Title:
Title
(Pass for Publication) Ordinance Amending Sacramento City Code Sections 10.04.010 and 10.40.070 Relating to Definition of Legal Holidays
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FileID
File ID: 2018-01525
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
1) Review an Ordinance amending the definition of "legal holidays" in Section 10.04.010 of the Sacramento City Code to add more holidays when parking meter exemptions are provided under Section 10.40.070 of the Sacramento City Code; and 2) pass for publication the ordinance title per Sacramento City Charter Article III, section 32(c) for adoption on December 11, 2018.
Contact: Erika Galang, Program Specialist (916) 808-8572; Matt Eierman, Parking Services Manager (916) 808-5849; Department of Public Works
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Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Holiday Comparison
3-Ordinance (Redline)
4-Ordinance (Clean)
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: Sacramento City Code Section 10.40.070 dictates the operating days and hours of parking meters and pay stations. The current language of this section provides that meters shall not require payment on holidays. The term "legal holidays" is currently defined in Section 10.04.010 of the Sacramento City Code as the following: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and all Sundays.
The following holidays are federal or City-observed holidays that are not defined in Section 10.04.010 as "legal holidays" when meter payment exemptions are provided under Section 10.40.070 of the Sacramento City Code:
* Martin Luther King, Jr's Birthday (Federal and City): Third Monday of January
* Washington's Birthday (Federal) or President's Day (City): Third Monday of February
* Cesar Chavez's Birthday (City): Last Monday of March
* Veterans Day (Federal and City): November 11th
Staff recommends that the definition of "legal holidays" in Section 10.04.010 be amended to include the above-mentioned four holidays, which will provide mete...
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