CROSS REFERENCES
Off-street parking facilities, RC 717.05 et seq.
Municipal parking facility defined, CO 401.27
Parking attendants to report unclaimed vehicles, CO 435.14
Parking meter regulations, CO Ch 453
Public garages and parking lots, CO Ch 457
(a) The Commissioner of Parking Facilities is hereby authorized and directed to establish and mark off individual parking spaces in such portions of a Municipal off-street parking facility which are, in his opinion, necessary for the proper parking of motor vehicles within such Municipal parking facility. The Commissioner of Traffic Engineering has like authority with regard to street parking facilities.
(b) The Commissioner of Parking Facilities may install and maintain individual parking meters adjacent to each parking space, or he may install and maintain automatically operated gates at the exits or entrances of off-street parking facilities and parking booths for the issuance of tickets, as are in the best interests of the City. The Commissioner of Parking Facilities also has authority to install and maintain parking meters on City streets.
(Ord. No. 1495-87. Passed 11-23-87, eff. 11-25-87)
(a) The Commissioner of Traffic Engineering and Parking, with respect to roadways on City property, and the Commissioner of Parking Facilities, with respect to off-street parking facilities, are hereby authorized to adopt regulations for Municipal roadways on City property and off-street parking facilities, respectively, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, including, but not limited to:
(1) Establishing limits of speed, to be determined upon the basis of official engineering and traffic investigations.
(2) Designating, laying out and identifying drives for the purpose of furnishing ingress and egress to vehicles using Municipal parking facilities.
(3) Designating drives upon which vehicles shall move in only one direction.
(4) Prohibiting right-hand turns or left-hand turns, or permitting only right-hand turns or left-hand turns at designated drive intersections.
(5) Designating those drives upon which vehicles must stop or yield the right of way at drive intersections.
(6) Designating, locating and marking crosswalks, center lines, lane lines, stop lines and other markings upon the surface of the Municipal parking facility to provide for the protection and safety of the public.
(7) Designating and marking those areas in which vehicles shall not stop, stand or park.
(8) Designating roadways, drives or parts thereof upon which only RTA buses shall operate.
(b) The regulations adopted by authority of subsections (a)(2) through (8) hereof shall become effective ten days after publication in the City Record and upon the erection of signs sufficient in number and location to apprise the ordinarily observant person of the existence of the regulation, and shall have the force and effect of ordinances until rescinded by the Commissioner or disapproved by ordinance of Council.
The speed regulations adopted by the Commissioner pursuant to subsection (a)(1) hereof shall be first approved by Council and thereafter shall become effective as is provided in the foregoing paragraph.
(Ord. No. 1525-81. Passed 6-29-81, eff. 7-2-81)
The members of the Police Division and civilian employees of the Division of Traffic Engineering and Parking and the Division of Parking Facilities shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and the regulations of the Commissioner of Traffic Engineering and Parking and the Commissioner of Parking Facilities issued pursuant to the authority of Section 455.02.
(Ord. No. 1525-81. Passed 6-29-81, eff. 7-2-81)
The Commissioner of Traffic Engineering and Parking, with respect to street parking, and the Commissioner of Parking Facilities, with respect to off-street parking, shall place and maintain signs and traffic control devices when and as required under this chapter. The Commissioners may place and maintain such additional signs and traffic control devices as they may deem necessary to regulate, guide, warn or apprise traffic consistent with this chapter. The Commissioner of Parking Facilities shall also mark the surface of the Municipal parking lot and other such off-street parking facilities by lines painted or durably marked thereon where such surface marking is necessary or proper under this chapter.
(Ord. No. 1525-81. Passed 6-29-81, eff. 7-2-81)
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, when any vehicle is parked in any parking space adjacent to which a parking meter is located, the person so parking such vehicle shall, upon entering such parking space, immediately deposit in the parking meter such proper coin or coins of the United States or such proper marking token or tokens or shall immediately insert in such parking meter such proper parking key or parking card as is required for such parking meter and as is designated by proper directions on the meter. When required by the directions on the meter, the person so parking the vehicle, after the deposit of the proper coin or coins, or parking token or tokens, or insertion of the proper parking key or parking card, shall also set in operation the timing mechanism on such meter in accordance with directions appearing thereon. Failure, to deposit such proper coin or coins, or parking token or tokens, or failure to insert the proper parking key or parking card, and to set the timing mechanism in operation when so required, shall constitute a violation of this section. Upon the deposit of such coins, parking tokens, or upon the insertion of the proper parking key or parking card, and the setting of the timing mechanism in operation when so required, the parking space may be lawfully occupied by such vehicle during the period of time which has been prescribed on the parking meter for the denomination of the coin or coins, or parking token or tokens deposited, or during the period of time which has been prescribed on the parking meter for the parking key or parking card inserted, provided that any person parking a vehicle in a parking space adjacent to which there is a parking meter which indicates that unused time has been left in the meter by the previous occupant of the parking space, shall not be required to deposit a coin or coins, or parking token or tokens so long as his occupancy of the parking space does not exceed the indicated unused parking time. If any vehicle remains parked in any parking space beyond the parking time limit set for such parking space, and if the parking meter indicates such illegal parking, then, and in that event, such vehicle shall be considered as parking overtime and beyond the period of legal parking time, and such parking shall be deemed a violation of this section.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, when any vehicle is parked in a parking space in a Municipal parking facility in which automatically operated gates have been erected at the exits or entrances of such parking facility, the person so parking such vehicle shall, upon removing such vehicle from the Municipal parking facility, upon entering such parking facility, deposit or cause to be deposited a coin or coins of the United States or such parking token or tokens, or cause to be inserted the proper parking key or parking card as is required for such automatically operated gate and as is designated by proper directions on the gate or posted adjacent thereto. Failure to deposit such coins, or parking tokens, or to insert the proper parking key or parking card shall constitute a violation of this section. Upon the deposit of such coin or coins, or parking token or tokens or upon the insertion of the proper parking key or parking card in the automatically operated gate, the vehicle being removed from the parking facility shall be deemed to have been lawfully parked for that continuous period of parking time immediately preceding the removal of the vehicle from the Municipal parking facility.
