(A) In order to regulate and to promote the safety of traffic upon the streets of Mt. Vernon, there are hereby established and fixed certain zones to be known as non-metered parking zones in and upon the following streets:
(1) The north and south side of Broadway from Eighth Street to Ninth Street; and the north side of Broadway from Seventh Street to Eighth Street.
(2) The south side of Broadway from Ninth Street to Twelfth Street.
(3) The south side of Broadway from Thirteenth Street to Fourteenth Street.
(4) The north and south side of Main Street from Eighth Street to Ninth Street.
(5) The north side of Main Street from Ninth Street to Tenth Street.
(6) The south side of Main Street from Ninth Street to Tenth Street.
(7) The north and south side of Main Street from Tenth Street to Twelfth Street.
(8) The north side of Jordan Street from Eighth Street to Johnson Street.
(9) The north and south side of Jordan Street from Johnson Street to Twelfth Street.
(10) The north and south side of Harrison Street from Ninth Street to Tenth Street.
(11) The east and west side of Ninth Street from Harris on to Main Street.
(12) The east and west side of Ninth Street from Broadway to Casey Street.
(13) The west side of Tenth Street from North Street to Harrison Street.
(14) The east and west side of Tenth Street from Harris to Street to Main Street.
(15) The west side of Tenth Street from Main Street to Broadway.
(16) The east side of Tenth Street from Main Street to Broadway.
(17) The east and west side of Tenth Street from Broadway to Casey Street.
(18) The east and west side of Eleventh Street from Harrison Street to Jordan Street.
(19) The south side of Harrison from 811 Harrison to 825 Harrison, inclusive.
(20) The west side of Seventh Street from Main to Broadway.
(21) The east side of Ninth Street from Main Street to Broadway.
(22) The west side of Ninth Street from Main Street to Broadway.
(B) (1) The City Manager shall cause parking signs to be installed and maintained in said zones at such locations as he shall from time to time designate and determine to be proper for the effective regulation and safety of traffic within the provisions of this Article and its amendments and in accordance with directions of the City Council when the Council elects to exercise jurisdiction by specific Council action.
(2) Parking signs installed in the parking zones as provided for herein shall be placed upon the curb immediately adjacent to the parking spaces, which parking spaces shall be designated by lines or markings painted or placed upon the curb or street adjacent to each parking space, and each vehicle parked shall be parked within the lines or markings painted or placed upon the curb or street.
(3) It shall be unlawful and constitute a violation of this Article to park any vehicle across any such line or marking or to park any vehicle in any position so that same shall not be entirely within the area designated by said line or marking.
(4) When a parking space in any parking zone is parallel with the adjacent curb or sidewalk any vehicle parked in such parking space shall be parked so that such vehicle is heading in the same direction as the traffic lane nearest such curb or sidewalk; when a parking space in any parking zone is diagonal to the curb or sidewalk, any vehicle parked in such parking space shall be parked with the front part of such vehicle nearest to the curb or sidewalk.
(C) Except as to spaces reserved for physically disabled parking as provided within § 73.02(I) of this Article and except as to prohibited parking zones (including spaces reserved for official vehicles) as provided within Subsection (E) herein, parking at the parking spaces at the location specified in Subsection (A) shall be and is hereby limited to a period of two hours. Parking shall be without charge. The time limit for parking in said zones at said parking spaces shall be in effect from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on each day of every week, except Saturday, Sunday, and legal holidays. Parking in said zones at said parking spaces shall be without limitations on Saturday, Sunday, legal holidays, and on weekdays from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.
(D) The City Manager shall cause signs prohibiting parking to be installed at such spaces in front of each movie picture theater located within the said non-metered parking zone as he shall determine from time to time to be proper for the effective regulation and safety of traffic, which signs shall prohibit parking in front of said movie picture theaters during the time said theaters are open to the public. The provisions of this Article establishing and regulating loading zones shall control the use of said parking spaces.
(E) (1) Prohibited parking zones are hereby established in and upon the following streets:
(a) The North side of Broadway from Ninth Street to Tenth Street.
(b) The South side of Main Street from the West side of Jefferson County Courthouse steps to 10th Street.
(c) The approximate length of two parking spaces on the East side of Tenth Street nearest Broadway between Broadway and Main Street.
(d) The South side of Mannen Street from 27th Street to Logan Street.
(e) The West side of 19th Street from Logan Street to Perkins Avenue.
(f) The East side and the West side of 22nd Street from Broadway to Perkins Avenue.
(g) The East side and the West side of 24th Street from Broadway to Perkins Avenue.
(h) The East side of 26th Street from Perkins Avenue to Forest Avenue.
(i) The East side and the West side of 26th Street from Forest Avenue to Veterans Memorial Drive.
(j) The South side of Casey Avenue from 19th Street to 27th Street.
(2) Parking within the said above prohibited zones shall constitute the offense of parking in a prohibited zone and shall be punishable by a penalty of $10.00 if paid within 72 hours of the violation; in addition, failure to pay the penalty within 72 hours of the violation shall render the owner or operator of the vehicle subject to the penalty stated within § 10.99 of the Revised Code. Said offense of parking in a prohibited zone may be charged by means of citation of “hang-on” ticket.
(3) There is also hereby established non-metered reserved parking spaces from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday (excluding Court Holidays) for use by official vehicles of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department and Judges and Court Personnel of the Second Judicial Circuit upon the following streets:
(a) Three reserved spaces nearest to Broadway on the west side of Ninth Street between Main Street and Broadway.
