HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 01(2015)ORDINANCE NO. 01 (2015)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DIAMOND BAR AMENDING SECTION 12.00.240 RELATING TO
PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN CITY PARKS
A. RECITALS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR, CALIFORNIA, HEREBY
FINDS AND DETERMINES AS FOLLOWS:
1. Parking on public property is limited. A primary purpose for parking on
public property is to provide places where persons can temporarily park their vehicles in
order to access and enjoy City parks.
2. In establishing the number of parking spaces for park property, the City's
parking standards are based upon projections of the number of spaces that are required
for persons using the park property. These standards do not contemplate that parking
spaces will be utilized by persons for the purposes of carpooling, "park and ride"
programs, or any other extended parking activity not related to recreational use of the
park.
3. Persons who park their vehicles on public property for the purpose of
carpooling, rideshare, or any other extended parking activity not related to recreational
use of the park, are utilizing limited parking spaces and thereby limiting access to public
parks for persons who seek to use City parks for their intended recreational purposes.
Now, therefore, the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar does ordain as follows:
Section 1. Section 12.00.240 of the Diamond Bar Municipal Code is
deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
"Section 12.00.240 — Motor Vehicle Restrictions; parking;
a. A person shall not bring to or operate in any park any motor vehicle except as such
times and at such places as permitted by the director in written regulations issued
by him from time to time, and any such operation of a motor vehicle shall be in
accordance with the conditions contained in such regulations or permit.
b. A person shall not park any motor vehicle in any park except in areas designated
for parking by the director.
C. Parking is for park patrons only. No person shall park any motor vehicle in a park
unless using the park for its intended purpose.
Section 2. Severability. If any section, clause, phrase, word or portion of this
Ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted
this Ordinance and each other section, clause, phrase, word or portion thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions,
sentences, clauses, phrases, words or portions thereof be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
Section 3. The Mayor shall sign this ordinance and the City Clerk shall certify to
the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same, or the summary
thereof, to be published and posted pursuant to applicable provisions of law and this
Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of
January 12015.
RZ
Steve Tye Mayor
I, Tommye Cribbins, City Clerk of the City of Diamond Bar, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Diamond Bar held on the 16th day of December, 2014 and was finally passed at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar held on 6th day
Of January , 2015, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Herrera, Lin, Tanaka, MPT/Lyons, M/Tye
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAINED: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
Tommye(A-Cribbins, City Clerk