(a) Any person who owns or rents property that is located within the Fair Park parking area or within the following boundaries (including the widths of all streets and rights-of-way referenced) in the vicinity of Fair Park is authorized to post signs to prohibit the parking of motor vehicles on that property:
BEGINNING at the intersection of the northeast right- of-way line of Peak Street with R. L. Thornton Freeway (Interstate Highway 30);
THENCE northeastward along R. L. Thornton Freeway to Carroll Avenue;
THENCE southeastward along Carroll Avenue to Haskell Avenue;
THENCE eastward along Haskell Avenue to Fitzhugh Avenue;
THENCE southeastward along Fitzhugh Avenue to Fitzhugh Avenue/Crosstown Expressway;
THENCE southward along Fitzhugh Avenue/ Crosstown Expressway to the southwest line of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority (“DART”) right- of-way;
THENCE westward along the southwest line of the DART right-of-way to Herndon Street;
THENCE northward along Herndon Street to McKenzie Street;
THENCE northwestward along McKenzie Street to Haskell Avenue;
THENCE westward along Haskell Avenue to Stonewall Street;
THENCE northwestward along Stonewall Street to Peak Street;
THENCE northwestward along Peak Street to the point of beginning.
(b) Signs that are posted in accordance with Subsection (a) must be placed in a conspicuous place on the property. The words on the sign used to prohibit parking must be in letters not less than five inches high and must be visible and legible from the public street or accessway to the property.
(c) A person commits an offense if he parks a vehicle on any property located within the Fair Park parking area or the boundaries described in Subsection (a), when the property has a sign posted on it that prohibits parking as set forth in Subsection (b). It is a defense to prosecution under this subsection that the vehicle was parked with the express consent of the owner or occupant of the property, and no compensation was received for the parking of the vehicle.
(d) Any vehicle that is found unattended or unoccupied upon any property in violation of this section is a nuisance, and the fact that the vehicle is unattended or unoccupied by any person is prima facie evidence that the vehicle owner unlawfully parked the vehicle.
(e) Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle parked or standing upon property in violation of this section, the officer is authorized to require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the vehicle from the property. Any police officer who finds a vehicle parked and unattended or unoccupied in violation of this section is authorized to remove the vehicle from the property to a vehicle storage facility designated by the police chief. (Ord. Nos. 12707; 21037; 29102)