In addition and subject to the specific provisions of this Traffic Code relative thereto, the Director of Public Safety is hereby authorized to promulgate regulations designating street areas wherein:
(a) Parking shall be limited to specified periods of time; or
(b) There shall be no parking at any time, when in his judgment the public safety or welfare requires such limitation.
(c) The Director is hereby authorized to exempt residents on those streets upon which parking is prohibited between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. daily and between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. daily from such prohibitions and to exempt residents from the 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. snow emergency parking ban as provided in Section 351.26(c) provided such residents qualify for such exemption under rules and regulations as shall be established by the Director and approved by Council relating thereto. Applications for such exemptions shall be filed with the Director who may issue a parking permit for any motor vehicle owned by a qualified applicant. A fee of five dollars ($5.00) shall be charged for each permit issued hereunder and such permit shall expire on June 30 following the date of issuance. There shall be no proration of the permit fee required herein.
(d) No such regulation shall permit parking in any of the places specifically prohibited by this Traffic Code or by law, nor shall any such regulation limiting the time of parking or forbidding parking be deemed to apply on Sundays, holidays other than Saturday afternoon, or between the hours of 6:00 p. m. and 7:00 a. m. unless the regulations and the sign evidencing the same specifically so state, provided, further, that no such regulations shall be construed to permit parking on both sides of streets, the pavement of which is twenty-six feet or less in width. Such regulations shall become effective upon delivery of a copy to the Chief of Police, upon publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City and upon erection of signs sufficient in number to apprise the ordinarily observant person of the existence of the regulations and such regulations shall continue to have the force and effect of ordinances until rescinded by the Director of Public Safety or disapproved by ordinance of Council.
(Ord. 37-10. Passed 7-19-10.)