[CC §32.077; Ord. No. 160, 2-4-1980]
The provisions of this Chapter prohibiting the standing or parking
of a vehicle shall apply at all times or at those times herein specified
or as indicated on official signs except when it is necessary to stop
a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with
the direction of a Police Officer or official traffic control device.
[CC §32.078; Ord. No. 160, 2-4-1980]
The provisions of this Title imposing a time limit on parking
shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more
restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing,
or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times.
[CC §32.079; Ord. No. 160, 2-4-1980]
When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall
park a vehicle at any time upon any of the streets described by ordinance.
[CC §32.080; Ord. No. 160, 2-4-1980]
When signs are erected in each block giving notice thereof,
no person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified by ordinance
of any day except Sunday and public holidays within the district or
upon any of the streets described by ordinance.
[CC §32.081; Ord. No. 160, 2-4-1980]
When signs are erected in each block giving notice thereof,
no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle between the hours specified
by ordinance on any day except Sundays and public holidays within
the district or upon any of the streets described by ordinance.
[CC §32.082; Ord. No. 160, 2-4-1980]
Whenever by this Title or any ordinance of the City any parking
time limit is imposed or parking is prohibited on designated streets,
it shall be the duty of the City Manager to erect appropriate signs
giving notice thereof and no such regulations shall be effective unless
said signs are erected and in place at the time of any alleged offense.
[CC §32.083; Ord. No. 160, 2-4-1980]
In cases where an equally direct and convenient alternate route
is provided, an ordinance may describe and signs may be erected giving
notice thereof, that no persons shall operate any commercial vehicle
upon streets or parts of streets so described except those commercial
vehicles making deliveries thereon.
[CC §36.41; Ord. No. 390 §§1-5, 8-6-1990; Ord. No. 642 §§1 — 4, 8-2-1999; Ord. No. 649 §1, 11-1-1999]
A.
Definitions.
1.
Residential parking zones. Any street or part thereof
in one of the hereinafter defined residential zones which is designated
as such with a specified parking time limit.
2.
Residential zone: The residential zones of the City
of St. John shall be as designated in Schedule VII of this Title.
Additional zones may be added by the filing of a petition signed by
fifty percent (50%) of the residents of the affected area as certified
by the City Clerk, and upon approval of passage of a subsequent ordinance
by the City Council. Any additional residential zones created by this
procedure shall be designated in Schedule VII.
3.
Resident. Any person who is a full-time resident
of the property abutting a street designated as a residential parking
zone.
4.
Visitor. Any person who is a household guest, a
visitor, a workman performing services for, or domestic help for,
a resident.
B.
Residential Parking Permit. On any street which is designated
a residential parking zone, parking in excess of the prescribed parking
time limit will be permitted by a resident or a visitor only with
a valid resident or visitor parking permit.
C.
Parking Permit. Each parking permit shall be limited for
use in the residential parking zone for which it was issued. A resident
or visitor parking permit issued in one residential zone of the City
shall not be valid in any other residential zone.
D.
Issuance of Parking Permit. Each building abutting a street
in a residential zone shall be entitled to parking permits. Parking
permits are now incorporated with the annual City Sticker (Vehicle
Tax) and will be issued to each vehicle housed and registered with
the City at that location upon application.
E.
Temporary Parking Permits. The occupant/owner (in the case
of rental property) of each building (referred to herein as applicant) in the residential parking zone shall be allowed
the issuance of temporary parking permits in the event a special function
is being held. This number is not to exceed ten (10) per building
per special function. There shall be a twenty-five dollar ($25) deposit
charged for these permits payable at the time they are issued. Said
deposit shall be returned to the applicant upon the return of said
temporary permits, provided they are returned within five (5) days
of the date the special function was held, else, the deposit is forfeited.
F.
Penalty For Violation. The owner of each automobile which
is found to have been parked in a residential parking zone in violation
of this Section without displaying the residential parking permit
in the right front portion of the windshield shall be liable for a
fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00) for each instance of violation or imprisonment for
ninety (90) days, or by both such fine or imprisonment.
G.
Penalty For Failure To Return Temporary Parking Permits. Should the temporary permits not be returned within the required five (5) days as stated in Section 360.080(E), a summons will be issued to the applicant and a court appearance will be required. Applicant shall be liable for a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each instance of violation or imprisonment for ninety (90) days, or by both such fine or imprisonment.
[Ord. No. 1014 §1, 7-15-2013]
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Cross Reference — As to designated residential parking
zones, see sch. VII of this Title.
