Huntington Beach Municipal Code Ch. 10.68 Meters—use

Note: § 10.68.120 repealed by Ord. 2683-4/84; § 10.68.015 repealed by Ord. 4036-12/14.

No person shall park any vehicle in any parking space (except as otherwise permitted in this chapter) without immediately making payment through an authorized parking payment device or system in the amount and for the time period required for that space.

(496-7/46, 582-4/52, 3660-9/04; 4350-9/1/2026)

No person, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall cause, permit, allow or suffer any vehicle registered to or parked or operated by him or her to be or remain parked in any parking space in an on-street parking meter zone, designated by resolution of the City Council, beyond the time parking in such place is otherwise permitted or limited, or without paying the posted fee for the entire time the vehicle occupies the parking space.

(1500-5/69, 3660-9/04; 4350-9/1/2026)

Repealed by 4350-9/1/2026.

(1500-5/69, 3660-9/04)

Repealed by 4350-9/1/2026.

(1500-5/69, 3660-9/04)

A vehicle may be parked in a metered zone without payment during hours as authorized by City Council resolution or minute action.

(496-7/46, 582-4/52; 4350-9/1/2026)

It is unlawful for any unauthorized person to open, or for any person to deface, injure, tamper with, or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter or sign, or to attempt to circumvent any authorized parking payment device or system, installed pursuant to this chapter, or to hitch any animals thereto.

(496-7/46; 4350-9/1/2026)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, there is established a system of permit parking subject to the following standards and provisions:

A. A non-transferable parking permit shall be issued upon payment of a fee established by resolution of the City Council and shall be valid for a period of one year. Such permit may be issued in the form of a physical decal or a virtual permit associated with a vehicle’s license plate number. When a physical decal is issued, it shall be affixed to the inside of the front windshield of the permitted vehicle within a seven-inch square in the lower corner farthest removed from the driver’s position. A virtual permit shall be valid only for the vehicle whose license plate number is registered with the City’s parking permit system. A valid parking permit shall authorize the parking of the permitted vehicle in posted or metered zone areas within the City, as such areas have been or may hereafter be established by resolution of the City Council, without payment otherwise required for parking within such areas. Issuance of a parking permit shall not establish any priority or guarantee the availability of a parking space.

B. Parking permits, whether issued as physical decals or virtual permits, shall be valid for one vehicle only and shall not be transferable to any other person or vehicle, except in the event that the vehicle for which the permit has been issued is replaced by a substitute vehicle.

Physical decal permits may be transferred to a substitute vehicle by presenting the existing decal to the City and paying for any applicable fees. Virtual permits may be transferred to a substitute vehicle only after the permit holder officially notifies the City of the new vehicle’s license plate number and the City acknowledges the change.

C. The Director of Community and Library Services shall establish the rules and procedures for the sale and use of annual parking permits.

(1720-3/72, 2683-4/84; 4350-9/1/2026)

No provision of this chapter shall be construed as permitting any violation of any other parking regulation of this Code.

(1720-3/72)

The hours of operation of said on-street meter parking zones shall be from 5:00 a.m. to midnight daily.

(2256-1/78, 3040-5/90; 4350-9/1/2026)

Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of an infraction, and punishable by a fine not to exceed $100.00.

(2276-5/78)