TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Bruce Moe, Finance Director
Steve S. Charelian, Revenue Services Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of Resolution Increasing Parking Citation Penalties by Five Dollars as Approved in the Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Budget (Finance Director Moe).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 15-0047
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 15-0047 increasing parking citation penalties by $5 per citation as approved in the Fiscal Year 2015-2016 budget.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The City issues approximately 70,000 parking citations per year. This increase is estimated to generate approximately $350,000 in General Fund revenue.
BACKGROUND:
This increase in penalties of five dollars per parking citation was approved by the City Council as part of the FY 2015-2016 budget, and is an important General Fund revenue source that helped balance the operating budget, particularly after the loss of a significant sales tax producer (DeWitt Petroleum) in FY 14-15.
DISCUSSION:
California Vehicle Code Section 40203.5 authorizes the City to establish penalties for parking violations. Basic City parking penalties have not been changed since 2008 (with the exception of State-imposed levies on parking citations for Courthouse construction which the City has passed through with prior City Council approval).
The increase as approved in the budget adds $5 per parking citation penalty. This will result in the majority of the parking citations increasing from $48 to $53. Certain more serious infractions currently carry higher penalties, such as unauthorized use of a disabled parking space, which current is a $333 penalty. Those violations will also increase by $5.
In determining the new penalties approved in the FY 15-16 budget, staff had conducted a survey of like-ci...
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