The purpose of this article is to provide for
the parking of chartered auto buses within the City.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
BUS
Includes all motorbuses and autobuses transporting passengers
for hire, except that the regularly scheduled buses of a public transportation
utility which maintains, operates and supervises all terminal and
private parking areas within the corporate limits of the City shall
not be included within such definition. Such regularly scheduled buses
of such public transportation utilities are hereby exempt from this
article. Chartered buses of such public transportation facility are
not exempt from the provisions of this article and are included within
this definition.
PUBLIC PARKING LOT
Any parking lot located within the corporate limits of the
City which is maintained and operated by the City.
STREET
Any thoroughfare, avenue, boulevard, lane, alley or other
public way within the corporate limits of the City.
[Amended 5-9-1986 by Ord. No. 586-3]
A. The parking or standing of buses on the public streets
is prohibited at all times.
B. Buses may be parked in the municipal parking lot adjacent
to the City of Rehoboth Municipal Building in areas designated by
the City Manager for bus parking, provided that each bus so parked
shall procure a permit for parking from the City of Rehoboth according
to regulations promulgated by the City Manager.
[Amended 1-11-1985 by Ord. No. 185-2; 5-9-1986 by Ord. No. 586-4; 4-14-1989 by Ord. No. 489-2; amended 3-16-2018 by Ord. No. 0318-01]
A. Any person desiring to park in a municipal bus parking
lot shall first obtain a reservation from the City Manager of the
City. The application shall be made in writing at least seven days
prior to the reservation date desired. It shall be accompanied by
the required parking fee for each bus, for each day for which the
parking reservation is required. Upon receipt of the parking fee,
the City Manager shall determine the availability of the requested
spaces for the dates for which an application is made. If space is
available, the City Manager shall mail or cause to be mailed to the
applicant a parking permit or permits for the spaces requested. All
buses transporting persons for hire to the City shall have such permits
prominently displayed on the right side of the windshield at all times
while within the corporate limits of the City.
B. The number of reservations issued shall be determined
by the number of available spaces.
C. The fee for parking a bus shall be $250 from 8:00
a.m. until 12:00 midnight and $100 for overnight parking from 12:00
midnight to 8:00 a.m. beginning May 15 through September 15.
[Amended 2-7-2022 by Ord. No. 0222-01]
The discharge and loading of such buses shall
be only at the municipal bus parking lot or private parking lots,
as provided in this article, except the City Manager may, for good
cause shown, from time to time, and in specific cases only, upon prior
notice, allow loading and discharge of passengers at some other location.
Buses parked or standing in the area designated
in this article must be, if unattended, locked, and in no instance
shall the operators of said buses allow the motors to be running when
the bus is not moving or preparing to move.
The operator of the bus shall be responsible
for compliance with the requirements of this article concerning parking,
loading and discharging of passengers.
Nothing contained in this article shall be construed
as prohibiting buses transporting participants in a parade to load
or discharge said participants in designated areas, provided that
a permit has been issued for the parade.
[Amended 6-13-1986 by Ord. No. 686-1]
A. Any person violating any provision of this article
shall, upon conviction, pay a fine not less than $300 nor more than
$350 and shall pay the costs of prosecution, provided that, with the
consent of the person charged with a violation under this article,
the Chief of Police is authorized to accept and receive, without hearing,
not less than $300 as a penalty for such violation if such penalty
is paid within 30 days from the date of violation or accept $350 if
such penalty is paid after 30 days from the date of the violation.
[Amended 3-28-2009 by Ord. No. 0309-01; 3-16-2018 by Ord. No. 0318-01]
B. For the purposes of this article, the parking of each
bus in violation of the provisions of this article shall be deemed
to be a separate offense under the terms of this article.