A. Definitions: As used in this section:
AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL: Shall include, but not be limited to, owners, managers, lessors, lessees, employees and those people lawfully on the premises by invitation or permission of such authorized personnel.
OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE: All signs, signals, markings and devices placed or erected by authority of, or at the request of, a public body or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.
B. Agreement To Allow Enforcement Of Parking Regulations On Private Property: Those businesses who have agreed to allow enforcement of parking regulations on private property have executed an agreement with the City, giving its consent to such enforcement. A copy of each such agreement is on file in the City office.
C. Unauthorized Parking On Certain Privately Owned Parking Lots:
1. It shall be unlawful for any person, except authorized personnel, to stop, stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or unoccupied, after business hours, on the parking lots of those businesses who have entered into an agreement with the City, or who may hereafter enter into an agreement with the City, for the regulation of such parking on privately owned lots serving Commercial Districts. (Ord. 98-06, 10-20-1998)
2. It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle any place where official traffic control devices prohibit stopping, standing or parking on private property. (Ord. 98-06, 10-20-1998; amd. 2019 Code)
D. Property Owner Responsible To Post Signs:
1. The City may require each property owner, whose business establishment is subject to this section, to post a sign, approved by the City, prohibiting the stopping, standing or parking of any unauthorized vehicles on business premises, after business hours.
2. Subsection D1 of this section is directive and is not mandatory. Nothing shall prohibit law enforcement agencies from enforcing the provisions of this section relating to those business establishments who have entered into an agreement with the City, pursuant to subsection B of this section; nor shall the requirement of posting said sign be deemed an element of an offense under subsection C1 of this section. (Ord. 98-06, 10-20-1998)
E. Penalty: Violation of this section shall be an infraction, punishable as provided in title 1, chapter 4 of this Code. (Ord. 98-06, 10-20-1998; amd. 2019 Code)