This part may be cited as the Parking Law of 1949.

The supplying of additional parking facilities and the performance of all undertakings incidental or advantageous thereto are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired, and are governmental functions.

This part shall not affect any other provision of law relating to the same or a similar subject but provides an alternative method of procedure governing the subject to which it relates; and it shall not abridge, modify or otherwise affect the right of any city to exercise any power given to it by the Constitution.

Parking facilities of an authority are subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary, and building laws, ordinances, and regulations applicable to the locality in which they are situated. In the planning and location of any parking facility, an authority is subject to the relationship of the facility to any officially adopted master plan or sections of such master plan for the development of the area in which the authority functions to the same extent as if it were a private entity.

If any provision of this part, or its application to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the part, or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this chapter govern the construction of this part.

“Authority” or “parking authority” means any of the public corporations created by Chapter 2 of this part.

“City” means any city or city and county, or in the case of a county parking authority, means any county, including incorporated portions thereof. “The city” means the particular city, county, or city and county, for which a particular authority is created.

“Legislative body” means, in the case of a city, that body in which the general legislative powers of the city are vested, and in the case of a county or a city and county, the board of supervisors.

“Mayor” means the mayor of the city or the officer charged with the duties customarily imposed on the mayor or executive head of the city. In the case of a county parking authority “mayor” means the chairman of the board of supervisors.

“Clerk” means the clerk of the city or the officer charged with the duties customarily imposed on the clerk. In the case of a county parking authority “clerk” means the clerk of the board of supervisors.

“Obligee of the authority” or “obligee” means any of the following:

“State public body” means the State, or any city, city and county, county, district, authority, or any other subdivision or public body of the State.

“Project” means any acquisition, improvement, construction, or undertaking of any kind authorized by this part.

“Parking facilities” includes public transportation terminal facilities and other facilities related thereto.