Ord 2034 - Amending Chapter 29 Artical I Division 4; parking: to allow pay and valet parking on public and private lots in Town parking assessment districts and Chapter 29 Article II Diviion 7, assignment of duties, to add review of valet parking lot appsORDINANCE 2034
ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
AMENDING CHAPTER 29 ARTICAL I DIVISION 4; PARKING: TO ALLOW PAY AND
VALET PARKING ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LOTS IN TOWN PARKING
ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS AND CHAPTER 29 ARTICLE II DIVISION 7, ASSIGNMENT
OF DUTIES,
TO ADD REVIEW OF VALET PARKING LOT APPLICATIONS TO THE
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE DUTIES
29.20.745. THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I
This Ordinance is intended to allow for pay and valet parking lots within a Town Parking
Assessment District, if the Town has instituted a charge for Town owned or operated parking lots
in the district.
SECTION II
Section 29.10.145(g) is amended to read as follows:
(g) Commercial operation of parking spaces.
(1) All privately owned off - street parking spaces required to be provided by
this division, or required by the administrative approval authorized by this
chapter, shall be operated without charge to the users thereof. No
privately owned parking lot which contains such spaces shall be operated
commercially or under a validation system whereby parkers patronizing
business for which the spaces are provided are admitted to the lot free of
charge or at reduced charges and other parkers are charged a fee, and the
admission of vehicles to such lots shall not be restricted by gates or other
physical means during periods when the use or uses for which the spaces
are required are in operation. The provisions of this section shall not be
deemed to prohibit the posting of signs at entrances to such parking lots
identifying the businesses or uses for whose benefits the lots are operated,
prohibiting other parking under threat, and enforcing such prohibitions.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) above, a parking lot located within a Town
parking assessment district may be operated with a charge for its use under
the following circumstances if the Town has instituted and continues to
maintain a charge for use of Town owned or operated parking lots in the
district:
(A) A charge is made for use of the private parking lot that does not
exceed the highest hourly rate charged by the Town for use of its
lots. Such a charge may include a validation system whereby
parkers are admitted to the lot free of charge or at reduced charges
if certain businesses are patronized and may also include restriction
by gates or other physical means; or
(B) Use of valet parking, so long as the. parking lot is usable at all times
during which the parking spaces are in operation as required by this
chapter, and the use of the valet parking has been approved by the
Development Review Committee pursuant to a parking lot permit;
or
(C) A combination of a charge and valet system.
SECTION III
Section 29.20.745(4) is amended to read as follows:
(4) Review and make recommendations on parking lot permits under section
29.10.155(1) including reconfigurations or trade -off of zoning requirements under
other sections of this chapter, and under section 29.10.145(g)(2) on use of valet
parking for parking lots within a Town parking assessment district.
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SECTION IV
This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town
of Los Gatos on July 7, 1997 and adopted by the following vote as an ordinance of the Town
of Los Gatos at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on October
6', 1997. This ordinance takes effect 30 days after it is adopted.
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Steven Blanton, Jan Hutchins, Linda Lubeck, Mayor Joanne Benjamin
NAYS: Randy Attaway
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None ry
SIGNED:
LOS YOR OF THE TOW LOS GATOS
GATOS, CALIF OR
ATTEST:
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CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LO GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
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