(A) Fees, eligibility, and designation. The City Commission shall by resolution set the cost of parking permits, the eligibility requirements for each type, and the designation of lots and streets where parking is allowed by permit only.
(B) Types of permits.
(1) Overnight.
(a) Overnight parking in the Central Business District is restricted to holders of an overnight permit. Overnight permit holders may only park in designated lots.
(b) The City Manager may declare that, on the basis of falling snow, sleet, or freezing rain, or based on a National Weather Service forecast, weather conditions will make it necessary that motor vehicle traffic be expedited and that parking in city parking lots will be prohibited or restricted for plowing or other purposes. This declaration must be publicly announced prior to its effective time by means of press release, web posting, email, and telephone information line where feasible.
(2) Guest.
(a) Guest permits are required of guests visiting downtown residents wishing to park in a downtown lot overnight and of guests of residents of designated residential neighborhoods wishing to park overnight on any street in a designated residential neighborhood. Guest permits are limited to seven days.
(b) The City Manager may declare that, on the basis of falling snow, sleet, or freezing rain, or based on a National Weather Service forecast, weather conditions will make it necessary that motor vehicle traffic be expedited and that parking in city parking lots will be prohibited or restricted for plowing or other purposes. This declaration must be publicly announced prior to its effective time by means of press release, web posting, email, and telephone information line where feasible.
(3) Residential neighborhood. Residential neighborhood permits are available to property owners and tenants in designated residential neighborhood permit zones.
(4) Recreational vehicles. The owner, occupant, or user of a recreational vehicle to be parked in the city and in a city lot must procure a permit as prescribed in division (D) below.
(5) Construction trailer. Construction trailer permits, issued by the Building Official, are intended for use by construction companies and personnel during a specific construction project, to utilize space in a municipal parking lot or the use of on-street parking space(s). The permit will be valid for the duration of the project. The permit shall specify the parking location(s) for which it is valid.
(6) Commercial. Commercial permits are intended for use by city businesses that require parking of vehicles primarily used for business purposes in the city and allow daytime and overnight parking in streets, spaces, or lots designated by the City Manager.
(C) Use of permits.
(1) Permits are only valid according to their type and do not permit a driver to park outside the scope of the permit.
(2) As necessary from time to time, the City Manager or his/her designee may contact permit holders to move their vehicle(s) so that lots may be cleaned. Failure to move a vehicle as requested constitutes a violation of this chapter.
(D) Recreational vehicles.
(1) An application for a permit to park, use, and occupy a recreational vehicle on the premises of a dwelling or parcel of land must be made to the Department of Building Safety.
(a) The application must state:
1. The name of the owner or occupant in control of the trailer coach;
2. The name and address of the owner or operator of the recreational vehicle;
3. The license number on the recreational vehicle; and
4. The required fee, if one has been set.
(b) Attached to the application must be written consent by the owner in control of the dwelling or parcel of land at which the recreational vehicle will park and be used and occupied for the persons using the trailer coach for the unlimited use of the sanitary facilities on the premises.
(c) Upon the filing of the application, the Department must cause an inspection to be made of the dwelling premises or parcel of land and the recreational vehicle. If the inspection finds that adequate facilities are afforded on the premises for the disposal of waste created and it appears that the parking, use, and occupancy of the trailer coach complies with applicable statutes and ordinances, approval will be granted.
(d) After the application is approved and the permit fee is paid, the Building Official shall issue a permit starting the limit of time for the parking, use, or occupancy of the trailer coach. The permit may authorize the parking, use, or occupancy of the trailer coach for not more than six weeks.
(e) No more than two permits may be issued for any one trailer coach or to any one trailer coach operator or occupant in one 12-month period.
(2) The Building Official may provide for the issuance of temporary RV permit for parking, use, and occupancy of a recreational vehicle on public grounds owned or controlled by the city, on such order and conditions as the City Manager shall, in his/her discretion, determine to be just and reasonable, for a period of time not to exceed ten days in any one calendar year.
(3) The Building Official or his or her authorized representative or a member of the Department of Public Safety has the authority to enter and inspect at any reasonable time any premises upon which a recreational vehicle is parked, used, or occupied for the purpose of ascertaining that the owner, operator, or occupant of the trailer coach is complying with all applicable statutes, ordinances, rules, and regulations.
(E) Special agreements.
(1) Feight Apartments (119 South Franklin). Eight parking spaces for 24-hour parking shall be reserved in the city-owned parking lot on the corner of E. Michigan and S. Lansing Street for tenants of Feight Apartments.
(2) MCC Parcel B Title Holding Corporation (410 West Broadway). MCC Parcel B Title Holding Corporation and its agents, employees, tenants, licensees, permittees, and contractors shall enjoy the rights granted to it by the parking and access easement recorded at 1877 Liber 310.
(Ord. 1091, passed 10-9-23)