It shall be unlawful for any person to park upon a street any vehicle displayed for sale or for the purpose of displaying advertising; provided, that the city manager, or such official of the city as he or she might designate, is hereby authorized to issue permits for the parking of automobiles, trucks, vans, trailers or similar vehicles on a street for the purpose of displaying advertising or products in connection with any lawful convention, charitable event, civic event (not including political campaigns), or an event celebrating the opening or dedication of a new enterprise, business, commercial or industrial facility, subject to the following conditions:
(a) Only metered parking spaces or such unmetered parking spaces as have not been previously restricted as to use shall be utilized for this purpose;
(b) A fee of $5 per day for each metered parking space or a fee of $5 per day for each 21 linear feet of curb space in nonmetered zones so utilized shall be paid in advance of the issuance of a permit;
(c) The number of days for which each such permit is issued shall be shown in writing on the face of the permit; and Sundays and legal holidays shall be included for the purpose of computing the permit fee and the period of time for which the permit is issued;
(d) The city manager or such official of the city as he or she shall designate shall prescribe such conditions for the issuance of each permit as he or she deems necessary in the public interest, and he or she shall approve, prior to the issuance of a permit, the nature and content of all advertising material to be displayed. It shall be a violation of this section for any person holding a permit hereunder to display or permit to be displayed any advertising material other than that which has been so approved;
(e) No automobile, truck, van, trailer or similar vehicle parked on a public street under this section shall exceed 96 inches in width, including load; and
(f) A permit issued under this section will not authorize the use of any loudspeaker or public address system in the parking spaces permitted to be used.
(1964 Code, § 26-28)
Cross-reference:
Licenses and miscellaneous business regulations, see Ch. 20