[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the City of Margate City 5-12-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-7. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
It is the intention of the City of Margate City
to create and develop municipal parking lots to assist, help and alleviate
parking problems that have developed in the retail, commercial and
professional areas in our community and to provide for the safety
and convenience of its citizens while shopping in our commercial districts.
The City of Margate City may designate certain
lots or tracts of land in the City of Margate City as municipal parking
lots in accordance with the Margate City Land Development Ordinance
of 1986.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 165, Land Development.
The following vehicles shall be permitted to
use the Margate City Municipal Parking Lot:
A.
Automobiles and station wagons.
B.
Vans no longer than 18 feet in length.
C.
Pickup trucks no longer than 18 feet in length.
D.
Motorcycles and mopeds.
E.
Delivery trucks no greater than 18 feet in length
only when making pickups or deliveries at local area properties.
F.
Service vehicles no greater than 18 feet in length
when providing services to properties within a three-block area of
the municipal lot.
[Amended 4-15-2004 by Ord. No.
2004-5; 5-2-2019 by Ord. No. 05-2019]
A.
Rules of use of Margate City Municipal Parking Lot during the off-season.
Between October 31 and May 1 the Municipal Parking Lot shall be open
and available for use in accordance with municipal regulation during
daylight hours for all permitted vehicles without charge or limitation.
B.
Rules of use of the Margate City Municipal Lot during the summer
season. Between May 1 and October 31 the following rules shall apply
in the operation of said lot:
(1)
The lot will be open for use by permitted vehicles from 6:00 a.m.
to 12:00 a.m. daily.
(2)
(Reserved)
(3)
The public shall be permitted to park their vehicles upon the lot
for two-hour periods between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 12:00 a.m.
(4)
The Margate City Municipal Parking Lot will be closed to the general
public at 12:00 a.m. and all vehicles must be removed from the lot
at that time.
(5)
The City of Margate shall issue a minimum of 15 parking permits for residents who live in the area of the Margate City Municipal Parking Lot, specifically residents who live on the unit block of North Washington Avenue, the unit block of South Washington Avenue, the unit block of North Decatur Avenue, and Winchester Avenue between Washington and Decatur Avenues. The permit shall grant permission for a resident to park on the Margate City Municipal Parking Lot during the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. daily. Vehicles must be parked on the lot no later than 12:30 a.m. and cannot be removed from the lot until 6:00 a.m. in order to minimize noise and disturbance to the neighbors. The parking permits shall be issued in accordance with Margate City Code § 257-22. The City reserves the right to increase or decrease the number of parking permits issued.
It is the intention of the Commissioners of
the City of Margate that with the creation of this municipal parking
lot in the City that the lot shall be expressly limited for the use
of parking purposes only and at no time will automobile repairs, ballplaying,
loitering, cleaning, washing or waxing of vehicles or any other type
of such activity be permitted thereon, the only exception to these
limitations shall be emergency repairs to a vehicle lawfully parked
upon said premises.
The City Commissioners specifically reserve
the right to enter into a contract with local merchants for the use
of the municipal parking lot between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. for
private parking by valet from the businesses in the area.
A.
Police officers and parking violation officers, in
accordance with the instructions issued by the Chief of Police and
the regulations promulgated by the Commissioners of the City of Margate
City, are to report as follows upon any violation:
(1)
The number of each parking meter which indicates that
the vehicle occupying the parking space adjacent to the parking meter
is or has been parked in violation of any of the provisions of this
chapter.
(2)
The license number of such vehicle.
(3)
That such vehicle is parked in violation of any provisions
of this chapter.
(4)
Any other information which will describe the circumstances
attending the violation.
B.
In making such report, the police officer or parking
violation officer shall also attach to such vehicle a notice to the
owner thereof that such vehicle has been parked in violation of the
provisions of this chapter, with appropriate instructions upon said
notice how to comply with the terms of the chapter in such case made
and provided.
In addition to the penalty imposed for the violation
of any of the provisions of this chapter of any vehicles parked in
the municipal parking lot in violation of any of the provisions of
this chapter, the Police Department may cause said vehicle to be removed
to such place as designated by the Chief of Police. The owner or operator
of such vehicle so removed shall pay the reasonable cost and expense
of such removal and the storage which may result therefrom, and any
person, firm or corporation desiring to reclaim such vehicle may do
so by paying the expenses of such removal, storage and violation.
In addition to any other penalties herein provided,
any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall,
upon the conviction thereof by the Municipal Court, be punishable
by imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding $500,
or both.
