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CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
PRELIMINARY UNIT
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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351.17 REMOVAL OF VEHICLES FROM STREETS DURING EMERGENCY.
   Whenever, in the opinion of the Mayor, there is an actual or threatened local emergency such as riot, fire, flood, excessive snowfall, all other acts of God, common disaster or acts of the enemy, the Mayor may require the removal of motor vehicles parking upon the affected streets of the City. The Mayor shall inform the public of the aforementioned conditions through reasonable and usual methods of communication; actual notification to the owner or operator is not required. If the owner or operator of a vehicle in an affected area fails to remove said vehicle within a reasonable time, the vehicle may be removed on the order of the Police Department by a towing company. The owner or operator of any vehicle removed according to this section shall be responsible to the towing company for the cost of the removal.
(Ord. 2016-116. Passed 9-19-16.)
351.18 SNOW EMERGENCY.
   (a)   Whenever, during any period of twenty-four hours or less, snow falls in the City or in a section or sections thereof to a depth of four inches or more, an emergency is declared to exist in that such a heavy snow storm constitutes a serious public hazard, impairing transportation, the movement of food and fuel, supplies, medical care, fire, health and police protection and other vital facilities of the City. Such emergency shall continue until an announcement by the Director of Safety-Service that snow plowing operations have been completed, which announcement shall be made in the same manner as outlined in subsection (b) hereof.
   (b)   Whenever such an emergency exists, the Safety Service Director shall make an announcement that an emergency exists and the time that such emergency parking regulations shall become effective, which time shall be no sooner than one hour after the first announcement. Such announcement may be on the local cable television channel, the local newspapers and websites, if possible, the City of Elyria website, a local radio station, NIXLE, WENS (Lorain County EMS system) and any other means the Safety Service Director deems appropriate. These notices shall constitute notice to the general public of the existence of the emergency, whether or not individual notice was actually received. The owners and operators of motor vehicles parked on the streets or affected areas shall have full responsibility to determine existing weather conditions and comply with the emergency parking regulations.
   (c)   During the period of the emergency, the Director may prohibit the parking of any vehicles upon the following designated streets:
Street:
Area:
Fourth Street
West Avenue to Middle Avenue
Third Street
West Avenue to East Avenue
Second Street
Cedar Street to Chestnut Street
Broad Street
Cedar Street to Water Street
Kerstetter Way
between Broad Street and West Avenue
Lake Avenue
Erie Street to Bell Avenue
West Avenue
4th Street to Oberlin Road
Middle Avenue
Broad Street to 16th Street
East Avenue
Depot Street to 16th Street
Washington Avenue
Broad Street to Ohio Street
Ohio Street
Washington Avenue to Roosevelt
Ridge Street
East River Street to Gulf Road
Winckles Street
Taylor Street to Clark Street
East River Street
Lincoln Street to 4th Street
Park Avenue
Broad Street to Michigan Avenue
Garford Avenue
Eastern Heights Blvd. to Colgate Avenue
Whitman Boulevard
Gulf Road to Abbe Road (N)
University Avenue
East River to Abbe Road (S)
Oakdale Circle
Abbe Road (S) to Defiance Avenue
Eastern Heights Blvd.
East River Street to Garford Avenue; between Prospect Street and South Logan
 
During the emergency, no person shall park or cause to be parked or permit to be parked or permit to remain parked or abandon or leave unattended any vehicle of any kind or description upon such designated streets.
(Ord. 71-114. Passed 7-19-71; Ord. 2013-6. Passed 2-4-13; Ord. 2016-116. Passed 9-19-16; Ord. 2022-35. Passed 2-22-22.)
351.19 PROHIBITED FRONT YARD PARKING.
   (a)   No person shall stop, stand or park any motor vehicle for any purpose upon or in the front yard area of any parcel of land within residential districts in the City, which is not within the confines of any building, garage, carport or improved driveway. "Improved driveway," as used herein, means a paved or otherwise surfaced area of a durable, pervious or impervious material. "Front yard," as used herein, means that portion of any parcel of land extending from the City right of way, between the side lot lines, to the building set-back line.
   In the case of a corner lot, the front yard shall include that portion or area between the side of the structure and the intersecting side street right of way.
   (b)   No commercially licensed vehicle in excess of one ton capacity shall be permitted to park in the driveway or parking lot of any dwelling used as a residence within the City.
(Ord. 93-94. Passed 4-5-93.)
351.20 AUTHORITY OF PARKING ATTENDANTS.
   Parking meter attendants of the City are hereby authorized to issue parking tickets for violations of any parking provisions of Chapters 351 and 353 of this Traffic Code.
(Ord. 86-204. Passed 10-20-86.)
