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The City is empowered to construct, condemn and purchase, acquire, lease, add to, maintain, conduct and operate off-street parking facilities for the parking of automobiles and other vehicles, in whole or in part consisting of lots, garages or other structures that may be upon, above, or under the surface, and everything required and accessory, for terms and upon conditions as the City Council shall deem necessary and proper for the use and benefit of the public, and the same, when constructed and placed in operation, shall be deemed a public street or highway for all purposes and subject to all laws and ordinances relating to the use of same, except as otherwise provided. (1968 Code §6-16-2; Ord. 75-86; Ord. 01-42)
It shall be unlawful to block any public sidewalk by stopping on or across the sidewalk for the purpose of picking up or discharging passengers and it shall be unlawful for any person to receive or deliver vehicles other than within the property line of the City parking lot or structure or to aid or assist in blocking any sidewalk or street. (1968 Code §6-16-7; Ord. 75-86; Ord. 01-42)
A. It shall be unlawful for any vendor of goods, wares, merchandise or services to use any municipal parking lot or structure for the conduct of the vendor's business, to include the stopping, standing or storage of vehicles which are utilized by the vendor in the conduct of the vendor's business or which have been accepted by the vendor for repair or the provision of some similar service.
B. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the conduct of a commercial enterprise in any portion of a parking structure designed and set aside for that express purpose; nor shall it be unlawful for a vendor, the vendor's agent or employee, to utilize a municipal parking lot or structure to stop, stand or park a vehicle being used in the conduct of the vendor's business while the vendor, agent or employee is making a pickup or delivery, is making a service call, or is otherwise engaged in the vendor's business at some location other than the vendor's principal place of business, provided that all rules and regulations otherwise applicable to the use of the lot or structure are followed. (Ord. 83-319; Ord. 01-42)
The City shall not be liable to any person for the negligent operation of any automobile upon a City owned parking lot or structure, but shall be liable only for its own negligence or the negligence of its employees in the operation and maintenance of the or structure and its appurtenances. The City shall not be liable for damages or injury sustained on a City owned parking lot or structure, unless the injured person or the owner of the property so damaged shall notify the Police Department immediately by the quickest means of communication, stating the time, place, circumstances and extent of damage. (1968 Code §6-16-9; Ord. 75-86; Ord. 01-42)
A. In addition to all other penalties provided in this Code, any automobile parked in violation of any provision of this article may be immobilized or impounded in accord with the procedures established in article 25 of this chapter.
B. Any vehicle in excess of the allowable height, length or load capacity found parked in any City parking lot or structure shall be impounded and removed from the parking lot or structure, and all costs of towing and impoundment shall be paid by the owner or driver before the same shall be released. (1968 Code §6-16-10; Ord. 75-86; Ord. 83-319; Ord. 01-42)
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