(A) Parking on off-street parking lots owned by the city shall be free; provided, however, that no vehicle shall be parked in such parking lots for more than 20 hours in any one day.
(1) It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, not being used by a customer, in any parking place in the public street in the downtown area designated as follows:
Street | Location | Side | Ord. No. | Date Passed |
Street | Location | Side | Ord. No. | Date Passed |
Burr St. | From 3rd St. to north terminus | West | 2903 | 6-27-94 |
Chestnut St. | From 3rd St. to 2nd St. | Both | 2903 | 6-27-94 |
Chestnut St. | From 2nd St. to 1st St. | East | 2903 | 6-27-94 |
Chestnut St. | From 2nd St. south for 150 feet | West | 2903 | 6-27-94 |
First St. | From the alley between Chestnut St. and Tremont St. to Burr St. | Both | 2903 | 6-27-94 |
Main St. | From 240 ft. north of 3rd St. to Central Blvd. | West | 2903 | 6-27-94 |
Main St. | From the railroad track to Central Blvd. | East | 2903 | 6-27-94 |
Second St. | From Chestnut St. to Burr St. | North | 2903 | 6-27-94 |
Second St. | From 40 feet east of Chestnut St. to Burr St. | South | 2903 | 6-27-94 |
Third St. | From Chestnut St. to to the alley between Main St. and Burr St. | North | 2903 | 6-27-94 |
Third St. | From 115 ft. west of Tremont St. to the alley between Main St. and Burr St. | South | 2903 | 6-27-94 |
Tremont St. | From the railroad track to 1st St. | East | 2903 | 6-27-94 |
Tremont St. | From 3rd St. to Central Blvd. | West | 2903 | 6-27-94 |
(2) However, certain parking stalls may be further restricted in said area as authorized by an ordinance of the City Council.
(3) It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle for longer than 15 minutes between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, in any parking place in the public street in the downtown area designated as follows:
Street | Location | Side | Ord. No. | Date Passed |
Tremont St. | From 1st St. to Central Blvd. | East | 2903 | 6-27-94 |
(B) No parking shall be permitted in the following downtown area:
Street | Location | Side | Ord. No. | Date Passed |
West Second St., the east 40 feet | From the corner of the intersection of West Second St. and North Chestnut St. | South | 2626 | 8-10-87 |
(C) Special downtown parking permits. This division does not apply to occupants, no matter the length of their occupancy, of hotels or motels. This division applies to persons maintaining a residence above businesses in the downtown street identified in division (A)(1) above.
(1) Issuing authority. The City Manager is authorized to issue a special downtown parking permit. The following criteria apply when issuing this special permit.
(2) The City Manager will issue a form to applicants that will be used in applying for a special parking permit. The form will incorporate the requirements of this division.
(3) Only one permit may be issued for each residential unit.
(4) The maximum time for the permit will be one year.
(5) Holders of this special parking permit may park in city parking lots for longer than 20 hours; however, they cannot use city parking lots to store or warehouse vehicles. Other than the preceding, the special parking permit does not set aside other parking requirements of this code, such as moving vehicles to allow for snow removal.
(6) Holders of the special permit may park on-street near the residence they occupy for a period not to exceed two hours at a time, in any single location during 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(7) If handicapped as defined in Chapter 78, Schedule III, division (B), a holder of the special permit may park on-street during all hours of the day, however such permission does not set aside any other requirement of this section, chapter or code pertaining to vehicles, e.g., snow removal, maintaining vehicle in operable condition, or moving the vehicle every 72 hours.
(Ord. 2942, passed 11-28-94; Am. Ord. 3360, passed 8-12-02)
(D) Any person violating the provisions of this schedule may settle and compromise the claim against him for such illegal parking by paying to the city the sum of $5 within seven days of the time such alleged offense was committed and thereafter the sum of $10 if paid prior to the issuance of a warrant for the offense. Such payment may be made at the police station, office of the City Clerk or may be mailed (by placing a stamp on reverse side) to the address on the reverse side of the illegal parking ticket, or by depositing the payment in one of the courtesy boxes provided for such purposes, and such money shall be promptly turned over to the City Treasurer to be credited to the Parking Ticket Fund. A separate violation shall occur every two hours from the time of the first violation as shown on the illegal parking ticket.
(Ord. 26456, passed 12-14-87; Am. Ord. 2942, passed 11-28-94)
('71 Code, § 10-6-15)