(b) Three reserved spaces nearest to Ninth Street on the south side of Main Street from Ninth Street to Tenth Street.
(c) Two reserved spaces nearest Main Street on the east side of Tenth Street from Main Street to Broadway.
(d) One reserved space on the west side of 10th Street from Main Street to Broadway.
(4) Parking by authorized vehicles at said non-metered reserved spaces shall be without charge and without time limitation. Parking by non-authorized vehicles at said non-metered reserved parking spaces shall constitute the offense of parking in a prohibited zone and shall be punishable as provided herein.
(F) Parking shall be and is hereby prohibited along the curb in front of any drive-in United States mailbox for a longer period of time than that required to deposit mail. The violation of the provisions of this section shall subject the owner or operator of such improperly parked vehicle to the penalty set forth herein for parking in a prohibited zone.
(G) (1) (a) It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this Article for any person to cause, allow, permit, or suffer any vehicle registered in the name of or permitted by such person to be parked beyond the period of legal parking time established for any parking space within the parking zone as herein described and established; same shall constitute the offense of prohibited parking.
(b) Parking beyond the period of legal parking time established for any parking space shall constitute a separate offense for each individual violation of the period of legal parking time (e.g. every two hours within a two-hour zone, every 30 minutes within a 30-minute zone).
(2) The offense of prohibited parking in a two-hour zone, a 30-minute zone, or other time- limited zone shall be punishable by a penalty of $10.00 if paid within 72 hours of the violation; in addition, failure to pay the penalty within 72 hours of the violation shall render the owner or operator of the vehicle subject to the penalties stated within § 10.99 of the Revised Code.
(H) It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this Article for any person to deface, injure, tamper with, open, willfully break, destroy, or impair the usefulness of any parking sign installed under the provisions of this Article.
(I) (1) That within the parking zones established by this Article, there are located commercial enterprises dealing primarily in services and of a public service nature; when said commercial enterprises do not have access to their places of business by alleyways or private ways, the City Manager may designate a parking space or spaces as a loading zone, if he determines same to be necessary for the efficient regulation and safety of traffic, subject to the direction and control of the City Council when the Council elects to exercise jurisdiction by specific Council action.
(2) That the City Manager shall cause to be painted or placed upon the curb or street lines indicating the area and extent of the loading zones designated and established in accordance with this Section and the loading and unloading of persons, equipment, goods, or merchandise, when a loading zone is provided, outside the indicated area of the designated and established loading zone shall be unlawful and constitute a violation of this Article.
(3) It shall be unlawful and a violation of this Article to use any designated and established loading zone for the parking of any vehicle or vehicles or to allow any vehicle to remain in any designated and established loading zone for a longer period of time than that reasonably required for the actual loading and unloading of persons, equipment, goods, and merchandise and shall subject the owner or operator of any such improperly parked vehicles or vehicles improperly allowed to remain in said parking zone to the penalties prescribed herein for prohibited parking in a prohibited zone.
(J) It shall be the duty of the Police Department of the City of Mt. Vernon, acting in accordance with instructions issued by the City Manager, to report the violations of any provisions of this Section in regard to parking.
(K) The parking regulations provided within this section may be enforced by placement of a chalk mark upon the tire or other mark upon the vehicle to identify the vehicle and to determine whether said vehicle has parked in violation of the provisions of this section. It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this Article for any person to remove, hide, destroy, alter, wipe, tamper with, or conceal any chalk mark or other mark placed upon any person’s tire or vehicle by a police officer or other parking enforcement agent of the City or to otherwise interfere, obstruct, or prevent any police officer or other parking enforcement officer of the City from enforcing the provisions of this Section. This interference with parking enforcement shall be punishable by a penalty of $50.00 for the first offense, $100.00 for the second offense, and $200.00 for each subsequent offense.
(L) (1) (a) Parking of a motor vehicle on either side of North Street from 10th Street to 12th Street and on either side of each Peek Street, North Last Street, South Last Street, East Last Street, and Rufus Street is hereby declared to be a traffic hazard, an obstruction to the normal movement of traffic and to the movement of emergency vehicles, and injurious to the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
(b) The parking of a motor vehicle on either side of North Street from 10th Street to 12th Street and on either side of each Peek Street, North Last Street, South Last Street, East Last Street, and Rufus Street is hereby prohibited.
(2) Pursuant to § 72.05 of the Revised Code of Ordinances, violation of the prohibition against parking on North Street from 10th Street to 12th Street and on either side of each Peek Street, North Last Street, South Last Street, East Last Street, and Rufus Street shall be subject to issuance of a citation and imposition of a fine for prohibited parking and shall subject the motor vehicle parked on said Streets to towing of the motor vehicle without notice (except for the placement of signs as provided herein), all as provided within said § 72.05 of the Revised Code of Ordinances.
(3) The City Manager, pursuant to § 73.02(A)(15) of the Revised Code of Ordinances, is hereby authorized and directed to erect signs adjacent to North Street from 10th Street to 12th Street and on Peek Street, North Last Street, South Last Street, East Last Street, and Rufus Street prohibiting parking (e.g. No Parking, Parking Prohibited, or similar notification) and signs indicating that vehicles in violation will be towed (e.g. Violators Will Be Towed or similar notification), which signs shall be placed at locations as determined by the City Manager.
(4) The City Manager and the Mt. Vernon Police Department are hereby authorized and directed to enforce this Ordinance and the applicable provisions of the Revised Code of Ordinances as provided herein and as provided within the Revised Code of Ordinances.
(Prior Code, Art. 18, § 18.20) (Ord. 2023-26, passed 6-19-2023)