(A) Definition. For the purpose of this schedule, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PARKING AREA. An area used by the public as a means of access to and egress from, and for the free parking of motor vehicles by patrons of a shopping center, business, factory, hospital, institution or similar building or location.
(B) Traffic regulation by City Police Department. The City Council, upon the April 12, 1996 written request of Douglas Autotec, may now control traffic in the Douglas Autotec parking area as follows:
(1) Order stop signs, yield signs or other traffic control devices erected at specified entrance or exit locations to a parking area or at an intersection in the parking area;
(2) Regulate traffic in the parking area, including regulation by means of traffic control signals;
(3) Prohibit or regulate the turning of vehicles or specified types of vehicles at intersections or other designated locations in the parking area;
(4) Regulate the crossing of a roadway in the parking area by pedestrians;
(5) Designate a separate roadway, drive or lane in the parking area for one-way traffic;
(6) Prohibit, regulate, restrict or limit the stopping standing, or parking of vehicles in specified areas of the parking area;
(7) Designate safety zones, loading zones and other restricted area in the parking area;
(8) Provide for the removal and storage of vehicles parked and abandoned in the parking area during snowstorms, floods, fires or other public emergencies, or found unattended in the parking area, if the vehicles constitute an obstruction to traffic or if stopping, standing, or parking is prohibited, and for the payment of reasonable charges for the removal and storage by the owner or operator of the vehicle; and
(9) Adopt additional reasonable rules with respect to traffic and parking in a parking area as local conditions may require for the safety and convenience of the public or of the users of the parking area.
(Ord. 151, passed 5-13-1996)