Housman

Defendant was cited for violation of Beverly Hills Municipal Code section 3-6.2205(a). That ordinance is part of a legislative scheme establishing preferential parking zones in designated sections of the City of Beverly Hills. The pertinent sections of the ordinance read:

"The Council may designate by resolution or ordinance certain residential streets or alleys, or any portions thereof, as preferential parking zones for residents adjacent thereto in which zones vehicles displaying a permit or other authorized indicia may be exempt from parking prohibitions or restrictions otherwise posted, marked, or noticed. Each preferential parking zone shall be designated only upon findings that such zone is required to enhance or protect the quality of life in the area of the proposed zone threatened by noise, traffic hazards, environmental pollution, or devaluation of real property resulting from commuter vehicular traffic, that such zone is necessary to provide reasonably available and convenient parking for the benefit of the adjacent residents, and that the proposed zone is desirable to encourage the use of car pooling and mass transit.

"No resolution or…