353.07 EXTENDED METER PARKING.

   (a)    Parking meter heads shall be hooded or removed for the purpose of suspending the operation of parking meters during periods of construction or demolition, prolonged loading or unloading operations, or for other proper purposes, in compliance with the provisions of this section.

   (b)    Hooding of parking meter heads for a period of not to exceed seven days or removal of parking meter heads, shall be ordered by the Director of Public Safety upon the issuance of a proper permit therefor as provided in this section.

   Hooding or removal of parking meter heads shall be performed in compliance with the terms and provisions of such permit by designated police personnel or other employees of the City as may be directed by the Director of Public Safety.

   (c)    The Police Chief may, in his discretion issue permit for the hooding of parking meter heads for a period not to exceed seven days or for the removal of parking meter heads, upon payment of the prescribed fees therefor and upon receipt of written application therefor, which application shall be upon the form prescribed by the Police Chief. Such application form shall require the necessity for such hooding or removal to be fully set forth and shall require such other information as the Police Chief may deem necessary.

   (d)    The Police Chief shall order any person, firm, association or corporation to obtain a permit for the hooding or removal of parking meter heads wherein, in the Police Chief's opinion such person, firm, association or corporation, by his or its operations or activities has made requisite such hooding or removal of parking meter heads in order to maintain the orderly flow of vehicular traffic or to preserve and protect the public property.

   (e)    Any person, firm, association or corporation which fails to obtain a permit for hooding or removal of parking meter heads within twenty-four hours after receiving the order of the Police Chief to do so, and any person, firm, association or corporation which hoods, obscures or removes any parking meter head in any manner other than that set forth in this section, shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 303.99.

   (f)   The fees for permits authorized and required by this section shall be as follows:

      (1)    Permit for hooding parking meter heads:

         $5.00 per meter per day;

      (2)    Permit for removing parking meter heads:

   $20.00 per meter per fifteen day period or part thereof.

   (g)    The permittee, his agents and employees, shall be entitled to exclusive use of the metered area during the period covered by his permit. The proceeds from such permit fees shall be paid into the parking meter fund.
(Ord. 06-272. Passed 12-19-06.)