ITEM 6-C

City Council Meeting 6-23-92           Santa Monica, California

                          STAFF REPORT

TO:       Mayor and City Council

FROM:     City Attorney

SUBJECT:  Ordinance Amending Santa Monica Municipal Code
          Section 3366A Relating to Disabled Parking Zones

     At its meeting on June 9, 1992, the City Council introduced
for first reading an ordinance amending Municipal Code Section
3366a relating to disabled parking zones.  The ordinance is now
presented to the City Council for adoption.

                         RECOMMENDATION

     It is respectfully requested that the accompanying ordinance
be adopted.

Prepared By:  Robert M. Myers, City Attorney


                      ORDINANCE NUMBER ____

                      (City Council Series)

          AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
         OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL
             CODE SECTION 3366A RELATING TO DISABLED
                          PARKING ZONES

     THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:

     SECTION 1.  Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 3366A is
amended to read as follows:

     SECTION 3366A.  Disabled Parking Zones. 
A Disabled Parking Zone shall exist where the
curb or edge of the paved portion of the
street adjacent to the space or where the
stall or spaces in any publicly owned or
operated offstreet parking facility have been
designated for parking for disabled persons
in the manner required by the Vehicle Code.

     No person shall stop or park a vehicle
in a Disabled Parking Zone unless the vehicle
has distinguishing license plates issued to
disabled persons pursuant to Vehicle Code
Section 5007 or displays a placard issued to
disabled persons pursuant to Vehicle Code
Section 22511.55.  Any vehicle parked in
violation of this Section may be removed from
the Disabled Parking Zone in the manner
authorized by law.

     A Disabled Parking Zone may be
established in the sole discretion of the
City Parking and Traffic Engineer upon the
request of any individual or upon the
recommendation of the Parking and Traffic
Engineer, if either of the following factors
exist:

          (1)  Curb parking is insufficient
due to heavy area parking.

          (2)  Sufficient vehicular activity
by disabled persons exists at the location.

     SECTION 2.  Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal Code
or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this
Ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no further,
are hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary to
affect the provisions of this Ordinance.

     SECTION 3.  If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or
unconstitutional by a decision of any court of any 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 passed this Ordinance, and each and
every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not
declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether
any portion of the Ordinance would be subsequently declared
invalid or unconstitutional.

     SECTION 4.  The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall
attest to the passage of this Ordinance.  The City Clerk shall
cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper
within 15 days after its adoption.  This Ordinance shall become
effective after 30 days from its adoption.

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

_____________________________
ROBERT M. MYERS
City Attorney