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Home My WebLink About5.b. Parking Ordinance•��, ***MEMORANDUM*** DATE: OCTOBER 30, 1987 TO: MAYOR KNUTSON COUNCILMEMBERS: NAPPER TUCKER WALSH WILLARD FROM: STEPHAN JILK RE: PARKING ORDINANG EVISION Attached is the final draft of the proposed parking ordinance for your review and consideration for adoption. This draft is Staffs' understanding of the Councils direction set on this. If this is adopted we will have a draft of the actual ordinance for you on Tuesday night. The ordinance would simply replace the entire existing parking regulation section of the City Code with this draft you see here. Semitrailer Any vehicle of the trailer type so designed and used in conjunction with truck-tractor that a considerable part of . its own weight or that of its load rests upon and is carried by the truck-:tractor and includes a trailer drawn by a truck-tractor semi-trailer combination. Junked Vehicle Any vehicle, as defined in this section, which does not have lawfully affixed or attached thereto an unexpired state registration or license plate or plates, or the condition of which is ` wrecked, dismantled, partially dismantled, inoperative, abandoned or discarded. Street Any public street, avenue, road,` alley or highway located in the City and established for the use of vehicles. Operator includes every individual who shall operate' a vehicle as the owner thereof, or as the agent, employee, or permittee of the :owner or any iodic=idual who is in actual physical control of a vehicle.' Private Property Any real property within the City which is privately owned and which is not public property as defined in this'secton. Public Property Any street or highway and ii4ciules" itie 'en'tir'e 'width �-,"of between: the boundary lines every way, publicly maintained for the purposes of 'vehicular travel, and shall ` also mean any other; publicly owned property or.faciiity. :Y��tl�1#i...bi `ri �i�.:. is 'l.l�' i.. 4l ri�:..,• Residential Zoning' Districts Residential zoning districts mean' zoning' districts R=1, RR and RM. R Parking The ,standing of a vehicle, whether occupied" or not; upon a street, otherwise than rtemporarily for the - purpose of, and while actually engaged in, ; receiving or discharging passengers or loading _ or unloading merchandise, or in obedience to traffic regulations, signs or signals or an ' involuntary stopping of the vehicle' by 'reason of causes beyond the control of the operator the" vehicle.' `(Ord. XII.4, 2-1-72)_ i 8-2-2 Parking Provisions: A. Parking Designated By Council: The City Council is authorized to designate parking and 'restrict the length of time parking shall be permitted at any place within the City. In establishing or changing parking zones or parking restrictions, the Council shall pass a resolution at a meeting adequately describing and defining said parking zones or parking restrictions. The Chief of Police is authorized to erect signs prohibiting or limiting parking at locations he deems appropriate. B. Parking Generally: No -owner of ,a vehicle shall leave, park or permit the .same to stand on any City street or alley for more than twenty-four (24) hours. :. Parking After Snowfall: No owner of a motor vehicle .shall leave, .park or permit the same to stand on any street or alley `for a period longer than four (4) hours after a snowfall of two inches (27) or more in depth or of such amount which necessitates the plowing and clearing of City ';streets and alleys of snow by the City, until such time that the streets or alleys in question are actually plowed and cleared of snow. D. Parking Near Fires: No person except Fire Department members shall park a car within three hundred feet (300') of a fire Violating Parking Signs: No person shall, park a vehicle in 'stick a} manner or location as to disobey` or violate a parking sign'which was posted by the City. The registered owner of a vehicle shall be deemed 'responsible" for the parking of a vehicle under this subsection, along with ilii peisbd who actually parks the vehicle. (Ord. XII 4, 2-1-72; amd. 1983 -Code) ` %. Storing or Parking Junked Vehicle Prohibited: It, is unlawful for any person to park, store or leave any junked 'vehicle, whether attended or not,upon ' an public orrivate property within the City,: or for any'- erson``as an YP p _P p y Y YP , owner of or an occupant having control of private property Within the City ` to permit the parking, storing or leaving of any junked vehicle upon such private property, unless such junked vehicle is within an enclosed building or structure lawfully situated upon private property or is so parked,' stored , or left upon private property lawfully zoned and operated as, a junkyard. y t 1 See Section 8-2-4 of this Code. C71. Unauthorized parking of vehicles or display of vehicles for sale shall not be permitted on public property or publicly zoned property. H. Residential Streets: No trucks, truck tractor or semitrailer combination are permitted to be parked on ,public streets in residential zoning districts, except to load or unload or do repair to streets or property. �. Residential Neighborhoods: No truck tractor or semitrailer combination are permitted to be parked on private property in residential zoning districts, except if parked in a fully enclosed authorized structure. J. Public Nuisance Declared: The presenceofa junked vehicle upon private or public property ` within the City, except as permitted by the provisions of paragraph f. of this section, or the violation 'of any of the provisions of this chapter,is hereby declared to be a hazard to the public health and safety and a public nuisance which may be abated by the City as such. f 8-2-3: 1`owing And Storage of Illegally Parked Vehicles: Removal and Storage: Members of the police Department are"" h'ereby authorized and empowered to have removed any 'vehicle on any street or alley in violation` of Section 8-2-2 or stalled thereon and to have such vehicle; placed in a garage or outdoor area by any person engaged in the general garage or filling`station business. B. Redemption, Charge: Such vehicle shall not 'be `removed therefrom' until' reasonable costs of storing and towing the same have been fully; paid. > The police 'shall :have the further authority to direct employees of the City to remove any such vehicle and to that event the Police Chief may impose a` charge to be paid to the City Clerk before the said vehicle' may be taken or recovered by the owner thereof.