For purposes of this article:
5th Street Crossing.
The mixed-use residential, office, retail, and parking facilities generally located at 341 N. Fifth St.
Business day.
A day on which City Hall is open for public business.
City Hall.
The building and grounds located at 200 N. Fifth St. including the parking facilities located at 401 W. State St.
Duckworth Building.
The Charles E. Duckworth Utility Services Building located at 217 N. Fifth St.
Garland Utility Payment Drive-Thru.
The building and parking facilities located at 717 W. State St.
Granville Arts Center.
Buildings and parking facilities located at 300 N. Fifth St.
Unlawfully parked.
Includes parking, standing, or leaving a vehicle unattended.
Vehicle.
A motor vehicle and includes any trailer, semi-trailer, pole trailer or house trailer, whether attached or unattached to a motor vehicle.
(Ordinance 6455, sec. 1, adopted 4/19/11; Ordinance 6798, sec. 2, adopted 9/1/15)
(A) 
A vehicle is unlawfully parked if the vehicle is not entirely contained within the limits of a single parking space designated by surface markings for that parking space.
(B) 
For head-in parking, a vehicle is unlawfully parked if the vehicle is parked more than eighteen inches from the front end of the parking space in which it is parked.
(C) 
A vehicle is unlawfully parked if the vehicle is parked within a City parking space that is marked by sign or surface markings as “reserved” or similarly designated for official use unless the vehicle is owned or operated by the City or an authorized City official or authorized employee of the City.
(D) 
No person shall skate, skateboard or rollerblade on the premises of City Hall, in or on the parking facilities at 5th Street Crossing or City Hall, or on any ramp, loading dock or protrusion abutting or connected to City Hall, 5th Street Crossing, the Duckworth Building, the Garland Utility Payment Drive-Thru or the Granville Arts Center.
(E) 
The provisions of Chapter 681, Tex. Trans. Code govern privileged parking in parking spaces designated for persons with physical disabilities.
(F) 
A peace officer or other city official designated to enforce parking laws and regulations may take into custody any vehicle found in violation of subsections (A), (B), or (C).
(1) 
Prior to taking a violating vehicle under subsections (A) and (B), a notice of violation shall be securely attached to the vehicle for a minimum of twenty-four hours, specifying the violation, the date, the approximate time, and the location of the violation. However, if a violating vehicle has previously received a citation under above subsections (A), (B), or (C), or notice pursuant to this subsection, then the violating vehicle may be taken into custody without further notice for any subsequent violations.
(2) 
If the City takes into custody a motor vehicle that has been determined to be in violation of the Code, the City shall notify not later than the tenth day after taking the motor vehicle into custody, by certified mail, the last known registered owner of the motor vehicle and all lienholders of record that the vehicle has been taken into custody. The notice shall describe the year, make, model, and vehicle identification number of the motor vehicle, set forth the location of the facility where the motor vehicle is being held, inform the owner and any lienholders of their right to reclaim the motor vehicle not later than the twentieth day after the date of the notice, on payment of all towing, preservation, and storage charges resulting from placing the vehicle in custody, or garagekeeper’s charges if notice is under section 683.032 of the Texas Transportation Code and, if the vehicle is a commercial motor vehicle impounded under section 644.153(q) of the Texas Transportation Code, the delinquent administrative penalty and costs. The notice shall also state that the failure of the owner or lienholders to exercise their right to reclaim the vehicle within the time provided constitutes a waiver by the owner and lienholders of all right, title, and interest in the vehicle and their consent to the sale of the abandoned motor vehicle at a public auction.
(3) 
If the identity of the last registered owner cannot be determined, if the registration contains no address for the owner, or if it is impossible to determine with reasonable certainty the identity and addresses of all lienholders, notice by one publication in one newspaper of general circulation in the area where the motor vehicle was abandoned is sufficient notice under this article. The notice by publication may contain multiple listings of abandoned vehicles, shall be published within the time requirements prescribed for notice by certified mail, and shall have the same contents required for a notice by certified mail.
(Ordinance 6455, sec. 1, adopted 4/19/11; Ordinance 6897, secs. 1–2, adopted 2/21/17)
(A) 
5th Street Crossing.
The following regulations apply to the multi-level parking facility at 5th Street Crossing:
(1) 
A vehicle is unlawfully parked if the vehicle is parked on:
(a) 
A ground level of the 5th Street Crossing parking facilities for more than three consecutive hours between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on a business day; or
(b) 
Any level above ground level without displaying a valid parking permit issued by the City.
(2) 
A vehicle is unlawfully parked if the vehicle is parked on any level above ground level of the 5th Street Crossing parking facilities between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on a business day without properly displaying a valid parking permit issued by the City.
(B) 
City Hall.
The following regulations apply to parking at or abutting City Hall and the parking facilities at City Hall:
(1) 
A vehicle is unlawfully parked if the vehicle is parked:
(a) 
On the ground level, north entrance of the City Hall parking facilities; or on the west ground level of the City Hall parking facilities for more than three consecutive hours between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on a business day; or
(b) 
At any location within the City Hall parking facilities other than those described in subsection (a) above, without displaying a valid parking permit issued by the City.
(C) 
Garland Utility Payment Drive-Thru.
A vehicle is unlawfully parked if the vehicle is parked on the premises of the Garland Utility Payment Drive-Thru between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on a business day without properly displaying a valid parking permit issued by the City.
(D) 
Granville Arts Center.
A vehicle is unlawfully parked if the vehicle is parked on the premises of the Granville Arts Center between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on a business day if:
(1) 
The operator of the vehicle is not an official or employee of the City;
(2) 
The operator of the vehicle is not a visitor within the Garland Downtown Historic Sub-District;
(3) 
The vehicle is parked on the northern-most row of parking spaces adjacent to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit parking lot from Fifth Street to a point 380 feet east for more than three consecutive hours; or
(4) 
The vehicle is parked within the parking lot for more than forty-eight (48) hours consecutive hours without moving.
(E) 
Authorized parking.
It is an affirmative defense to prosecution that the operator or a person who was transported in the unlawfully parked vehicle received authorization to park on the premises from the City Manager.
(Ordinance 6455, sec. 1, adopted 4/19/11; Ordinance 6612, sec. 2, adopted 5/7/13; Ordinance 6633, sec. 2, adopted 8/20/13; Ordinance 6798, secs. 3–4, adopted 9/1/15; Ordinance 7445 adopted 7/11/2023)