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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. 81-53 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING CITY ENFORCEMENT OF HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACE REGULATIONS WHEREAS, state law makes it unlawful to park in handicapped parking spaces unless the parked vehicle displays the required placards given to the handicapped; and WHEREAS, enforcement of the state law in public and private parking facilities requires appropriate city and private facility owner actions; and WHEREAS, City Council in 1980 took action to establish public enforcement of handicapped stall violations in most of the commercial parking lots in the city; and WHEREAS, handicapped parking stalls are being used by the non- handicapped, to the detriment of bona fide handicapped persons; and WHEREAS, the City Council has received a recommendation of the Human Resources Commission urging the Council to do its share to make enforcement possible. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: Instructs staff to return with a report recommending possible locations to be designated as on-street handi- capped parking spaces together with proposed day and hour restrictions, if any. Section 2: Establishes in each public parking facility under the jurisdiction of the City of Pleasanton handicapped parking spaces in an amount and location deemed appropriate by the City Manager and instructs the City Manager to have affixed the appropriate signs required by state law to allow vehicles violating the handicapped stall regulations to be ticketed and/or towed. Section 3: Urges private parking lot operators of those parking facilities enumerated in Council Resolution 80-267 to post the necessary signs to allow City enforcement of the handicapped parking space regulations. Section 4: This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and adoption.