A.
Municipal
off-street parking lots are hereby established in the City, and all
of the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable thereto. Such
off-street parking lots are those areas so designated by resolution
of the Council of the City.
B.
As
used in this chapter, the term "municipal off-street parking lots"
shall include municipal off-street parking garages.
(Prior code § 11-030)
A.
The
method of regulation and control of parking or standing of vehicles
in municipal off-street parking lots shall be determined by the City
Manager and may be by parking meters, pay stations, attendants, or
any other appropriate means.
(Prior code § 11-031; Ord. 2015-07-21-1201 C.S. § 5)
When parking on a municipal off-street parking lot is regulated
and controlled by parking attendants or parking ticket dispensers,
or is subject to a permit issued by the City, or contractor of the
City or Parking Authority of the City, at periodic intervals, no operator
of any vehicle parked on such municipal off-street parking lot shall
fail, neglect, or refuse to pay the parking charges established for
such municipal off-street parking lot or to fail, neglect or refuse
to purchase the required ticket from the parking ticket dispenser
or to display such parking ticket or permit in the manner specified
on said ticket, permit, or appropriate sign, or as required by law.
(Prior code § 11-037; Ord. 2015-07-21-1201 C.S. § 5)
A.
The
limit of parking time and the days and hours during which parking
time limits shall apply on municipal off-street parking lots shall
be established by the City Manager.
B.
When
appropriate signs or markings designating such parking time limits
are in place giving notice thereof, no operator shall stop, stand,
or park said vehicle on any municipal off-street parking lot for longer
than the permitted time.
(Prior code § 11-038)
When a parking space in any municipal off-street parking lot
is parallel with the adjacent meters, any vehicle parked or standing
in such parking space shall be parked or shall stand so that the foremost
part of said vehicle shall be nearest to the parking meter designated
for the parking space. When a parking space in any municipal off-street
parking lot is diagonal or at right angles to the parking meters,
any vehicle parking or standing in such parking space shall be parked
or shall stand with the foremost part of such vehicle nearest to the
parking meter designated for the parking space.
(Prior code § 11-039)
Parking spaces on municipal off-street parking lots or those
under municipal control shall be designated by lines or other appropriate
markings. When parking spaces are so designated, no operator of any
vehicle shall stop, stand, or park said vehicle other than in a regularly
designated parking space, across any such line or marking, or in such
position that said vehicle shall not be entirely within the area so
designated as a parking space except upon the direction of a parking
lot attendant. No vehicle shall be parked, stopped nor shall stand
either wholly or partially in any driveway of any municipal off-street
parking lot or in any manner which shall obstruct or interfere with
the free movement of vehicles in such driveway or in any manner so
as to obstruct or otherwise prevent or interfere with ingress to or
egress from any regularly designated parking space except upon the
direction of a parking lot attendant.
(Prior code § 11-040; Ord. 2015-07-21-1201 C.S. § 5)
A.
No
person shall enter any municipal off-street parking lot over any area
or driveway or the portion between any curb returns which is not marked
with the word "entrance" or otherwise indicated by arrows, signs,
or words that it is a driveway or place for the entering of such parking
lot.
B.
No
person shall move any vehicle from any such parking lot into any public
way over any area except an area marked with the word "exit" or otherwise
indicated by arrows, signs, or words that it is a driveway or place
for the leaving of such parking lot.
(Prior code § 11-041)
No person shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle having a capacity
in excess of three-fourths tons in any municipal off-street parking
lot.
(Prior code § 11-042)
No person shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle having an overall
length in excess of 21 feet except regular passenger vehicles in any
municipal off-street parking lot.
(Prior code § 11-043)
No person shall stop, stand, or park any house or truck trailer
in any municipal off-street parking lot.
(Prior code § 11-044)
No person shall move any vehicle on any municipal off-street
parking lot at any speed exceeding 10 miles per hour.
(Prior code § 11-045)
For any violation of any provision of this chapter, the Police Department or authorized representative of the City in accordance with Section 10.04.070 of this code is hereby empowered to issue administrative citations as provided in Sections 1.24.020 and 1.24.030. of this code, notices to appear, or citations in the usual form and manner as provided in the Vehicle Code of the State.
(Prior code § 11-046)
The Police Department or Parking Authority of the City is hereby empowered to remove, or cause to have removed to the nearest garage or other place of safety, or to a garage designated or maintained by the City, any vehicle that is stopped, standing or parked on any municipal off-street parking lot in violation of Sections 10.48.060 and 10.48.080 through 10.48.100, or which is left on such municipal off-street parking lot for a period exceeding 30 hours. The provisions of Chapter 10.16 of this code entitled "Removal and Impounding Vehicles" shall apply in the event of such removal.
(Prior code § 11-047; Ord. 2015-07-21-1201 C.S. § 5)
In any administrative adjudication, as such procedure is set forth under Section 1.28.010 of this code, charging a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter governing the stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle in any municipal off-street parking lot, proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was stopped, standing, or parked in violation of any provision of this chapter, together with proof that defendant named in the complaint was at the time of such stopping, standing, or parking the registered owner of such vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of such motor vehicle was the person who stopped, left standing, or parked such motor vehicle at the point where and for the time during which such violation occurred.
(Prior code § 11-048)
