A.
It shall be unlawful for any vehicle to park in city-owned parking lots in a manner inconsistent with posted regulations.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to sleep upon the grounds of or improved surface of any city-owned parking lots in a manner inconsistent with posted regulations.
C.
The director of public works may establish time limits, hours of allowed parking, and other restrictions in city-owned parking lots.
D.
"Vehicle" as used in this section shall include, but not be limited to, automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, buses, motorized recreational vehicles, campers, boats, travel trailers, boat trailers, utility trailers, or other similar devices.
E.
"Grounds" as used in this section shall mean the landscaped area within a parking lot and the area surrounding a parking lot twenty-five feet in width in all directions from the improved surface of a parking lot.
F.
"Improved surface" as used in this section shall mean an area for use by a vehicle, for the purpose of the parking of vehicles.
G.
This section shall not apply to persons authorized to sleep in or on a parking lot by a special event permit issued by the city.
H.
It shall be a defense to a charge under subsection A of this section that the offense was necessitated by a temporary emergency situation and that no reasonable alternative was available to the defendant under the circumstances.
I.
Violation of this section is a civil infraction with a penalty of five hundred dollars. Each day during any portion of which such violation occurs shall constitute a separate infraction.
(Ord. 3215 § 2, 2023; Ord. 3284 § 2, 2025)