(a) The traffic engineer shall conduct studies and investigations of the public streets and highways within the city and shall study:
(1) the needs of the public for parking vehicles on public streets;
(2) the width and length of public streets where parking is desired;
(3) the availability of parking space and frequency of parking on the public streets; and
(4) the needs of business and commercial establishments to have regulated parking on the public streets.
(b) After making such studies, the traffic engineer shall:
(1) designate those areas and times on public streets and highways in the city where parking, stopping, or standing should be allowed, or parking bans should be in effect, and regulate parking, stopping, standing, or parking bans by installing appropriate signs, by installing paid parking payment devices or designating paid parking spaces (when authorized by Division 4, “Paid Parking Payment Devices,” or Article XI, “Stopping, Standing, and Parking Generally,” of this chapter), or by marking curbs, giving notice that parking, stopping, or standing is allowed or parking bans are in effect and for what period of time;
(2) determine when parking, stopping, or standing motor vehicles should be prohibited on public streets or highways in the city and regulate such prohibition by installing appropriate signs, by providing individual signs or information on each paid parking payment device so affected, or by marking curbs, giving notice that parking, stopping, or standing, is prohibited; and
(3) paint or mark each individual paid parking space.
(c) The traffic engineer shall make changes in the parking, stopping, standing, or parking ban regulations from time to time as required by the studies and investigations. The traffic engineer shall also keep accurate records of all parking designations, prohibitions, and sign installations.
(d) The traffic engineer is authorized to erect signs prohibiting or restricting parking on one or both sides of any roadway that is on public school property as conditions require to facilitate the flow of traffic.
(e) When an official sign, curb marking, or street marking prohibits parking for an interval of two hours or less, the prohibition is in effect between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of every day except Sundays and meter and parking ban holidays, unless otherwise indicated by the sign or marking.
(f) The traffic engineer may, upon application by a person whose property abuts a roadway, install or remove signs prohibiting or restricting parking on one or both sides of the roadway. The application must be made on a form provided by the traffic engineer and accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of $240. The traffic engineer may approve or deny the application in accordance with departmental policy. If an application for the installation of signs is approved, the applicant must pay a fee of $197 for each sign installed. (Ord. Nos. 14584; 14974; 15194; 19300; 21194; 22762; 30993; 32735)