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ORDINANCE No. 1605
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
AMENDING CHAPTER 6.30 TO ALLOW A FEE TO BE CHARGED FOR SERVICE
UNDER A VALET PARKING PERMIT AND MAKING OTHER CHANGES
REGARDING VALET SERVICE REGULATION
The CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF BURLINGAME does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1. The operator ofavalet parking service under a City permit has requested the
City to consider allowing a fee to be charged for the valet parking service. It appears that a small
fee would be fair while off -setting the costs that a valet service necessarily imposes, and it is
beneficial in the retail commercial areas to allow valet parking on a limited basis to reduce parking
congestion. In addition, Chapter 6.30 should be clarified to prohibit use of City parking spaces for
valet parking unless a specific contract is agreed to, to allow businesses other than theaters and
restaurants to offer valet parking, and to require use of bright clothing to identify the providers of
the valet parking for safety reasons.
Section 2. Section 6.30.010 is amended to read as follows:
6.30.010 Fixed location valet parking and special event valet parking permits.
No corporation, part
nership or other business entity or employee thereof shall solicit the
storage or parking of any motor vehicle unless the corporation, part
nership or business entity holds
a valid and unrevoked valet parking permit. This chapter shall not apply to any business which
provides such parking solely on its premises and does not use the public streets for pick-up, drop-
off, or movement of vehicles.
(a) A fixed location valet parking permit shall be required for any valet parking operator who
performs valet parking services at a business or place
of public assembly that utilizes valet parking
services on a daily or regularly scheduled basis. Any location which uses valet parking services at
least once each week requires a faced location valet parking permit. Applications for fixed location
valet parking permits shall include verification by the owner of an off-street parking garage or lot
that a specified number of parking spaces will be guaranteed for the use of the applicant.
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(b) A special event valet parking permit shall be required of any valet parking operator who
performs valet parking services at locations other than those defined as fixed locations in subdivision
(a) of this section.
Special event valet parking per holders shall provide the police department with seven
daysadvance written notice of the location, date, and hours of each special event valet parking
operation which they may thereafter perform, or, if seven days' advance notice is impossible, the
permit holders shall notify the police department as soon after the permit holder's services are
engaged for an event as is possible. The police department shall have the right to prohibit the use
of a special event valet parking permit at a given location if it finds that there are insufficient parking
spaces in the locale and the permit holder has presented no adequate plan to park the vehicles
legally.
There shall be no appeal from the department's denial unless the notice of an intended event
at a particular location has been given 20 days before the event, in which case appeal shall be to the
city manager.
(c) A holder ofvalet parking permit may charge a fee for the use ofthe valet parking service
up to the amount approved by the council.
Section 3. Section 6.30.100 is amended to read as follows:
6.30.100 Rules and regulations — additional requirements.
(a) The chief of police is hereby authori
zed to promulgate rules and regulations after
noticed hearing to implement this ordinance. Failure to comply with such rules and regulations, or
with any other requirements imposed by this ordinance, shall
constitute grounds for revocation of
a permit.
(b) The permittee shall have the permits) required by this ordinance in its possession at the
place where it is conducting any valet parking activity under the permit(s), and shall
exhibit such
permits) on demand of any peace officer.
(c) A drop-off and pick-up site upon a public street shall only be at the city approved
passenger loading zone set fort
h in the permit. At no time shall vehicles be accepted for valet
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parking when stopped in a traffic lane, nor shall vehicles be returned to customers in a traffic lane.
(d) At no time shall a valet parking permittee use any public parking space on any street for
valet parking. Unless expressly approved by the council, no valet parking permittee shall use any
public parking space located in a city parking lot for valet parking.
(e) The permittee shall, upon the receipt of each motor vehicle accepted for valet parking,
give to the owner or operator a claim check for said motor vehicle; said claim check shall show the
corporate or business name ofthe permittee and shall explicitly state the terms and conditions under
which the vehicle is being accepted.
(f) The permittee shall, within 10 days of the change of location of its off-street parking
location, or of the name of the permittee entity or the change in one or more partners or officers or
in the ownership often percent or more of the corporate stock, inform the police department, in
writing, of such change.
Section 4. Section 6.30.110 is amended to read as follows:
6.30.110 Requirements for permittee's employees.
(a) Every corporation, partnership or other business entity holding a permit under this
ordinance shall maintain a continuously updated list of the names and residence addresses an
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current driver's license numbers of all of its employees who perform valet parking. Such list shall
be maintained at the business address listed on the permit application, and shall be exhibited on
demand of any peace officer.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any employee who has been convicted of any of the offenses
listed in section 6.30.070(6) to perform valet parking.
(c) Every employee who performs valet parking shall wear conspicuously upon their person
a badge to be provided by the permitt
ee, of a type and design previously approved by the chief of
police. Such badge shall contain the name or other individual identification of the employee. In
addition, while performing valet parking services, each employee shall wear a brightly colored vest,
shirt, or jacket that is readily visible to drivers of motor vehicles.
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Section 5. This ordinance shall be published as required by law.
Mayor
I, JUDITH A. MALFATTI, City Clerk ofthe City ofBurlingame, do hereby certify
that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the
2nd day of November, 1998, and adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council
held on the 160' day of November , 1998, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: GALLIGAN, JANNEY, KNIGHT, UMAHONY, SPINELLI
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
City Clerk
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