(a) The traffic engineer is hereby authorized to designate parking meter zones upon any street or portion of street where it is determined, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, that the installation of parking meters shall be necessary to aid in the regulation, control or inspection of vehicles which are parked or operated on public streets. The parking of vehicles in such parking meter zones shall be controlled and regulated by parking meters installed and maintained by the designee of the director of the transportation and public works department and located upon the curb either adjacent to the parking space or at one or more locations within the block face.
(b) A designee of the director of the transportation and public works department may designate the maximum parking time for each parking meter, basing the decision upon the investigation set forth above. The designee is hereby authorized to establish parking meter fees for any parking meter that has been placed upon any street or other property owned or controlled by the city.
(c) The fees for parking shall be paid in the currency of the United States of America. The following fees are hereby established for public parking at any parking meter that is governed by this section:
(1) Except for in the West 7th Urban Village Core, short-term parking fees (less than four hours) will be a rate between $0.20 and $0.25 for each ten minutes. These rates include any applicable sales tax. Short-term parking fees shall apply to a meter during time periods for which the meter has been designated for short-term parking use only. The designee of the director of transportation and public works makes this designation and establishes the rate based upon the public's need for parking availability. Short-term parking helps ensure that a space is not used for lengthy periods of time by one vehicle.
(2) In the West 7th Urban Village Core, the parking fees shall be as follows: (i) from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, two hours of free parking and a $3.00 rate for the third hour after the allotted two hours of free parking; and (ii) from 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm, a rate of $3.00 per hour with no free parking. These rates include any applicable sales tax. Parking fees shall apply to a meter during time periods for which the meter has been designated for parking use only. The designee of the director of transportation and public works makes this designation and establishes the rate in the West 7th Urban Village Core based upon the public's need for parking availability.
(3) Long-term parking fees (four hours or more): A parking rate between $0.05 and $0.125 for each ten minutes. These rates include any applicable sales tax. Long-term parking fees shall apply at meters during those periods in which they have not been designated for short-term parking use.
(4) Parking rate for assigned permit spaces for mobility impaired employees: $100 per month.
(d) Without limiting the options available to the designee of the director of transportation and public works, the times and days designated for short-term or long-term parking may vary.
(1964 Code, § 26-103) (Ord. 6668, § 1, passed 5-8-1972; Ord. 7145, § 1, passed 3-10-1975; Ord. 7788, § 1, passed 8-15-1978; Ord. 8629, § 1, passed 8-31-1982; Ord. 14003, § 1, passed 11-16-1999; Ord. 15712, § 6, passed 10-7-2003; Ord. 16783, § 1, passed 1-24-2006; Ord. 18464-02-2009, § 1, passed 2-3-2009; Ord. 18866-10-2009, § 1, passed 10-13-2009; Ord. 19947-10-2011, § 2G, passed 10-25-2011; Ord. 20315-08-2012, § 2, passed 8-7-2012; Ord. 23220-05-2018. § 1, passed 5-15-2018, eff. 8-3-2018; Ord. 23980-12-2019, § 1, passed 12-10-2019, eff. 12-14-2019)