To discourage habitual offenders of the parking regulations in the city, the Police Department will place a wheel boot on vehicles associated with accounts that have received three or more parking tickets in any calendar year or have two or more parking tickets that are more than 120 days past due. Vehicle ticket totals will start at zero at the beginning of each new calendar year.
(A) Procedure. The procedure for use of a boot is as follows:
(1) The third parking ticket will contain a notice that the vehicle has been booted.
(2) Upon issuance of the third ticket, and with each ticket thereafter, a boot will be placed on the vehicle. Tickets accompanying a wheel boot will contain a booting information sheet explaining how to get the boot removed.
(3) A boot removal instruction sheet will be placed on the vehicle’s windshield and a notification sticker on the driver’s side window stating:
Your vehicle has been immobilized. Do not try to move your vehicle with the boot in place. Any person causing damage to the boot will be guilty of intentional damage to property which is a violation of SDCL § 22-34-1, Class 2 misdemeanor (30 days in jail or $500 fine or both). Instructions on how to have the boot removed can be found with your ticket).
(B) Procedure for use of a boot in leased parking areas.
(1) Leased parking areas will be monitored by the month of rental.
(2) Failure to pay to continue the rental agreement within five days of the expiration of a rental agreement will result in a notification (telephone, email, mail) stating that if the rental agreement is not paid within five additional days, the rental agreement is not valid.
(3) Failure to renew the rental agreement after the time given in the notice will result in a boot being placed on your vehicle.
(4) If the rental agreement is not renewed, the vehicle will be towed 15 days from the date the rental agreement ended.
(C) Procedure for removal of a boot is as follows:
(1) The customer will need to pay for all unpaid parking tickets and a boot removal fee of $25. This fee must be paid to the city.
(2) Upon payment of all tickets, boot removal fees and prorated, unpaid, rental agreement costs, the secretary will notify the on-duty police officer with the receipt number and location of the vehicle. The customer will produce and display the receipt showing all fees having been paid to the on-duty police officer prior to the boot being removed.
(3) In non-rental agreement parking areas, if arrangements have not been made by the registered owner or verified custodian of the vehicle to remove the boot within 24 hours of the boot being placed on the vehicle, the vehicle is subject to being towed and impounded. The registered owner or verified custodian of the vehicle must produce a city receipt showing all parking tickets and boots fees are paid prior to the vehicle being released from impound.
(Ord. 1090-23, passed 6-14-2023)