(Ord. No. 1525-81. Passed 6-29-81, eff. 7-2-81)
Parking or standing a vehicle in a parking space in a Municipal parking facility adjacent to which parking space a parking meter has been erected or in a Municipal parking facility which is equipped with automatically operated gates at the exits or entrances, shall be lawful for such length of time and for such charges and fees as may be established by the Board of Control and approved by Council as provided in Section 133.25 of the Codified Ordinances.
(Ord. No. 2199-81. Passed 9-21-81, eff. 9-22-81)
The Commissioner of Parking Facilities shall designate parking spaces in the Willard Park Garage to be reserved at no charge for members of Council and such members of Council staff as the President shall designate, the Clerk of Council, the Mayor and such members of his staff as the Mayor shall designate, the directors of departments, and the Chiefs of Police and Fire. When signs are posted giving notice of such reserved parking spaces, no other person shall park in such reserved parking spaces on Mondays from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and on other weekdays and Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
(Ord. No. 139-99. Passed 2-1-99, eff. 2-10-99)
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this chapter for any person:
(a) To cause, allow or permit any vehicle registered in the name of or operated by such person to be parked overtime or beyond the period of legal parking time as may be provided in Section 455.06;
(b) To permit any vehicle to remain or be placed in any parking space adjacent to any parking meter while such meter is displaying a signal indicating that the vehicle occupying such parking space has already been parked beyond the period prescribed for such parking space;
(c) To park any vehicle across any line or marking of a parking space or in such position that the vehicle shall not be entirely within the area designated by such lines or marking;
(d) To perform any act other than the deposit of lawful coins, parking tokens, parking keys or parking cards for the purposes of securing or increasing the parking meter indication of legal parking time or for the purpose of putting into operation the automatically operated gate;
(e) To fail to comply with any other provisions of this chapter or with any rules or regulations duly adopted by the Commissioner of Traffic Engineering and Parking and the Commissioner of Parking Facilities, pursuant to the authority of Section 455.02.
(Ord. No. 1525-81. Passed 6-29-81, eff. 7-2-81)
The Commissioner of Parking Facilities shall issue parking tokens, parking keys and parking cards and shall collect such charges and fees as are established by the Board of Control pursuant to the provisions of Section 133.25 of the Codified Ordinances.
(Ord. No. 1525-81. Passed 6-29-81, eff. 7-2-81)
The Commissioner of Parking Facilities shall have charge of the collection of the coins or tokens deposited in parking meters or in automatically operated gates on Municipal parking facilities.
(Ord. No. 1525-81. Passed 6-29-81, eff. 7-2-81)
The coins deposited in parking meters or automatically operated gates and the fees and charges collected for the issuance of parking tokens, parking keys or parking cards in Municipal off-street parking facilities are required and shall be used to defray the expense of proper regulation of parking and traffic upon Municipal off-street parking facilities in the City; to provide the cost of supervision, regulation and control of the parking of vehicles in Municipal off-street parking facilities; the payment of the interest on and the retirement at maturity of bonds issued for the purchase of land, the improvement thereof and the equipping of such premises for off-street parking operation; and to cover the cost of purchase, supervision, protection, inspection, installation, operation, maintenance, control and use of parking meters, automatically operated gates on Municipal off-street parking facilities; all of which serve to regulate traffic and reduce the congestion caused by vehicles upon the streets of the City.
Separate accounts shall be maintained for each Municipal off-street parking facility so as to show the financial results of City ownership and operation, including all assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, the cost of all improvements, expense of maintenance and the amount set aside for interest and debt retirement.
(Ord. No. 1525-81. Passed 6-29-81, eff. 7-2-81)