§ 72.12 FREE MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS.
   (A)   Free municipal parking lots. Designated locations are hereby specified as free municipal parking lots to provide off-street parking in the congested area near the downtown business district in the city.
(2011 Code, § 11.1020)
   (B)   Individual parking spaces.
      (1)   The Public Works Director is hereby authorized and directed to designate and mark off individual parking spaces on the free municipal parking lot to provide for the proper parking of vehicles thereon.
      (2)   At each place where individual parking spaces are so marked off, each vehicle shall park head in only and entirely within an individual parking space.
(2011 Code, § 11.1021)
   (C)   Free lots; 72-hour limit. Parking in all free municipal lots shall be limited to 72 consecutive hours.
(2011 Code, § 11.1024)
   (D)   Free lots; vehicles prohibited. No disused automobiles, trailers or automobiles which are being advertised or offered for sale shall be permitted to be parked or left standing upon a free municipal lot.
(2011 Code, § 11.1025)
   (E)   Reports of violations. It shall be the duty of the police officers or designated code enforcement personnel of the city, acting in accordance with instructions issued by the Chief of Police, to report:
      (1)   License number. The license number of any vehicle parked on the free municipal lot in violation of any of the provisions of this section;
      (2)   Time of violation. The time during which such vehicle is parked in violation of any of the provisions of this section; and
      (3)   Other facts. Any other facts, a knowledge of which is necessary to a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending such violation.
(2011 Code, § 11.1026)
   (F)   Parking tickets to be issued. Each police officer or code enforcement personnel reporting a violation of the section shall also attach to the vehicle a notice to the owner or operator thereof that such vehicle has been parked in violation of this section, instructing such owner or operator to report at the police station of the city on regard to such violation.
(2011 Code, § 11.1027) (Ord. 2259, passed 9-21-2015; Ord. 2404, passed 1-3-2022)