Parking.

Existing law authorizes a local authority to prohibit or restrict the parking or standing of vehicles on designated streets or highways, or portions thereof, for the purposes of street sweeping, as specified. Existing law states the intent of the legislature that if a local authority prohibits or restricts the parking or standing of vehicles for that purpose that the local authority shall ensure that the designated street, highway, or portion thereof is promptly made available to motorists as soon as the street sweeping has concluded. This bill would also permit a local authority to prohibit or restrict the parking or standing of vehicles as described above for other maintenance activities. The bill would instead, by January 1, 2020, require a local authority that prohibits or restricts the parking or standing of vehicles for the purposes of street sweeping or other maintenance activities to ensure that the street, highway, or portion thereof that is restricted is made available to motorists as soon as the street sweeping or other maintenance activities have concluded. Existing law authorizes parking, for up to the posted time limit, in any parking space that is regulated by an inoperable parking meter or an inoperable parking payment center, as defined. Existing law prohibits, until January 1, 2017, a local authority from enacting an ordinance or resolution prohibiting or restricting the parking of vehicles under the above circumstances. This bill would instead authorize parking for up to two hours under the circumstances described above. The bill would provide that a violation of that conduct is subject to civil penalties and is neither an infraction nor a public offense. The bill would delete the January 1, 2017, date of repeal for the above provisions, and thus extend those provisions indefinitely. This bill would prohibit a local authority that contracts with a private entity to enforce parking regulations from providing any monetary or other incentive in connection with the issuance of violation notices.