Ord 715ORDINANCE NO. 715
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING THE POWAY MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD SECTION 10.28.280
REGARDING PARKING FOR THE DISABLED
ON PUBLIC STREETS — BLUE CURB
WHEREAS, Section 22511.7 of the California Vehicle Code (CVC) gives local
municipalities the authority to designate parking spaces for the exclusive use of any vehicle which
displays either a special identification license plate issued pursuant to Section 5007 or a
distinguishing placard issued pursuant to Sections 22511.55 or 22511.59 of the CVC; and
WHEREAS, City Council finds in some limited instances, a disabled parking space
identified by blue curb and appropriate signs is appropriate on public streets; and
WHEREAS, City Council finds in some instances, a designated blue curb parking space
on public streets will greatly facilitate access for the disabled person to his or her residence; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POWAY DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 : Section 10.28.280 of the Poway Municipal Code, Parking for the Disabled — Blue
Curb, is to read as follows:
A. Purpose and Intent
The City Council finds and declares that public street parking should be preserved
for the use of the general public whenever possible. Because approval of Blue
Curb parking spaces for the disabled on the public streets limits the use of those
spaces by the general public, they shall be approved only upon a strong showing of
necessity by the applicant, based on the factors set forth in subsection (B).
B. Approval Process
2. The Director of Development Services may determine that it is necessary to
designate parking spaces on certain public streets for the exclusive use of any
vehicle which displays either a disabled person's identification license plate issued
pursuant to Section 5007 of the CVC, or a distinguishing placard issued pursuant
to Sections 22511.55 or 22511.59 of the CVC. A blue curb shall not be designated
for a specific resident and will be available to any qualified disabled person. In
evaluating the request, the Director of Development Services may approve a blue
curb only after consideration of the following factors:
a. Inadequate onsite parking at the applicant's residence (for example, a steep
driveway or inadequate garage /driveway parking) so that the on- street
parking space will provide better access to the applicant's residence;
b. Lack of reasonable parking alternatives;
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C. Current parking conditions within the neighborhood;
Other conditions deemed necessary by the Director of Development
Services;
C. The Traffic Safety Committee shall make a recommendation on any proposed blue curb
prior to the Director of Development Services making a determination. Upon the
determination of the necessity of blue curb, the Director of Development Services shall
request the posting of signs and marking of the curb or edge of pavement with blue paint
immediately adjacent to and visible from the space.
D. The applicant must demonstrate a continued need for the blue curb on an annual basis by
providing the Director of Development Services with a copy of a current DMV placard. In
the event the applicant is no longer eligible for the DMV placard, or has moved from the
subject residence, the Director of Development Services shall request the removal of the
blue curb.
Section 2 : This Ordinance shall be codified.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days after the
date of its passage; and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, it shall be
published once with the names of members voting for and against the same in the Poway News
Chieftain, a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Poway.
Introduced and first read at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Poway
held the 22nd day of February 2011, and thereafter PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular
meeting of said City Council held the 1st day of March 2011.
ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO)
I, Linda A. Troyan, MMC, City Clerk of the City of Poway, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 715, was duly adopted by the City Council at a meeting of said City
Council held on the 1st day of March 2011, and that it was so adopted by the following vote:
AYES: GROSCH, MULLIN, CUNNINGHAM, HIGGINSON
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: BOYACK
DISQUALIFIED: NONE
and A. Troyan, MMC, City Clerk
Ci y of Poway