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Such parking devices when installed shall be placed upon the curb or sidewalk alongside of or next to parking device zones to be designated as provided. Each of said parking devices shall be so set as to show or display a signal that the parking space alongside of same is or is not occupied.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950; Ord. 1992, passed 8-21-1967; Ord. 2095, passed 11-11-1968)
The Traffic Engineering Division shall place lines or marks on the sidewalk or on the streets above and alongside of each parking device, to designate the parking zone for which said timing device is to be used and each vehicle parking alongside said device shall park within the lines or marks as are established. It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle across any such line or mark, or to park said vehicle in such way that the same shall not be fully within the area so designated by the line or markings.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950; Ord. 1992, passed 8-21-1967; Ord. 2095, passed 11-11-1968)
The Traffic Engineering Division is authorized to establish and maintain loading zones and to omit parking devices for such loading zones, if it should find it advisable and necessary from the standpoint of safety traffic conditions and for the conduct of business and use of property by the abutting property owner or his lessees or assigns; provided, that no vehicle may remain in a loading zone for a period of time greater than is necessary to load or unload either passenger or property; provided further, that the time zone spaces where such parking devices have been installed and are supplemented with loading zone signs may be used for the loading and unloading of property during the hours specified on such signs. The provisions for loading zones are in addition to and not in derogation of regulations adopted in pursuance of provisions of this Code or other ordinances.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950; Ord. 1992, passed 8-21-1967; Ord. 2095, passed 11-11-1968; Ord. 3694, passed 7-9-2007; Ord. 3727, passed 8-11-2008)
(a) The downtown district shall be defined, for the purpose of this section, as the area under the authority of the DDA, as set forth in § 2-126 of the Flint City Code. The DDA shall be empowered to enforce and administer the entire parking system, inclusive of any and all violations of the City of Flint parking ordinances and/or regulations contained in this article or any other part of the Code of the City of Flint, and all parking devices, as defined in this chapter, within the district.
(b) No vehicle, occupied or not, shall be parked or stationary in any way in the downtown district for more than 2 (two) continuous hours between 5:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., except for Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays; notwithstanding the foregoing, City of Flint residents shall not be subject to either the 2 or 3 hour parking restrictions set forth above in this article if they park within 100 feet of the address listed on their driver’s license, voter’s registration and/or State of Michigan identification card.
(c) Those who violate the parking restriction described in subparagraph (b) above shall be required to pay a fine of (i) $15.00 (fifteen) dollars in calendar year 2008, (ii) $20.00 (twenty) dollars in calendar year 2009, and (iii) $25.00 (twenty-five) dollars in calendar year 2010, payable to the DDA, as designated on the face of the citation. The amount of the citation may be changed from time to time by resolution of City Council.
(d) The DDA shall be sole collector of any revenue derived from parking within the DDA District.
(e) The DDA may install parking devices, inclusive of meters or other similar devices, in the parking areas described in subparagraph (b)(1) above with charges not to exceed $2.00 (two) dollars per hour of use (the “not to exceed” charges shall be adjusted annually in accordance with changes in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Indexes) with a maximum meter time of three hours and the depositing of additional coins shall not have the effect of extending the maximum parking time as stated on the parking device.
(Ord. 2095, passed 11-11-1968; Ord. 3109, passed 8-14-1989; Ord. 3394, passed 2-8-1999; Ord. 3694, passed 7-9-2007; Ord. 3727, passed 8-11-2008; Ord. 3802, passed 9-12-2011)
In order to determine the length of time any vehicle has been parked in any zone, a parking sign shall be erected on the sidewalk designating the time limit for parking in the area so designated; and the DDA shall use parking devices allowed under this article to determine the length of parking time and whether a violation has occurred under this article and/or the Code of the City of Flint.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950; Ord. 1992, passed 8-21-1967; Ord. 2095, passed 11-11-1968; Ord. 3694, passed 7-9-2007; Ord. 3727, passed 8-11-2008)
It shall be unlawful for any person, who is the driver, owner or person in charge of a vehicle, to permit such vehicle to remain or be placed or to place such vehicle in any parking zone where such device is displaying a signal showing that such vehicle shall have already parked beyond the period of time fixed by this ordinance for such parking zone.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950; Ord. 1992, passed 8-21-1967; Ord. 2095, passed 11-11-1968)
It shall be the duty of the City of Flint DDA to take the location of where any vehicle is parked in violation of this article and/or the Code of the City of Flint, and also the license number of such vehicle, the time and date of such violation, the make of such vehicle, and to give notice of violation to the owner, manager or driver of such vehicle as provided in this article.
(Ord. 3694, passed 7-9-2007; Ord. 3725, passed 7-28-2008)
A vehicle parked or occupying any portion of the street in violation of the terms of this article is hereby declared to be a nuisance and may be impounded pursuant to Michigan law. The DDA shall collect all proceeds of such impoundments.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950; Ord. 1992, passed 8-21-1967; Ord. 2095, passed 11-11-1968; Ord. 3694, passed 7-9-2007; Ord. 3725, passed 7-28-2008)
In all cases of parking violations, either the registered owner or the operator of such vehicle may be proceeded against by complaint and warrant in a Court of competent jurisdiction which shall be in addition to the right to imprisonment heretofore give, and the registered owner of the vehicle at the time of the violation shall be presumed to be a violator as well as the vehicle itself and the actual operator thereof.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950; Ord. 1992, passed 8-21-1967; Ord. 2095, passed 11-11-1968)
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