Resolution 2006-08RESOLUTION NO. 2006 -8
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY
DESIGNATING CERTAIN PRIVATE LANDS AS PUBLIC OFF - STREET
PARKING LOTS AND PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF PARKING
THEREON AND THE RESTRICTION OF PARKING TO TWO HOURS, AND
CONVERTING EXISTING PUBLIC PARKING SPACES IN CERTAIN
AREAS OF THE DOWNTOWN TO TWO -HOUR PUBLIC PARKING
SPACES.
WHEREAS, Cal. Vehicle Code section 22507 authorizes local authorities by resolution
to prohibit or restrict the stopping, parking, or standing of vehicles on certain streets, or portions
thereof, during all or certain hours of the day; and
WHEREAS, Cal. Vehicle Code section 22519 authorizes local authorities by resolution
to prohibit, restrict or regulate the parking, stopping or standing of vehicles on any offstreet
parking facility which it owns or operates, provided that the local authority posts signs giving
notice thereof; and
WHEREAS, Gilroy City Code section 15.72 establishes public off - street parking lots in
the City, and provides that such off - street parking lots are those areas so designated by resolution
of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, Gilroy City Code section 15.75 provides that the limitations on parking time
and the days and hours during which parking time limits shall apply on public off - street parking
lots shall be established by resolution of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, Gilroy City Code section 15.75 also provides that when "appropriate signs
or markings designating such parking time limits are in place giving notice thereof, it shall be
unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to stop, stand or park such vehicle on any public off-
street parking lot for longer than the permitted time "; and
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WHEREAS, the City desires to establish public parking spaces in private parking lots
within the City to provide additional off - street parking on a temporary basis to offset the
displacement of parking spaces that will occur during the City's Monterey Streetscape Phase III
Project; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to designate parking time limits of two (2) hours in said
parking lots and to install appropriate signage giving notice of such restrictions, and to authorize
law enforcement personnel to issue citations to motorists who leave their cars parked longer than
the allowed parking time limits and to tow vehicles as permitted under the Cal. Vehicle Code and
the Gilroy City Code; and
WHEREAS, the City has established three -hour parking limits in some areas, and the
City desires to limit to two (2) hours all public parking in those certain areas of the downtown
shown on the attached Exhibit "A" so that public parking in those areas uniformly is restricted to
two (2) hours; and
WHEREAS, this project is exempt from environmental review under the California
Environmental Quality Act ( "CEQA ") pursuant to section 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines (14
Cal. Code of Regs. section 15000 et seq.) because the parking lots that the City desires to use for
public parking purposes and the parking spaces that will be converted to two -hour parking spaces
are existing facilities used for parking purposes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Gilroy that:
(1) The City Council hereby designates the privately owned land within the City
identified on the attached Exhibit "A," which is incorporated herein by this reference, as off-
street parking lots pursuant to Cal. Vehicle Code section 22519 and Gilroy City Code section
15.72.
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(2) A parking time limit of two (2) hours is hereby established in said off - street parking
lots, which time limitation shall apply from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturdays
exclusive of holidays.
(3) Parking hereby is restricted to two (2) hours from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday
through Saturdays exclusive of holidays, in all public parking spaces in that certain area shown
on the map attached hereto as Exhibit "A."
(4) City staff is directed to install appropriate signage designating the two -hour parking
limit as notice to the public of the time limit, and upon the installation of said signage, the City's
law enforcement personnel are authorized to enforce the two -hour parking limit as provided
under the Cal. Vehicle Code and the Gilroy City Code.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of February, 2006 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ARELLANO, BRACCO, CORREA,
GARTMAN, VALIQUETTE, VELASCO,
and PINHEIRO
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ATTEST:
Rhon a Pellin, City Clerk
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I, RHONDA PELLIN, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do hereby certify that the attached
Resolution No. 2006 -08 is an original resolution, or true and correct copy of a city resolution,
duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular meeting of said Council held on the
6th day of February, 2006, at which meeting a quorum was present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Official Seal of
the City of Gilroy this 21 st day of February, 2006.
City lerk of the City of Gilroy
(Seal)