CHAPTER 11
DOWNTOWN VALET PARKING

SECTION:

3-11-1: Legal Authority

3-11-2: Purpose And Intent

3-11-3: Scope

3-11-4: General Licensing Provisions Applicable

3-11-5: Definitions

3-11-6: Permit Required; Types Of Permits; Limitation And Exemption; Permit Abandoned

3-11-7: Application Requirements; Timing; Conditions; Ongoing Duty; Determination Of Appropriateness; Decision; Permit Fees; And Permit Nontransferable

3-11-8: Valet Parking Permit Standards

3-11-9: Authorized Valet Parking Zones

3-11-10: Indemnification

3-11-11: Insurance

3-11-12: Temporary Suspension Of Operations

3-11-13: Suspension Or Revocation Of Permit

3-11-14: Procedures For Permit Denial, Suspension, Revocation, And Appeal

3-11-15: Violation; Penalty

3-11-16: Downtown Area Map

3-11-1: LEGAL AUTHORITY:

Idaho Code sections 50-301 and 50-307 authorize the City to adopt and enforce ordinances, rules, and regulations governing standards and procedures for licensing persons who engage in or operate a trade or business within the City. The City and ACHD entered into a master license agreement authorizing the City to "regulate and control the size, placement, area, operation, and maintenance of any and all valet parking operations within the public rights-of-way" within the "greater downtown area" that is shown in the downtown area map contained in this chapter. (1952 Code § 5-13-01; amd. 2019 Code; Ord. 12-24, 4-30-2024, eff. 7-1-2024)

3-11-2: PURPOSE AND INTENT:

The primary purpose of public streets and rights-of-way is the free and unobstructed right of travel. The City recognizes that the use of downtown public streets and rights-of-way for valet parking operations, while providing a public benefit, may also impede travel, interfere with the rights of others using the downtown streets and rights-of-way, and affect the public safety or create a public nuisance. Therefore, the City Council declares its intent to permit valet parking operations to be permitted in the downtown area and to restrict or otherwise condition valet parking operations as a special privilege, and not as a matter of right. The approval of any permit under this chapter for the use of the public rights-of-way is on a temporary and nonpermanent basis and is for a nonexclusive use of the public rights-of-way. Permittees shall have neither a property interest in nor any entitlement to the granting or continuation of any permit for the use of any public rights-of-way. (1952 Code § 5-13-02; amd. Ord. 12-24, 4-30-2024, eff. 7-1-2024)

3-11-3: SCOPE:

This chapter establishes minimum standards and procedures for licensing and operating a business as a valet parking service within the City. (2019 Code)