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(Ord. No. 2970-87. Passed 1-25-88, eff. 2-1-88)
Note: As of 1-25-89, this section is no longer effective.
No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle except for vehicles owned by the City of Cleveland in the following places marked as reserved for City of Cleveland vehicles: The west side of East 6th Street extending from St. Clair Avenue north, a distance of two hundred ninety-eight (298) feet. This section shall be effective for a period of one (1) year after its passage.
No person shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle except for vehicles owned by the City of Cleveland, Division of Police, in the following places marked as reserved for City of Cleveland Police Vehicles:
The west side of Ontario Street extending from St. Clair Avenue north to Lakeside Avenue;
The north side of St. Clair Avenue extending from Ontario Street west, a distance of 249 feet.
(Ord. No. 71-A-87. Passed 10-17-88, eff. 10-20-88)
(a) The Director of Public Service is authorized to establish valet zones on public streets to be reserved for persons leaving vehicles with a valet parking attendant.
(b) On receipt of an application for a permit to establish a valet zone, and payment of a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00), the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses shall transmit the application to the Director of Public Service to determine if the area in question complies with the requirements of this section. The Director of Public Service shall, within sixty (60) days of receipt of the application, notify the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses whether the area complies with this section. On notification of compliance, the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses shall issue the permit on a form promulgated by the Commissioner for that purpose.
(c) The Director of Public Service is also authorized to establish limousine zones for limousines and other vehicles momentarily dropping off or picking up passengers and day care zones on public streets reserved for motorists standing or parking vehicles for the purpose of dropping off or picking up children enrolled at day care centers.
(d) The Director of Public Service is also authorized to establish hotel check in/check out zones on public streets for motorists standing or parking vehicles for the purpose of checking in or checking out of a hotel.
(e) Prior to the establishment of any zone, the Commissioner of Traffic Engineering shall conduct a study and report the findings to the Director of Public Service together with recommendations as to the need for and the advisability of creating the zone. The investigation shall consider all relevant traffic engineering considerations, including without limitation the specific considerations identified in this division. Following the investigation, the zone shall not be established if the Director of Public Service determines that any of the following are true:
(1) Establishing proposed zone would create or contribute to a traffic flow or traffic congestion problem;
(2) The proposed zone is in an area already experiencing traffic congestion, and there are adequate off-street areas for standing or parking vehicles, and the proposed zone cannot be implemented without resolving, accommodating or decreasing said traffic congestion;
(3) The proposed zone is presently a restricted parking area, unless the investigation of the Commissioner of Traffic Engineering reveals that it is desirable to lift or change the restriction.
(f) The establishment of a zone under this section shall be effective ten (10) days after publication of a notice in the City Record and on the posting of signs sufficient in number and location to apprise the ordinarily observant person of the existence of the zone, and shall have the force and effect of law until rescinded by the Director of Public Service or until disapproved by ordinance of Council.
(h) Each zone established under this section shall be for public use and not reserved for any particular business establishment or any particular private user, except that the Director of Public Service may designate that any zone created under this section be restricted to motorists standing or parking vehicles for the purpose of dropping off or picking up children enrolled at a given day care center or centers or for the purpose of checking in or checking out of a hotel. If a zone is so restricted, the signs required by division (f) of this section shall apprise motorists of the restriction.
(i) No person shall stand or park a vehicle in a zone established for valet parking or passenger drop off/pick up for a period in excess of ten (10) minutes, nor shall any person stand or park a vehicle in any such zone except for the purpose of leaving the vehicle in the possession of a valet parking attendant then on duty, or while actually dropping off or picking up passengers. In the case of zones established in front of business establishments with the capacity to seat more than eight hundred (800) individuals, no person shall stand or park a vehicle in a zone established for valet parking or passenger drop off/pick up for a period in excess of thirty (30) minutes, nor shall any person stand or park a vehicle in any such zone except for the purpose of leaving the vehicle in the possession of a valet parking attendant then on duty, or while actually dropping off or picking up passengers. In the case of zones established for day care drop off/pick up, no person shall stand or park a vehicle in the zone in excess of fifteen (15) minutes, nor shall any person stand or park a vehicle in any zone except for the purpose of dropping off or picking up a child or children enrolled in a day care center.
(j) No person shall stand or park a vehicle in a zone established for checking in or checking out of a hotel for a period in excess of thirty (30) minutes, nor shall any person stand or park a vehicle in any such zone except for the purpose of checking in or checking out of a hotel.
(k) No person standing or parking a vehicle in a zone established under this section shall fail to pull the vehicle curbside, right wheels to the curb, nor shall any person stop or park a vehicle alongside any vehicle stopped or parked curbside in such a zone, commonly referred to as “double parking.”
(l) In valet parking zones, a valet attendant shall remove the vehicle from the city streets as soon as practicable, and under no condition shall the vehicle remain on the street for a period of time in excess of ten (10) minutes.
(m) In zones established for checking in or checking out of a hotel, parking within such zone shall be permitted twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week.
(n) The Director of Public Service shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section.
(Ord. No. 833-03. Passed 6-10-03, eff. 6-12-03)