(A) In order to help prevent traffic congestion, obstruction of streets, sidewalks or parking lots, impediment of access of shopping centers or other buildings open to the public or the interference with the use of property, or the conduct of business in the area adjacent thereto, no person shall drive or permit a motor vehicle under his or her care, custody or control to be driven past a traffic-control point three or more times within a two-hour period from 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m., Monday through Sunday, in or around a posted no cruising area.
(B) At every point where a public street or alley becomes or provides ingress to a no cruising area, there shall be posted a sign which designates no cruising and gives the applicable time period. A no cruising area is an area designated where no person shall drive or permit a motor vehicle under his or her care, custody or control to be driven past a traffic-control point three or more times within a two-hour period.
(C) A traffic-control point, as used in this section, means any point or points within the no cruising area established by the Police Department for the purposes of monitoring cruising.
(D) No violations shall occur except upon the third passage by the same traffic-control point within the aforementioned two-hour period.
(E) No area shall be designated or posted as a no cruising area except upon passage of a resolution by the Council specifically mandating the designation and posting for a particular area.
(F) This action shall not apply to in-service emergency vehicles, taxicabs for hire, buses and other vehicles being driven for business purposes.
(G) Where there is a violation of any provision of this section, the city shall take the following actions.
(1) A police officer shall issue a citation for a violation of this section subjecting the violator to a civil penalty as set forth in the fee schedule to be paid within ten days, which penalty shall provide for an additional delinquency charge as set forth in the fee schedule upon nonpayment, and which penalty and delinquency charge may be removed by the city in a civil action pursuant to § 10.99.
(2) Upon any subsequent issuance of citation within a seven-day period, a police officer shall issue to the violator a traffic summons in lieu of a civil citation. Violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine as set forth in the fee schedule.
(Prior Code, § 13-58) (Ord. O-27-93, passed 10-7-1993; Res. passed 10-7-1993)