Chapter 14-10 Civil Penalties 14-10.002 Violation - Civil Penalties . Notwithstanding any contrary provision, any violation of an ordinance code section governing the standing or parking of a vehicle is subject only to a civil penalty and civil fees and charges , as provided pursuant to sections 40200 and 40203 . 5 of the California Vehicle Code. 14-10.004 Civil Penalty Schedules . The Board of Supervisors shall establish and modify from time to time, by resolution, schedules of parking penalties for parking violations, late payment penalties , administrative fees, other related charges, and civil penalties for standing and .parking violations, as provided in California Vehicle Code section 40203 . 5 or as otherwise provided by law. SECTION III.. URGENCY DECLARATION. This ordinance is an urgency measure required to implement the transition of standing and parking vehicle violation sanctions from the penal system administered by the courts to a civil penalty system administered by the counties and other local agencies . State law requires that the transition take place before January 1, 1994 and the courts in Contra Costa County have required that the transition occur on November 10, 1993 . ORDINANCE NO. 93- 80 i A� SECTION IV. EFFECTIVE DATE AND EXPIRATION DATES. This ordinance becomes effective immediately upon passage on November 91 1993, and shall be operative until February 1, 1994 . Within 15 days of passage, this ordinance shall be published once with the names of the Supervisors voting for and against it in the CONTRA COSTA TIMES , a newspaper published in this County. PASSED ON November 9 . 1993 by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Powers, Bishop, McPeak and Torlakson NOES: None .ABSENT: Supervisor Smith ABSTAIN: None ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and Count A 'nistr or By: Board Chair [SEAL] fb5b a:\aw\urd\1civ1prk.pen ORDINANCE NO. 93- 80