HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 2571• ..,:KJmh 66-25-70~
• Rev, -29-70
ORDINANCE NO. ?571 ORIGINAL
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO, CALIFCHNIA,
AMENDING THE PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING
SECTION 13.12.080 TO TITLE 13 THEREOF, DECLARING
NEED FOR PARKING AUTHORITY TO FUNCTION IN THE CITY
OF PALO ALTO, PRESCRIBING ITS NAME, ORGANIZATION,
PURPOSES, POWERS, OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND FINANCING
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1,. Section 13.12.080 is added to Title 13 ot the
Palo· Alto Municipal Code, to read:
11 13.12.080 Parking Authority. (a) Parking Authority -
Need: The Council hereby declares that there is need ror a
parking authority to function in the City, and that there 1a a
need for the City to exercise the power o~ a parking authority.
(b) Name: The name of the parking authority shall be
'City of Palo Alto Parking Authority', hereinafter referred to
as 1 the Authprity'.
(c) Organization: The Council hereby declares itself
to be the Authority, and all of the rights, powers, duties,
privileges and inununit1es, vested bylaw in the Authority,
except as otherwise provided in this 6~~tion, shall be vested
in the Council as the parking authority.
(d) Source of Powers: This section is adopted pursuant
to the municipal affairs provision of the charter of the City
and the Parking Law of 1949. To the extent that any power
granted to the Authority herein is adjudge.d to be a State ·
affair, the source thereof shall be deemed to be the Parking
Law of 1949. To the extent that such power is adjudged to be
a munici12al at"f'air, its source shall be deemed to be Article Xl,
Section 6 of the State Constitution and said municipal att'a1ra
provisions of the City charter.
(e) Powers -General: The Authority shall have and m&J
exercise all of the powers granted to a· parking authority by
the Parking Law of 1949 •. The Authority shall also have and.
may exercise the powers hereinafter enumerated in this section.
(f) Method of Financi,ng: The method of f_inancing of a
project may include any method authorized by the Parking Law
ot 1949, by any other applicable general law, or by this Code,
and may consist.or all, or any combination, or said methods.
(g) Assessment'Procedures: Prior to authorizing.the
execution ot any documents which would obligate the City to
make payments or rentals from the sources set f'orth in Sec
tion 13 .12. 060, . the CoUncil shall conduct au.ch proceedings
u~de~ Chapter·13.12 ae are necessary for the levy ot aeaessmenta
thereunder; .provided, that if' said proceedings are con~ucted
pursuant to Section 13.12.040, the engineer's report Bh&ll
·consist only of' the· f'ollowing 1 teme: · · ·
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(1) A general plan of the proposed improvement
sufficient to identify its general nature, location
and .extent;
. (2) A statement of the rentals or payments pro
posed to be·made, the sources of funds therefor, and
the assessment formula or formulae proposed to be
applied; ·
(3) ·Any other· engineering or financial data
required by law to sanction the levy of a legal and
valid special assessment.
The mailed notices of hearing shall, to the extent pos
sible, set forth the estimated annual assessments against
the parcel covered by each notice.
Subsection (x) of Section 13.16.130 shall apply in the
event of ~ssessment delinquencies.
{h) Issuarn!e and 5~1e of Bonds: Section 33138 o:t the
Parking Law of 1949 shall not apply. The Authority may issue
and sell its bonds at public or private sale, at or below
par, and ~t the interest rate fixed by the bid of the pur
chaser."
SECTION 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase, or portion of thi1g ordinance is for any ::reason held to be
inva11d or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of compe
tent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of
the· remaining portions of thi~s ordinance. The Council hereby
declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and ea.ch section,
subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irre
spective ot• the· fact that any one or more sections, subsect:tons,
sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or
\L~constitutional.
~ECTION 3. This ordinance shall go into effect thirty (30)
days after its final passage by this Council.
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The above and foregoing Ordinance was duly and regularly
introduced at a regular meeting of· the Council of the City of
Palo Al to on Monday, the 20th day or _ _..J;...;u;...;l.;.wY...__ __ , 1970,
and was thereafter passed at a regular meeting ot the Council
of the City of Palo Alto on Monday, the
1970, by the following vote:
3rd . day of August
AYES: Arnold, Beahrs, Berwald, Clark, Dias, Norton,
Spaeth, Wheatley
NOES: Comstock, Pearson
ABSENT: Gallagher
ATTEST: yor)
Approved as to form:; /:) i // .;L_ / ! ~/-. / _· /
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17 · City Attorney
Isl Kenneth I. Jones
Bond Counsel
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