§ 10.45.027. No-fee parking placard.

The director is authorized to issue no-fee parking placards on a temporary or periodic basis as follows: For city-owned vehicles, for vehicles owned by a person who meets the qualifications for exemption from utility uses tax, qualifying for lifeline utility rates as set forth in Chapter 4.56 and Section 8.60.210 of this code, or any successor provisions, and for vehicles owned by a person who is 60 years of age or older and who can establish that a no-fee parking placard for specific times and a specific place would assist in their access to needed public health, welfare or social services. The director is also authorized to issue no-fee parking placards on a temporary or periodic basis, by need, to city departments for the use of city employees and to the mayor's and city council offices; for the use of those offices. The director shall maintain, annually, a list of no-fee parking placard holders on file with the office of the city clerk. A no-fee parking placard shall not exempt the vehicle displaying said placard from complying with any parking regulation including, but without limitation, the time restrictions on parking in time-limited parking spaces, including in metered parking spaces. No-fee placards are not valid in green, yellow or white zones. The director shall establish administrative procedures for the review and processing of applications for such placards, for the granting and revocation of such placards and for time and place restrictions on the use of any such placard.

(Ord. 6611 § 2, 1994: Ord. 6575 § 2, 1993)

(Ord. No. 7216, § 1, 12-5-2011; Ord. No. 7301, § 7, 5-8-2017; Ord. No. 7341, § 4, 3-25-2019)