(a) A person requiring the hooding or removal of a parking meter shall pay to the director of transportation a daily charge, excluding official parking meter holidays, of 70 percent of the maximum hourly capacity of each meter hooded times the prevailing rate on the meter.
(b) In addition to the fee required in Subsection (a), a person requiring the hooding of a parking meter shall pay a labor charge of $55, plus one dollar for each meter hooded.
(c) In addition to the fee required in Subsection (a), a person requiring the temporary removal of a parking meter shall pay a labor charge of $75 for each meter removed. A person requiring temporary removal of a parking meter shall also pay the costs of labor and materials incurred in reinstalling the meter after temporary removal. The minimum reinstallation charge is $104 per meter.
(d) This section does not apply to:
(1) a utility company engaged in construction or repair activities for any city, county, state, or federal agency;
(2) a contractor performing work under a city, county, state, or federal contract; or
(3) any city, county, state, or federal agency requiring the hooding or temporary removal of a parking meter in the performance of its governmental functions.
(e) The fees required by Subsection (a) of this section will not be assessed against a person requiring the hooding or temporary removal of parking meters to reconstruct, repair, or replace an existing street, sidewalk, curb, or other city infrastructure in the public right-of-way if:
(1) the reconstruction, repair, or replacement of the infrastructure is performed in compliance with all applicable city ordinances and state and federal laws; and
(2) the infrastructure is, in the opinion of the city, restored to better than its former condition.
(f) Fees will only be waived under Subsection (e) for the period of time reasonably necessary to complete the reconstruction, repair, or replacement of the infrastructure, not to exceed 30 days. (Ord. Nos. 17964; 19521; 21612; 21789; 22026; 27210; 27553; 27697; 30654)