A.
The designated geographical parameters within the
City of Pawtucket are hereby designated the "Memorial Hospital Hospital
Zone" (hereinafter referred to as the "Hospital Zone"). No person
shall be permitted to park any motor vehicles on any public street
or portion thereof located in the Hospital Zone unless and until one
of the following exceptions shall be satisfied:
(1)
The motor vehicle is owned or operated on a regular
basis by a resident of the Hospital Zone, and the motor vehicle has
a valid resident parking permit displayed on the left lower corner
of its front window in such a manner as to be readily examinable by
persons authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter;
(2)
The vehicle is a commercial, service, or delivery
vehicle and is temporarily parked for business purposes, but only
during such time as the operator or occupants of said motor vehicle
are rendering services, repairs or improvements to property located
within the Hospital Zone;
(3)
The vehicle is an emergency or public service vehicle;
or
(4)
The vehicle has a valid, special guest permit or a
valid temporary permit displayed on the left lower corner of its front
window in such a manner as to be readily examinable by persons authorized
to enforce this chapter.
[Amended 12-16-2010 by Ch. No. 2953]
B.
Hospital Zone resident parking permits.
[Amended 12-16-2010 by Ch. No. 2953]
(1)
Hospital Zone resident parking permits shall be available
through the office of the City Clerk upon presentation of identification,
as follows:
(a)
Valid Rhode Island motor vehicle registration
showing that the vehicle is registered in the name and address of
a person living within the Hospital Zone for each requested vehicle.
(2)
Hospital Zone special guest permit, one per residence, shall be available through the office of the City Clerk upon presentation of the item in Subsection B(1)(a) or to a resident who does not own a vehicle but can produce one of the following: copy of a Pawtucket tax bill, utility bill, bank statement, income tax return, pay stub, current deed or lease/rental agreement addressed in the name of the resident and to that residence within the Hospital Zone.
(3)
One
temporary parking pass per vehicle shall be available to new residents
who have not changed their address on their motor vehicle registration.
This temporary parking pass shall be valid for 60 days and must be
returned to the City Clerk's office in order to obtain a residential
parking sticker. Temporary permits shall be available through the
Office of the City Clerk upon presentation of a valid motor vehicle
registration showing the name of the resident for each requested vehicle
or copy of vehicle rental agreement, including the name of the resident,
and one of the following: copy of a Pawtucket tax bill, utility bill,
bank statement, income tax return, pay stub, current deed or lease/rental
agreement addressed in the name of the resident and to that residence.
(4)
Hospital
Zone stickers and guest permits shall expire on January 31 every two
years after the enactment of this subsection.
(a)
The Hospital Zone stickers shall be a different color every two years
and will clearly state the sticker number and the expiration date.
(b)
The Hospital Zone guest permits will be the same color as the stickers
and bear the same expiration date. The guest permits will have typed
clearly upon it the corresponding sticker number and the address of
the resident.
(5)
Replacement
of a lost Hospital Zone guest permit shall be $50.
A.
The Hospital Zone shall include all but not be limited
to the following:
[Amended 11-7-2002 by Ch. No. 2661]
(1)
Arch Street, from Rhode Island Avenue to Meadow Street.
(2)
Beechwood Avenue.
(3)
Brewster Street from intersection of Rhode Island
Avenue to Division Street.
(4)
Chestnut Street.
(5)
Englewood Avenue.
(6)
Linwood Avenue from School Street to Brewster Street.
(7)
Meadow Street from Young Street to School Street.
(8)
Melrose Avenue from Prospect Street to Rhode Island
Avenue.
(9)
Norton Street.
(10)
Pond Street, from Brewster Street to Kepler
Street.
(11)
Prospect Street from Melrose Avenue to Meadow
Street.
(12)
Rhode Island Avenue from Exeter Avenue to Pond
Street.
[Amended 9-22-2005 by Ch. No. 2782; 4-23-2009 by Ch. 2916; 8-6-2009 by Ch. 2926]
(13)
Rosewood Street.
(14)
School Street from Meadow Street to Englewood
Avenue.
(15)
South Street from Meadow Street to Division
Street.
(16)
Summit Street from Division Street to Pond Street.
(17)
Woodland Street.
(18)
Young Street.
B.
Border streets shall be in the Hospital Zone in their
entirety on both sides for the purpose of this chapter.
[Amended 12-16-2010 by Ch. No. 2953]
(1)
It
shall be a violation of this article for anyone who has been issued
either a resident parking permit or a special guest pass by the City,
as set forth in this article, to rent, lease, sell, convey, or otherwise
transfer the same to a third party who is not a resident of the Hospital
Zone or a guest of a resident of the Hospital Zone.
(2)
It
shall be a violation of this article to duplicate, alter or tamper
with any permit/pass issued under the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 12-16-2010 by Ch. No. 2953[1]]
This article shall supersede any existing parking
regulations that are in direct conflict with it. Any existing parking
provisions within the Hospital Zone shall remain in full force in
effect except that the additional requirement of area residency is
hereinafter required of all those vehicles parked within the designated
area. Any parked vehicles within said geographical parameters shall
hereinafter be required to both comply with the existing regulations
and the provisions of this chapter. A violation of either of these
requirements is a separate parking offense.
