(a) (1) Residential zone parking permit – Generally. The City Clerk or City Clerk's designee shall issue residential zone parking permits to qualifying residents of any residential parking permit zone ("eligible residents") for use on each car owned and registered within that permit zone that displays a current city wheel tax license emblem. Such permits may be issued as part of the city wheel tax license emblem. The residential zone parking permit shall not guarantee or reserve any parking space; nor shall it exempt the holder from the observance of any traffic or parking regulation.
(2) Residential zone parking permit – Issuance. Upon payment by the applicant of the permit fee hereinafter provided, the City Clerk shall issue, or cause to be issued, a residential zone parking permit. Such permits shall be issued only in conjunction with, and for the same term as, a valid city wheel tax license emblem. A residential zone parking permit shall be valid upon its issuance. The City Clerk is authorized to provide a grace period, not exceeding 30 days, during times of heavy volume of applications, for all eligible residents seeking to buy a residential zone parking permit. During any such grace period, the previously issued residential zone parking permit or one-day residential parking daily permit, as applicable, will continue to be valid.
(3) Residential zone parking permit – Proper display – Required. If separate from the wheel tax license emblem, a residential zone parking permit shall be affixed, in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and without the use of supplemental adhesives, at the lower right hand corner of the inside of the glass portion of the motor vehicle's windshield, directly above the city wheel tax license emblem. Any person who violates this subsection (a)(3) shall be subject to the fine set forth in Section 9-100-020(c).
(4) Residential zone parking permit – Fee. The fee for a residential zone parking permit shall be $25.00 for each vehicle.
(5) Residential zone parking permit – Replacement. A replacement residential zone parking permit shall be issued for $5.00 if the current wheel tax license emblem is returned to the City Clerk and is accompanied by a receipt for the current residential zone parking permit. The replacement of any residential zone parking permit that is lost or destroyed will be made at full cost.
(6) Residential zone parking permit – Zone change fee. The zone change fee for a residential zone parking permit shall be $5.00.
(7) Residential zone parking permit – Prorated fee schedule – Duration. The City Clerk is authorized to establish and administer a prorated fee schedule which shall apply to any eligible resident who purchases a residential zone parking permit for less or more than a year. The amount of the prorated fee shall be based on the number of months for which the wheel tax license emblem is issued.
(8) Residential zone parking permit – Persons with disabilities. If a residential parking permit zone is in effect at the place of residence of a person with a disability who is an owner of a vehicle licensed to a handicapped individual, as the term "handicapped individual" is defined in Section 3-56-050(a), such person shall be exempt from the residential zone parking permit fee set forth in subsection (a)(4) of this section.
(9) Residential zone parking permit – Vehicle specific permit – Unlawful display. It shall be unlawful for any person to affix, cause to be affixed, or otherwise display any residential zone parking permit, or other vehicle-specific permit issued pursuant to any other parking permit program, on any vehicle other than the vehicle for which the permit was intended for use at the time of its issuance by the city.
(10) Temporary permits – Generally – Issuance. The City Clerk is authorized to issue temporary residential zone parking permits to persons holding a wheel tax license emblem under Chapter 3-56. Any such temporary residential zone parking permit shall be affixed to the motor vehicle in accordance with subsection (a)(3) of this section. Such temporary residential zone parking permit shall cease to be valid 30 days after its issuance, and may be issued as part of a temporary city wheel tax license emblem under Section 3-56-070.
(b) (1) Residential parking daily permits – Generally. Upon application, individual "one-day" residential parking daily permits shall also be issued to eligible residents for their use and for the use of non- residents who are temporary visitors of the residential parking permit zone.
(2) Residential parking daily permits – Issuance – Usage. The sale of residential parking daily permits in a residential parking permit zone shall be limited to 45 one-day permits per month per residential address. For the purpose of this subsection, each unit of a multiple-unit residential dwelling shall be considered as a separate residential address. Physical residential parking daily permits shall be color-coded by annual period and shall expire ten days following the end of the annual period for which they are issued. Electronic residential parking daily permits shall expire one year from the date of purchase. Such permits shall be valid for one day only. The residential parking daily permit shall be validated either through an electronic application which will issue an electronic receipt and allow for a specific start date and time ("activation"), or by printing in indelible ink, legibly and directly on its face in the space provided for this purpose, the date and time of day a particular residential parking daily permit is in use. An undated, inactive or expired permit, or a permit that fails to indicate the time of day that the permit is in use, or a permit that otherwise fails to comply with the requirements of this subsection (b), shall be invalid.
