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Editor’s Note: This ordinance provided an effective
date of 7-1-2010.
For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated in this section:
A device mechanically capable, when properly operated, of
recording the length of time a vehicle remains legally parked in an
adjacent parking space and displaying a signal when such vehicle remains
parked beyond the legal limit.
A portion of ground, within a parking station, sufficient
to accommodate a vehicle when the same is parked and which said portion
of ground has been marked by logs or paint as a parking space.
A portion of ground owned by or leased to the City of Rochester
and set apart by the Council or the Parking Director for the purpose
of parking vehicles.
A weekly or monthly tag issued by the City of Rochester that
permits legal parking within the period and times specified thereon,
in designated parking stations, upon payment of the prescribed fees.
A mechanical device which dispenses receipts that permit
legal parking for a designated period of time in parking spaces in
designated parking stations, upon payment of the prescribed fees.
Every device in, upon or by which a person or property is
or may be transported or drawn upon a highway.
Classification of parking stations shall be determined by the
Parking Director, with the approval of the Mayor, provided that no
determination or change in such determination shall be effective until
the same has been communicated to the City Council by means of a formal
communication. Parking stations may be classified as fee-paying stations,
stations for parking by City vehicles and authorized City officials
and employees conducting City business and neighborhood residential
parking lots or neighborhood commercial parking lots wherein parking
may be restricted to residents or for businesses included in the special
assessment district. The Parking Director, with the approval of the
Mayor, may establish regulations governing the use of parking stations,
which regulations may include restrictions upon the length of time
a vehicle may be parked in a parking station and which may limit the
persons authorized to park in each parking station in accordance with
the station classification.
All lands heretofore designated as parking stations shall be
described in Schedule B on file with the Traffic Control Board. The
Parking Director, with the approval of the Mayor, is authorized to
designate new parking stations and add them to Schedule B, provided
that such designations shall be communicated to the City Council by
means of a formal communication.
Each parking meter or paystation shall indicate by signs or
letters conspicuously displayed within each parking station the maximum
length of time during which a vehicle may be legally parked, upon
payment of the fee prescribed, the fee for such parking and instructions
as to the operation of said payment devices.
A.
The Parking Director shall approve the fees for parking in parking
stations.
B.
Except for parking lots at the Port of Rochester, and at Durand Eastman
Beach on Sundays when a fee is charged, the provisions of this section
shall not apply to the use of parking areas in any parking station
between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., on Sundays, Thanksgiving
and Christmas, and during such hours indicating that said parking
areas may be used without charge.
[Amended 5-24-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-136]
C.
Permits for parking shall be issued the City of Rochester in lieu
of mechanical operations, in designated parking stations, upon payment
of the prescribed fees. The period of use, instructions for proper
display and restrictions shall be displayed on the parking tag. Parking
tags will be valid for legal parking only in the parking station indicated
thereon. Vehicles parked under such permits shall be securely locked.
Upon compliance by the owner or operator of a vehicle with all
the requirements in this article contained, an individual parking
space in a City parking station may be lawfully occupied by such vehicle
for not to exceed the maximum period of parking time prescribed and
designated for the respective class of stations. Before or upon the
expiration of the period for which payment has been made, it shall
be the duty of the owner or operator of such vehicle to remove the
same from such parking space in any parking station, and it shall
be a violation of the article to allow said vehicle to remain there
longer than the time for which payment has been made.
Any vehicle found parked overtime in any parking station, or in violation of any of the provisions of this article, may be removed, towed or conveyed by or at the direction of a member of the Rochester Police Department to any vehicle pound, and such removal shall be deemed the abatement of a nuisance and at the risk of the owner. Such owner or person entitled to possession of the vehicle so removed and stored may redeem the same by the payment of the redemption and storage fees established in § 111-72 to the Chief of Police. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit a police officer or other person authorized to issue parking violation tickets from affixing to a vehicle to be removed a parking violation ticket.
The Parking Director shall take necessary and proper steps to
collect all deposits in parking meters or paystations in parking stations.
A.
No person shall park a vehicle or allow a vehicle to be parked in
a parking station without immediately paying through use of the parking
meter or paystation the amount prescribed for use of the specific
parking space for the period for which he or she wishes to park.
B.
No person shall park a vehicle overtime in any parking station or
in violation of the provisions of this article.
C.
No person shall park a vehicle so that any part of said vehicle extends
beyond the boundaries of an individual parking space in a parking
station, as indicated by markings or logs separating such individual
parking spaces.
D.
No person shall deposit in any parking meter or paystation any slug,
device or substitute for a coin of the United States of America, or
unauthorized or invalid bank card, or deface, injure, damage, tamper
with, break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter
or paystation installed under the provisions of this article, nor
shall any person assist or participate in any such act.
E.
No person shall park a vehicle which does not bear a current state
license plate in any such parking station.
F.
No vehicle exceeding 20 feet in length shall be parked in any parking
space in a parking station.
G.
No vehicle shall be parked perpendicular to the designated lines
in any parking station.
H.
No vehicle in excess of seven feet in width shall be parked in a
parking station unless it is parked in two contiguous parking spaces
in such a manner as to provide adequate clearance for vehicles using
adjacent parking spaces and the person so parking such vehicle shall
have paid for parking in each of said spaces.
I.
No person shall park a vehicle in any parking space in said parking
stations for the purpose of advertising.
J.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in a parking space
designated for handicapped parking unless the vehicle bears a valid
parking permit for handicapped persons or a special motor vehicle
registration for vehicles owned by severely disabled persons and such
vehicle is being used for the transportation of a severely disabled
or handicapped person.
K.
No person shall park a vehicle in a parking space designated for
parking for authorized vehicles only without displaying on said vehicle
the proper authorization, nor shall any person park a vehicle in a
parking station in violation of a regulation established for such
parking station by the Parking Director, provided that a sign is placed
in such parking station informing parkers of such regulation.
[Amended 5-24-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-136]
The City Treasurer shall deposit the receipts received under
and by virtue of the provisions of this article in the parking fund
to be used for the purpose of purchasing and maintaining parking fee
collection devices, administration and enforcement of the provisions
of this Code relating to traffic and the maintenance, upkeep, improvement
and repair of parking stations and for traffic control. This section
shall not apply to receipts from parking lots at the Port of Rochester
and Durand Eastman Beach, which receipts shall be deposited in the
general fund.
[Amended 5-24-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-136; 6-18-2013 by Ord. No.
2013-167; 8-21-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-253]
The following rates are established for parking in parking stations
where the Parking Director does not establish a set fee:
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Minutes
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2
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3
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8
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15
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30
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60
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120
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180
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600
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Cost
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$0.05
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$0.10
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$0.25
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$0.50
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$1.00
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$2.00
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$4.00
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$6.00
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$20.00
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