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12/07/2009 <br />ORIGINAL <br />RESOLUTION NO. 14986 <br />RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN THE PENALTIES FOR <br />PARKING VIOLATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY <br />WHEREAS, both the California Vehicle Code and the Redwood City Municipal <br />Code regulate the parking of vehicles on City streets and other areas; and <br />WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code section 40203.5 authorizes the City Council <br />to establish penalties for Vehicle Code parking violations and requires, to the extent <br />possible, issuing agencies within a county to standardize penalties; and <br />WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1407, effective January 1, 2009, amended <br />Government Code Section 70372(b) to require the City to submit $4.50 per <br />parking citation to the County Treasurer for state court construction projects; and <br />WHEREAS, increasing the fine to include the added surcharge of $4.50 <br />must be rounded up to $5.00 as DMV will not accept less than whole dollar <br />amounts; and <br />WHEREAS, in order to restore those redirected funds and to bring City parking <br />fines in parity with surrounding municipalities, the City Council desires to increase all <br />parking fines governed by the California Vehicle Code and the Redwood City Municipal <br />Code by a total of $10. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY <br />HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: <br />1. The recitals set forth above are true and correct and are hereby incorporated <br />herein by this reference as if fully set forth in their entirety. <br />2. Penalties for parking violations are hereby increased in accord with the <br />parking fine schedule set forth and attached hereto as Exhibit "A ". <br />3. This Resolution will be effective on January 14, 2010. <br />ATTY /RESO.1963 1 14986 <br />120109 MUFF # 703 <br />