(3) Residential parking daily permits – Proper display – Required. A physical residential parking daily permit shall be affixed, in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and without the use of supplemental adhesives, at the lower right hand corner of the inside of the glass portion of the motor vehicle's windshield. Any person who violates this subsection (b)(3) shall be subject to the fine set forth in Section 9-100-020(c).
(4) Residential parking daily permits – Home healthcare provider. Upon application, individual residential parking daily permits shall also be issued to a home health care provider who is providing home health care services to a resident living within the residential parking permit zone. Such daily permits shall be issued only upon submission of the following documents: (i) a letter from the resident's physician indicating the patient's name, address and prescribed home health care services; (ii) satisfactory proof of the resident's address; and (iii) certification from the applicant that he/she is employed as a licensed home health care provider and is providing such services to the resident. Home health care providers shall be limited to the purchase of 45 residential parking daily permits per month per address where they provide services.
For purposes of this subsection (b)(4):
"Home health care provider" means a person primarily engaged in and licensed or certified to provide skilled nursing, social work services, or other therapeutic services to a person at his or her residence according to a plan of treatment for illness or infirmity prescribed by a physician or according to a plan to provide social work services prescribed by a licensed social worker or licensed clinical social worker.
"Home health care services" includes part- time and intermittent nursing services, social work services and other therapeutic services such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medical social services, services provided by a home health care aide, and interpreters necessary for the administration of the prescribed care.
(5) Residential parking daily permits – Fee. The fee for residential parking daily permits shall be $8.00 for a sheet of 15 permits. Residential parking daily permits shall not be transferable, refundable or exchangeable.
(c) [Reserved.]
(d) [Reserved.]
(e) [Reserved.]
(f) [Reserved.]
(g) Unlawful sale, use, or possession. It shall be unlawful for any person other than the City Clerk or an agent of the City Clerk to knowingly sell, offer for sale, expose for sale or acquire for the purpose of sale any residential zone parking permit, residential parking daily permit, professional service parking permit, or other permit issued pursuant to any other parking permit program. The first violation of this subsection (g) shall be punishable by the fine provided in subsection (j); the second such violation shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $500.00 nor more than $750.00 for each offense; the third such violation shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $750.00 nor more than $1,000.00 for each offense, and the fourth and any subsequent such violation shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $1,000.00 nor more than $1,500.00 for each offense.
(h) Unlawful purchase. It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase any residential zone parking permit, residential parking daily permit, professional service parking permit, or other permit issued pursuant to any other parking permit program from any person other than the City Clerk or an agent of the City Clerk.
(i) [Reserved.]
(j) Penalty for violation. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person who violates this section shall be fined not less than $200.00 nor more than $500.00 for each offense. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(k) Rules. The City Clerk is authorized to promulgate rules necessary or appropriate to implement this section. This section and any rules promulgated thereunder may be enforced by designated employees of the Office of the City Clerk or by members of the Police Department.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634; Amend Coun. J. 4-16-97, p. 42646; Amend Coun. J. 3-11-98, p. 63453; Amend Coun. J. 12-15-04, p. 39840, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 3-9-05, p. 44095, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 6-28-06, p. 79275, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 9-13-06, p. 84345, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 11-15-06, p. 93239, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 12-12-07, p. 16793, § 4; Amend Coun. J. 7-30-08, p. 34890, § 4; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-08, p. 48243, Art. I, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 1-13-09, p. 52649; Amend Coun. J. 1-13-09, p. 52800, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 6-30-09, p. 65579, § 4; Amend Coun. J. 5-9-12, p. 26747, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 164; Amend Coun. J. 4-10-13, p. 51189, § 13; Amend Coun. J. 7-30-14, p. 85534, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-14, p. 98037, § 20; Amend Coun. J. 7-29-15, p. 3656, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 10-28-15, p. 12761, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 12-9-15, p. 15495, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 4-13-16, p. 22597, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 9-14-16, p. 31387, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 9-14-16, p. 31402, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-16, p. 37901, Art. III, § 6; Amend Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 54938, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 3-28-18, p. 74788, Art. I, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 11-7-18, p. 88803, § 18; Amend Coun. J. 12-16-20, p. 25370, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 10-27-21, p. 39525, § 10)