The City Manager is hereby authorized to erect
temporary signs and enforce regulations relating to parking to cover
public emergencies or hazardous conditions.
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State law reference — Authority of City
to regulate or prohibit stopping, standing or parking, K.S.A. §§ 8-2001
and 8-2002(a)(1).
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No truck, semitrailer, house trailer or similar
vehicle more than 7 1/2 feet wide or more than 20 feet in overall
length shall park or stand in any area marked for angle parking, nor
shall any person park any such vehicle in the area of the City marked
for and using parking meters. When it is necessary to load or unload
any such vehicle from any premises adjacent to any such parking zone,
it shall be lawful, when the condition of traffic shall permit, to
park or stand such vehicle in the most convenient place for such purpose,
but no such vehicle shall be left unattended or be allowed to remain
therein after the same shall be loaded or unloaded, and the police
officers are empowered to direct the placing or removal of such trucks
when traffic shall be obstructed thereby.
A.
PARKING METER
PARKING METER ZONE
Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases,
when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them
in this subsection, except where the context clearly indicates a different
meaning:
A mechanical device located upon a public street or sidewalk
in a place regularly designated as a parking zone as hereinafter defined,
which device shall record a certain number of minutes by the use of
a clock mechanism determining the period of time for which parking
privileges may be extended to the person so depositing such coin.
Represents a certain designated and marked-off section of
the public street within the marked boundaries of which a vehicle
may be temporarily parked and allowed to remain for such period of
time as the parking meter attached thereto may indicate. Such parking
meter zone shall be further designated by a parking meter which shall
be located upon the sidewalk opposite the marked boundaries of said
zone.
B.
Zones. A parking meter zone shall be identified by
parking meters located upon the sidewalk opposite such marked zone.
The City Manager shall place lines or marks on the curb or on the
street about or alongside of each parking meter to designate the parking
space for which the meter is to be used. Parking meters shall be placed
upon the curb alongside of or next to individual parking places. Each
parking meter shall be so set as to show or display a signal that
the parking space alongside of the same is or is not in use.
C.
Meter specifications. Parking meters shall be placed
upon the curb next to individual parking places, and meters shall
be so constructed as to display a signal showing legal parking upon
deposit therein of the proper coin or coins of the United States as
indicated by instructions on said meter, said signal to remain in
evidence until expiration of said parking period so designated, at
which time a drop of signal or some other mechanical operation shall
indicate expiration of the parking period.
D.
Use of meters. When any vehicle shall be parked next
to a parking meter, the owner or operator of said vehicle shall park
within the area designated by the curb or street marking lines as
indicated for parallel or diagonal parking and upon entering said
parking space shall immediately deposit in said meter a proper coin
of the United States for the maximum legal parking limit. It shall
be unlawful for any person to fail or neglect to so deposit the proper
coin or coins or to fail to park within said designated area. Said
parking space may then be used by such vehicle during the legal parking
limit provided by the ordinances of the City of Parsons, and said
vehicle shall be considered as unlawfully parked if it remains in
said space after the parking meter shall display a signal showing
such illegal parking. It shall be unlawful for any person to cause
or permit any vehicle registered in his name to be unlawfully parked
as provided in this section.
E.
Parking permits. A parking permit may be issued either
as an annual permit for the calendar year at a fee of $50 or a quarterly
permit for any calendar quarter for a fee of $13. These permits will
authorize the car owner of the vehicle to park in any off-street parking
lot at any meter that provides for four hours or more of parking time.
[Added 1-19-1978 by Ord. No. 5080]
F.
Manner of parking. Any vehicle parked in any parking
space in any parking meter zone shall be parked with the hood of such
vehicle alongside of or next to the parking meter alongside of such
parking space in parallel parking spaces and with the radiator directed
at the meter in diagonal parking spaces and in either event shall
be parked within the lines marked for such parking space.
G.
Use of slugs. It shall be unlawful for any person
to deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any slug,
device or metallic substitute for a proper coin of the United States.
H.
Tampering with meter. It shall be unlawful for any
person to deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy
or impair the usefulness of any parking meter.
I.
Violations.
[Amended 4-1-1977 by Ord. No. 5033]
(1)
It shall be the duty of each traffic patrolman, or
such other officers as shall be so instructed by the Chief of Police,
to take the number of any meter at which any vehicle is parked in
violation of this section and the state vehicle tag number of each
such vehicle and report the same to the Police Department and make
complaint for any violation in the Municipal Court, and such traffic
patrolman or police officer shall leave on such vehicle a ticket stating
thereon the traffic violation.
(2)
For the purpose of better enforcement of parking meter
regulations and for the convenience of the general public, it is deemed
advisable to place courtesy boxes on parking meter posts in the City
for the payment of overtime parking fines for offenders.
