Oxnard staff advance private-parking ordinance allowing shopping centers to issue tickets

Jamie Peltier, planning supervisor in the Planning Division of the Community Development Department, presented a proposed citywide private parking ordinance that would allow qualifying private property owners and parking operators in the City of Oxnard to register with the city and issue written parking charges for unauthorized parking instead of relying solely on towing.

The proposal, described by staff as implementing state law changes that followed 2015 lobbying and an action labeled AB 451, would create a new Division 3 in Article 4 of Chapter 8 of the Oxnard City Code to authorize enforcement on private, off‑street parking facilities that choose to register with the city. "The item being presented to the city council is the citywide private parking ordinance, which authorizes private property owners to initiate and enforce parking regulations on private property," Peltier said during the staff…