(A) The Business District. For the purposes of this Traffic Code, the Business District shall include the following: all of Iron Street and Rail Street, from Gold Street to Division Street; Division Street, from Rail Street to Jackson Street; Jackson Street, from Tobin Street to Teal Lake Avenue; and Tobin Street, from Jackson Street to Iron Street (herein after, the "Business District").
(B) Time limits in the Business District. Unless otherwise permitted by § 70.08(D) or § 70.19(A) herein, no person shall park any vehicle, trailer or other object in a non-metered parking space located on any street, alley or parking lot in the Business District, where parking is otherwise permitted by law, for a period in excess of two consecutive hours between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.; provided, however, if use of the non-metered parking space is otherwise restricted to a shorter period of time, the shorter period of time shall control.
(C) Commercial vehicles and trailers. The provision of this Traffic Code shall not apply to commercial vehicles or trailers parked while the same are being used to make deliveries or, consistent with this chapter, in an activity necessary for the construction, general repair, or the other types of commercial activity occurring within the Business District of the city.
(D) Signage. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Traffic Code to the contrary, the provisions of the Traffic Code shall not be enforced as to any streets or alleys located within the Business District of the city if there is not first posted an appropriate sign or signs giving notice of a two-hour or other parking time limit.
(E) Campers and trailers. Unless provided for herein, operating a camper, trailer or motor home for a commercial use in a B1 Zoning District is prohibited.
(F) Establishment; purpose; supervision; control. Pursuant to M.C.L.A. § 600.8395, as amended, a Parking Violations Bureau, for the purpose of handling alleged parking violations within the City of Negaunee, is hereby established. The Parking Violations Bureau shall be under the supervision and control of the City Manager.
(G) Duties of City Manager. The City Manager shall, subject to the approval of the Council, establish a convenient location for the Parking Violations Bureau, appoint qualified city employees to administer the Bureau, and adopt rules and regulations for the operation thereof.
(H) Disposition of violations. Parking violations shall not be required to be disposed of at the Parking Violations Bureau. The person in charge of such Bureau may refuse to dispose of a violation, in which case any person having knowledge of the facts may make a sworn complaint before any court having jurisdiction of the offense as provided by law.
(I) Specific request of violators required for disposition. No violation shall be disposed of at the Parking Violations Bureau except at the specific request of the alleged violator. No penalty for any violation shall be accepted from any person who denies having committed the offense, and in no case shall the person who is in charge of the Bureau determine, or attempt to determine, the truth or falsity of any fact or matter relating to such alleged violation. No person shall be required to dispose of a parking violation at the Bureau, and all persons shall be entitled to have any such violation processed before a court having jurisdiction thereof if they so desire. The unwillingness of any person to dispose of any violation at the Bureau shall not prejudice him or her or in any way diminish the rights, privileges, and protection accorded to him or her by law.
(J) Traffic tickets. The issuance of a traffic ticket or notice of violation by a police officer of the city shall be deemed an allegation of a parking violation. Such traffic ticket or notice of violation shall indicate the period of time within which the person to whom the same was issued must respond before the Parking Violations Bureau. It shall also indicate the address of the Bureau, the hours during which the Bureau is open, the amount of the penalty scheduled for the offense for which the ticket was issued, and the fact that a warrant for the arrest of the person to whom the ticket was issued will be sought if such a person fails to respond within the time prescribed.
(K) Parking fines and costs. The Parking Violations Bureau may accept a civil infraction admission in parking violation cases and collect and retain civil fines and costs as follows.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Bureau shall accept a penalty for and in full satisfaction of the violation, as detailed in the city's fee schedule, as adopted by the Negaunee City Council and amended from time to time; provided that the payment is received within 72 hours of 5:00 p.m. of the date upon which notice is attached to the offending vehicle, trailer, or object, giving notice to the owner or operator thereof that such vehicle, trailer, or object has been parked in violation of the laws of the city and instructing such owner or operator to report to the Bureau in regard to such notice.
(2) If the owner or operator fails to pay the applicable penalty, as set forth in division (K)(1) above, within the 72-hour period, such owner or operator may, within an additional 27 days, pay to the Bureau, as a penalty for and in full satisfaction of such violation, the sum detailed in the city's fee schedule, as adopted by the Negaunee City Council and amended from time to time.
(3) If the owner or operator fails to pay the applicable penalty, as set forth in divisions (K)(1) and (2) above, he or she shall be cited for the violation and shall, upon conviction, be subject to a civil fine of not more than the sum detailed in the city's fee schedule, as adopted by the Negaunee City Council and amended from time to time, plus costs of prosecution, for each offense.
(Ord. passed 11-9-2023)