(A) If any vehicle shall remain parked in any parking space beyond the time period provided for the space, the vehicle shall be considered parked overtime. It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in his or her name, or under his or her control, to be parked overtime or beyond the lawful periods of time, as provided by this article. Reference Table 20-A for restricted parking spaces.
(B) In the Downtown Business District, on-street, two-hour parking spaces shall be indicated by white parking space stripes as further referenced in Table 20-A. In addition, the off-street public parking lot bordered by Gilliam and Littlejohn Streets and the off-street, public parking lot bordered by Bank and Wall Street offer both full day and two-hour parking spaces. Both public parking lots shall be posted with signage indicating that white striped parking space designate two-hour parking and that yellow striped parking spaces designate all day parking.
(C) Unless specifically provided otherwise, time restrictions on parking shall be in effect between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. each day, except Sundays, January 1, Memorial Day, July 4, the first Monday in September, the day designated and set aside as Thanksgiving in November, December 25 and any other day designated by the City Manager.
(D) The monitoring of parking in the city is to be made by marking tires with chalk every two hours or by time recording digital devices, with the first two hours to be free and a fine to be imposed after expiration of the first two hours. The amounts of the fines shall be as follows:
(1) Penalties for overtime parking shall be assessed on a daily basis, Monday through Friday.
(2) The fine shall be $10 for the first offense and for each subsequent offense except as enumerated in divisions (3) and (4).
(3) Fines shall be paid within 30 days from the date of issuance. Fines not paid within 30 days of issuance shall be doubled.
(4) Offenders who receive a minimum of four penalties for overtime parking within any 30 day period shall be subject to an additional $50 repeat offender penalty which shall be issued within 30 days of notification of the fourth penalty within a 30 day period.
(5) If any offender fails to pay any fines or civil penalty set forth in this section 30 days of being cited, the city may seek to collect the fine or penalty by any lawful means, including, but not limited to, a civil action and/or submission of the same to the North Carolina Debt Setoff Program. In the event of a civil action, the city may seek payment of court costs and reasonable attorneys fees.
(E) The Police Department shall place a notice on the vehicle notifying the owner or operator of the vehicle that the vehicle has been parked in violation of the provisions of this section. The owner or operator may, within 48 hours of the time when the notice was attached to the vehicle, pay the fine designated in division (D) above in full satisfaction of the violation.
(`86 Code, § 20-131) (Ord. 80-2-1, passed 2-12-80; Am. Ord. 88-6-2, passed 6-21-88; Am. Ord. 89-2-1, passed 2-14-89; Am. Ord. 96-2-2, passed 2-13-96; Am. Ord. 14-09-1, passed 9-9-14)