(1) When signs are erected or placed giving notice that a residential parking permit area has been established pursuant to resolution of the urban county council, no person shall park a vehicle in any such space so designated for more than the time period specified on such signs, unless the vehicle displays a parking permit authorized by that resolution.
(2) Any vehicle parked in violation of subsection (1) above is declared to be a public nuisance, and any police officer or safety officer of the urban county government or any parking control officer employed by or otherwise under the control of the Lexington and Fayette County Parking Authority is authorized to cause the same to be removed to and impounded in a depository named by the urban county government for such purpose.
(3) No person shall fail to surrender a residential parking permit when directed to do so.
(4) No person shall represent in any fashion that a vehicle is entitled to a residential parking permit authorized by resolution of the urban county council when it is not so entitled. The display of a residential parking permit on a vehicle not entitled to such a residential parking permit shall constitute such a representation.
(5) No person shall duplicate, or attempt to duplicate, by any means, a residential parking permit authorized by resolution of the urban county council. The display of such a duplicate residential parking permit on a vehicle shall constitute such a duplication.
(6) Any person violating any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof by a court of competent jurisdiction, be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each violation. Persons violating any of the provisions shall be fined not less than eight dollars ($8.00); however, if any citation for violation of this section remains unpaid for thirty (30) days from the date thereof, the fine shall not be less than sixteen dollars ($16.00).
(Ord. No. 57-90, § 1, 4-5-90; Ord. No. 101-90, § 1, 5-31-90; Ord. No. 230-91, § 2, 11-14-91; Ord. No. 329-2005, § 10, 12-13-05)