10.60.220 Permit for hood or cover.
(a) Permitted. Any parking meter need not be placed in operation by the deposit of a coin therein when the conditions set forth in this section have been satisfied and a permit issued for the hooding of such meter.
(b) Eligible Applicants. Criteria for issuing a permit for the hooding, covering or removal of the proximate parking meter, when so required for actual prosecution of the work or activity, are hereby established as follows:
(1) Persons having a permit from the Development Services Division to encumber any street or sidewalk in connection with any building or wrecking project.
(2) Persons having a permit from the Development Services Division to perform any plumbing, electrical, heating, sign hanging or other project in any public way or on premises which directly adjoin any street, alley or sidewalk.
(3) Persons engaged in any public improvement under contract with the City or engaged in any work under supervision of the Public Works Department.
(4) Service crews of public utilities (private or municipal) engaging in construction and maintenance work in or adjoining any public way.
(5) Persons engaged in the business of moving personal property and effects from and to residential or commercial buildings adjoining any public way.
(6) Persons licensed as funeral directors and holding services in any funeral home or church.
(7) Persons engaged in the repair and maintenance of building service installations or office equipment.
(8) Persons requiring temporary parking space immediately adjacent to commercial and industrial establishments for loading or unloading of building and office equipment of immediate necessity.
(9) Persons acting under the authority or requirements of the Police and Fire Departments to provide temporary special use parking zones.
(10) Governmental agencies sponsoring an agency event or meeting where additional parking stalls are required to meet the parking needs of the attendees.
(11) Persons with a severe mobility impairment which necessitates the continued use of a wheelchair or canes and where the hooded parking stall is in close proximity to the person’s place of employment. Provided, the fee for such a hooded parking meter shall be at the market rate for garage parking.
(c) Approval of Application. The Transportation Operations Superintendent shall determine compliance with the above criteria for the hooding, covering or removal of any parking meter, and upon approval of the application therefor and payment of the appropriate fee, shall authorize the required parking meter to be hooded or removed in accordance with the application as approved. Upon the hooding or covering of the face of any parking meter, such meter need not be placed in operation by the deposit of a coin otherwise required by this article.
(d) Exceptional Cases. Exceptions to the rules and regulations and payment of required fees may be made in appropriate cases involving special circumstances not covered by this section upon an application and a showing that the hooding or removal of any parking meter serves the public convenience and safety, and is in harmony with the other provisions of this code; provided, that such exceptions shall be approved in advance by the Director of Public Works.
(e) Time of Filing Application. The application for a permit shall be made in writing and filed at least 12 hours in advance of the time any parking meter is to be hooded or removed; provided, that this requirement may be waived by the Transportation Operations Superintendent in emergency situations where public safety is at risk.
(f) Form of Application. The application for a permit under this section shall be on a form prepared by the Transportation Operations Superintendent. The failure or refusal of any applicant to furnish information requested in such application shall be sufficient grounds for denial by the Transportation Operations Superintendent. The application shall show:
(1) The name and business of the applicant;
(2) The reason for the hooding or removal of the parking meter;
(3) Evidence that a permit for the encumbering of any street has been issued by the Building Inspection Division, if applicable;
(4) The location and number of parking meters desired to be hooded or removed and the day or dates and the hours such meters are to be hooded or removed; and
(5) Such other information as may be required in such application form. If the Transportation Operations Superintendent finds from the application that the proposed use of a meter hood will be consistent on a yearly basis, then the Transportation Operations Superintendent may grant a permit on a month-to-month basis.
(g) Exhibit of Permit. In all cases, any permit issued under this section shall be kept by the permittee or his agent at the location of the parking meters authorized to be hooded or removed, and shall be exhibited to any officer or employee of the City upon demand.
(h) Issuance – Duties of City Officer. When an application for a permit has been approved, authorized employees of the City Transportation Operations Division shall cause the designated parking meters to be hooded in accordance with the permits; and such employees shall remove the covers and return such covers to the custody of the Transportation Operations Superintendent at the expiration of the time limit as noted on the permit. If a meter is removed, it shall be removed by or under the direction of the Transportation Operations Superintendent so that the maximum amount of material may be salvaged.
(i) Fees. The Transportation Operations Superintendent may establish daily meter hood permit rates within the minimum and maximum ranges of $6.00 and $30.00. There shall be no permit fee imposed for Sundays or Saturdays. Each applicant shall pay the required fee per meter when any portion of the parking space controlled by the meter is used by the applicant or reserved under a permit granted as provided for in this section. Under no circumstances will the permit fee or any portion thereof be refunded to any applicant. All fees received under this section shall be deposited with the City Treasurer to the credit of the parking fund of the City.
(j) Termination of Permit. Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, the Transportation Operations Superintendent shall have the right to unilaterally terminate a permit granted pursuant to this section. (Ord. 20391 § 4, 11-15-22.)