(3)
There is hereby established a fine of $0.50 for overtime
parking which shall be evidenced by a special deposit of said envelope,
attached to the vehicle with proper notice, which fine is levied as
a special police regulation.
J.
Disposition of coins deposited. The coins required
to be deposited as provided in this section are hereby levied as police
regulation and inspection fees to cover the cost of inspection, installation,
operation, control and use of the parking spaces and parking meters
described herein and involved in checking up and regulating the parking
of vehicles in parking meter zones and to provide a portion of the
cost necessary to regulate traffic, to eliminate hazards, and to provide
adequate and safe facilities for the operation of traffic and traffic
control. All funds and proceeds derived from the operation and use
of parking meters shall be paid into the City Parking Meter Fund.
[Added 12-27-1987 by Ord. No. 5467]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park any motor
vehicle on the east side of the street in the 800 block and the 900
block of South 17th Street in the City of Parsons, Kansas. Any person
violating this subsection shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined
a sum of not less than $5 and not more than $50.
[Added 2-4-2002 by Ord. No. 5946]
A.
Findings and intent. The City finds that parking on
the public rights-of-way should be regulated to promote traffic safety,
to enhance the smooth flow of traffic, and, in certain areas of high
demand for parking spaces, to fairly allocate parking spaces among
the public by limiting time.
B.
Authorization. The provisions of this section are
enacted pursuant to the statutory power of the City to establish and
enforce safety and traffic regulations necessary for the protection
of the public under state law.
C.
General prohibitions. No person shall stop, stand,
or park a vehicle in any of the spaces contained in the middle row,
as marked by the City Manager, of the public parking lot on the north
side of Broadway between 18th Street and 17th Street for longer than
two hours between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., except for
Sundays and state and federally sanctioned holidays, except in compliance
with the directions of a police officer, other authorized person,
or traffic control device.
D.
Separate offenses. Each maximum period of time applying
to the location in which a vehicle is parked in violation of this
section is a separate and distinct offense. It shall be the duty of
the police or other persons authorized by the Chief of Police to place
a notice of violation on such vehicle for each separate violation.
E.
Vicarious responsibility.
(1)
The person in whose name a vehicle is registered shall
be also absolutely responsible for violations of this section. It
shall be no defense that the vehicle was illegally parked by someone
other than the registered owner unless it is shown that at the time
of the violation the vehicle was stolen and not in the possession
of the registered owner.
(2)
An owner of a vehicle who is engaged in the business
of renting or leasing vehicles under written rental or leasing agreements
shall not be liable for parking fines and penalties imposed under
this section on such rented or leased vehicles if within 15 days after
receiving written notice of the parking violation the lessor provides
to the Parsons Police Department the true name, address, and driver's
license number of the person in possession of the vehicle at the time
of the issuance of the citation. A lessor who fails to comply shall
be treated as any other owner.
F.
Notice of parking violations.
(1)
A notice of violation of this section may be issued
in the form of a citation by any police officer or other person authorized
by the Chief of Police. A copy of the citation shall be issued by
placing it on the windshield of an illegally parked vehicle in a secure
manner or in a prominent place therein.
(2)
The citation shall contain the following information:
(a)
The date and time when the citation was issued;
(b)
The fact that the vehicle remained continuously
parked in a time zone for over two hours;
(c)
The state and license number and the make of
the vehicle in violation of this section;
(d)
The name of the person issuing the citation;
and
(e)
Information advising the owner of the vehicle that he or she must admit the violation and pay the penalty set forth in Subsection G or deny the violation and request a hearing before the Municipal Court. The citation shall note that failure to comply could result in the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of the owner of the vehicle.
(3)
The original citation must be filed with the Municipal
Court and may be disposed of only by official action of the Court
or by payment of a fine to the Municipal Court.
G.
Penalties.
(1)
If the owner of a vehicle in violation of this section
admits the violation and pays the penalty or appears before the Municipal
Court or is found guilty, the penalty, upon conviction or admission,
shall be as follows: parking in excess of the time allowed in any
parking zone or parking space, $5. Each period of parking for over
two hours shall be treated as a separate offense punishable by a fine
of $5 for each successive offense.
(2)
If a person violates the parking regulation and fails
either to request a hearing before the Municipal Court or to pay the
penalty as provided above within 20 days of the date the notice is
issued, the penalty for the violation shall double.
[Added 11-18-2019 by Ord.
No. 6447]
A.
It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle on Main Street between 16th
Street and Central Street so that any part of the vehicle, its load
or equipment shall leave less than 20 feet of open roadway, except
for temporary loading or unloading of a duration less than five minutes.
B.
Any person or owner violating Subsection A of this section shall be subject to the enforcement as allowed in Sections 100 and 101 of the Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities in effect at the time and fined according to the fine schedule as set by the Parsons Municipal Court.
C.
This section shall take effect and be in full force and effect upon
its adoption, publication as provided by law and after September 30,
2019.
