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(' , "' . ' . ( • • ORIGINAL
ORDIHANCE NO. _ _ill.Q
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF'r'HE '"C'ITY OF PALO ALTO
ADDING SUBSECTION (e.) TO SECTION 10.40. 045 OF THE
PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE TO AUTHORIZE PARKING PERMITS
TO BE ISSUED FOR EMERGENCY REPAIR WORK
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION l. Subsection (e) is hereby added to Section 10.40.045
of the-Palo Alto Municipal Code to read as follows:
"(e) In addition to the permits described
above in this section. the director of trans
portation may issue p€~·rmits authorizing the
temporary use by commercial vehicles of any
parking space in a public street or in a public
parking lot in a business district upon a showing
that the applicant provides emergency repair work.
Such permtt shall entitle the holder to use a
pa~king space in a public street or a public
parking lot without regard to time limits other
\'l":i.se :i..rnposed, but shall not permit illegal parking
or parking in unauthorized places_; the permit
shA.ll ;;mth;:~rize parki.ng for the duration of the
emergE·ncy only, Each use of the permit shall be
:recorded with the datef time, place, and nc:.tture
o£ the emergency, as well as with other intonna
tion required by the forms provided fer reporting
purposes. The completed fonn shall h~. submitted
to the director of transportat:lon on a monthly
basis for verification.
"A permit. shall be effective for on~. (1)
year and shall contain the name of the pennittee,
the make and type of vehiclesy the license numbers
and the effective dates of the pennit. The original
permit shall be placed on the. vehicle dashboard so
as to be visible from outside the vehicle and shall
include an indication as to the specific location
of the emergency. No person shall reproduce a
permit. The annual fee for sttc.h permi. t shall be
established in the municipal fee schedule.
nrt shall be unlawful and an inf·ract:i.on for
any person (1) to use an emergency repairparking
permit for other than parking for emergency repair
work, (2) to use an emergency repair parking pe'rtnit
for other than commercial vehicles, (3) to use an
expired or revoked emergency repa.ir. parking permit,
or (4) to reproduce an emergency repair parking
permit. Two vi.olations in any calendar year shall
automatically revoke privileges f"or the next suc
ceeding twelve (12) months.
"For purposes of this subsection, 'emergency
repair work' shall mean r.epait' work done to a
structure or to mechanical, electrical, or plumbing
devices where there exists a threat to life or
property."
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SECTION 2. This p~oject is found to be categorically exempt
in accoraance -\vi th the pr·ovis ions of Class 5 of the California
Environmental Quality Act. guidelines.
SECTION J. ThJ.s ordinance sh;ill become effective upon the com
mencement of the thirty-first day after the day of its passage.
INTRODUCED: August 6, 1.979
PASSED: August 20J 1979
AYES: Brenner, Eyerly 1 Fazzino, Fletcher, Henderson, Renzel, Sher, Witherspoon
NOES: Uone
ABSTEN'.i'IO~;s: iione
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APPROVED:
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