REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO
AND RECORD OF ACTION
August 20, 2019
FROM
TERRI RAHHAL, Director, Land Use Services Department
SUBJECT
Title
Resolution Establishing A Schedule Of Parking Penalties And Late Payment Penalties For Parking Violations
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Adopt a resolution establishing a schedule of parking penalties and late payment penalties for parking violations issued in the unincorporated areas of the County of San Bernardino.
(Presenter: Andy Wingert, Code Enforcement Chief, 387-8178)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Provide for the Safety, Health and Social Service Needs of County Residents.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Adoption of the resolution will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). Adequate appropriation to complete this action has been included in the Land Use Services Department (LUS) 2019-20 budget. Implementation of the resolution will generate an immaterial amount of revenue in the Code Enforcement Budget, although the objective of the penalties is to change behaviors.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
During the winter of 2019, staff from multiple organizations undertook an effort to establish reasonable parking penalties in the County unincorporated areas. The problem arose from illegal, and often unsafe parking in mountain areas, related to snow play. The goal was to establish penalties comparable to those enforced by the City of Big Bear Lake. Land Use Services staff worked with County Counsel, the Sheriff's Department, the California Highway Patrol, the City of Big Bear Lake, and the US Forest Service to develop the schedule of parking penalties for violations and late payments in the proposed resolution. In the process, the following history came to light.
Effective July 1, 1993, the California Legislature removed parking tickets from the jurisdiction of the criminal courts and directed the a...
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