351.21 RENTAL OF PARKING SPACES.
   A person, firm, association, partnership or corporation may, for a twenty-four hour period, rent a parking space upon application to the Safety-Service Director and the payment of a fee of five dollars ($5.00) for each day that the space is to be rented.
(Ord. 89-133. Passed 6-5-89.)
351.22 USE OF CITY OWNED, OPERATED OR LEASED LOTS.
   (a)   Free Parking Lots. The City-owned parking lots at Washington Avenue is hereby designated as a free parking lot.
   (b)   Permit or Two-Hour Parking On Other City-Owned Lots. No City-owned off-street parking lots, except as provided in subsection (a) hereof, shall be free lots, and parking thereon shall be by permit or be limited to two hours as otherwise provided by ordinance or be regulated in any other manner, to be determined by administrative action through the office of the Safety-Service Director.
(Ord. 2000-215. Passed 10-16-00.)
351.99 PENALTY AND WAIVER.
   (a)   Whoever violates any provision of this chapter for which no penalty is otherwise provided is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
   (b)   Any person who receives a notice of a parking violation has the right to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Municipal Court and comply with the following provisions:
      (1)   If the person receiving such notice appears by or on the appearance date set forth in the citation at the office of the Clerk of the Municipal Court during hours such Clerk's office is open to the public at the Elyria Municipal Court, located in the Elyria Municipal Court Building, or at such other places or in such manner as the Clerk of the Municipal Court shall designate, and in writing waives the filing of an affidavit relating to the violation, the reading of the same and the issuance of a warrant, and enters a plea of guilty and consent to be tried in his or her absence, and pays the sum of fifteen dollars ($15.00), such person shall be released from further liability and shall upon consideration of the Court, be fined the fifteen dollars ($15.00) paid. For the third such notice of parking violation within a consecutive one year period, the sum shall be fifty dollars ($50.00), and for the fourth and all other subsequent notices of parking violation within a consecutive one-year period, the sum shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each such notice of parking violation. For the purpose of determining the amount to be paid to be in compliance with Section 351.99(b)(1), any notice(s) of a parking violation which occurred prior to April 5, 2007, shall not be used to determine the amount to be paid.
      (2)   If the person does not appear and pay by or on the appearance date set forth in the citation, he or she shall be punished as provided in division (a) of this section, including the addition of court costs and the issuance of a summons to appear.
(Ord. 89-161. Passed 7-17-89.)
   (c)   Whoever violates Section 351.04(g) shall be subject to the following penalties:
      (1)   Except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) hereof, the offender shall be issued a warning;
      (2)   If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of Section 351.04(g), the offender shall not be issued a warning but shall be fined twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each parking location that is not properly marked or whose markings are not properly maintained.
      (3)   Whoever violates any other provision of Section 351.04 is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Adopting Ordinance)
   (d)   Whoever receives a notice of a two-hour overtime parking violation has the right to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Municipal Court and comply with the following provisions:
      (1)   If the person receiving such notice appears at the office of the Clerk of the Municipal Court during hours such Clerk is in attendance at the City Hall, or at such other places or in such manner as the Clerk of the Municipal Court designates, and at other times at the office of the Police Division, within forty-eight hours of the time of the issuance of the notice of the two-hour overtime parking violation, and in writing waives the filing of an affidavit relating to the violation, the reading of the same and the issuance of a warrant, and enters a plea of guilty and consents to be tried in his or her absence, and pays the amount of ten dollars ($10.00), such person shall be released from further liability and shall, upon consideration of the Court, be fined the ten dollars ($10.00) so paid. For three or more such notices of parking violations within a consecutive six-month period of time, the amount shall be thirty dollars ($30.00) for each notice after the second such notice.
      (2)   If the person does not appear within forty-eight hours, but appears within the succeeding twenty-four hours, the person shall pay the sum of twenty dollars ($20.00) for the first two notices of parking violations and sixty dollars ($60.00) for each subsequent violation thereafter within a consecutive six-month period of time.
      (3)   If the person does not appear within seventy-two hours, he or she shall be subject to the penalties provided in subsection (b) hereof.
(Ord. 92-158. Passed 8-3-92.)
      (4)   Any person who accumulates more than two such notices of parking violation within a consecutive six-month period shall, in addition to the penalties set forth in this subsection, have the motor vehicle towed at the owner's expense, subject to the cost limitation set forth in Section 351.065(f).
(Ord. 94-63. Passed 3-21-94; Ord. 2006-6. Passed 1-17-06; Ord. 2007-16. Passed 3-5-07; Ord. 2007-34. Passed 4-16-07; Ord. 2007-47. Passed 5-7-07.)