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(a) The parking of vehicles on public or private property, excluding dedicated streets and ways set out for public travel and therefor otherwise regulated in these Codified Ordinances, is prohibited without the consent of the owner of private property or proper governmental agencies controlling the public property.
(b) No vehicle shall be parked on public property in violation of rules and regulations set out by the governmental agencies controlling the public property.
(c) No vehicle shall be parked on any private property in violation of any regulations set down by the owner of the private property.
(d) The provisions of divisions (a) and (c) hereof shall not be applicable unless the private or public property is posted in a conspicuous manner setting forth the prohibition of parking or the conditions and regulations under which parking is permitted.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in these Codified Ordinances and subject to the requirements of this section, an owner of private property or his authorized agent may remove, or cause to be removed, vehicles parked upon his property in violation of the posted parking regulations.
(f) An owner of private property may create a "private tow-away zone" by posting thereon a sign, no smaller than eighteen inches by twenty-four inches and visible from all entrances to the private property, which contains at least the following information:
(1) A designation that the area is a "PRIVATE TOW-AWAY ZONE, UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLES WILL BE TOWED AWAY"; and
(2) The telephone number or numbers of the person or per soils from whom vehicles can be recovered; and
(3) A statement that "VEHICLES MAY BE RECOVERED AT ANYTIME DURING THE DAY OR NIGHT UPON PROOF OF OWNERSHIP AND PAYMENT OF A TOWING CHARGE IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED NINETY DOLLARS ($90.00), AND STORAGE CHARGE IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWELVE DOLLARS ($12.00) PER 24-HOUR PERIOD OR PORTION THEREOF".
(g) The Director of Public Safety shall promulgate and publish a set of rules and regulations to implement this section as he deems proper, including the establishment of reasonable maximum rates for the removal and storage of any vehicle removed from private property. The rates established pursuant to this section shall be posted as provided in division (3) of division (f) hereof.
(h) No person shall remove or cause to be removed any vehicle from private property unless in conformance with this section. Whoever violates this section shall be deemed guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 118-74. Passed 7-22-74; Ord. 49-01. Passed 4-23-01.)
(a) (1) No person shall use any premises or public thoroughfare within the City for the purpose of keeping inoperable automobiles.
(2) As used in this section "inoperative automobile" means and includes any motor vehicle which is not in operating condition, or which has no value except for salvage or junk purposes, or which has not been licensed and issued a distinctive number and registration mark valid for the current year pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 4503, or which does not display such distinctive number and registration mark. As used in this section "keeping inoperative automobiles" means and includes the parking, standing or storage of any one or more inoperative automobiles any place other than in an enclosed garage, for a period in excess of twenty-four consecutive hours.
(b) A motor vehicle parked or stored in violation of this section may be removed to a motor vehicle pound or other place of storage by any police officer, at his direction, and shall not be released except upon payment of towing and storage charges. Vehicles so removed may be disposed of according to the provisions of Ohio R.C. 737.32.
(Ord. 110-72. Passed 9-11-72.)
(a) No commercial vehicle, motor bus, motor bus home, recreation vehicle, house trailer, travel trailer or other trailer as defined in Ohio R.C. 4501.01, and no boat or boat trailer shall be parked or be left standing on any street or alley within the City limits at any time. However, this section shall not apply to motor vehicles registered as commercial vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight that shall not exceed 10,000 pounds, limited to two axle construction and a limit of four wheels. Motor homes, travel trailers and boats may be parked on the streets for the purpose of loading and unloading for a period not to exceed three hours. In addition, those vehicles used for conveying the necessary tools and materials to the premises where labor is being performed and the use of such tools and materials are required, shall be permitted, provided they are not parked or left standing for a period not to exceed twelve hours. In addition, those commercial vehicles or trailers, being loaded or unloaded, used to deliver or hoist property or merchandise for the completion of delivery shall be permitted, if such loading or unloading, or other activity referred to in this section is conducted diligently and without unnecessary delay. This section shall not apply to commercial vehicles or buses conveying passengers to any public meeting, assembly, church, convention or entertainment during the actual session of a public meeting, assembly, church, convention or entertainment.
(b) Definitions.
(1) Commercial vehicle. "Commercial vehicle" means any vehicle with the current state issued license plates attached with the designation "truck" or "commercial" or any vehicle including a trailer, used for the hauling of any machinery, device, materials or equipment in connection with a commercial enterprise, whether such vehicle is marked or identified by lettering, symbols or signs relating to such commercial purpose or enterprise or not having attached thereto a state issued license plate with the designation "truck" or "commercial vehicle".
(2) Parking. "Parking", "parked" or "park" means the stopping or standing of vehicles whether or not occupied, other than temporarily for the purpose of and while actively engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.
(3) "House trailer", "travel trailer" and "motor bus home" include all self-propelled vehicles of the type commonly referred to as recreational vehicles or campers, having self-contained facilities for sleeping and/or cooking whether or not the same are provided with toilet or other sanitary facilities, and whether or not the same are classified as house trailers by Ohio R.C. 4501.01.
(Ord. 70-95. Passed 6-12-95.)
(a) In order to facilitate the cleaning of streets and to expedite the free flow of vehicular traffic:
(1) Motor vehicles shall not be parked on the streets designated herein at such times as the United States Weather Bureau records indicate two inches of snow has fallen and there is a prospect of further snowfall; and
(2) Motor vehicles shall not be parked on other city streets when the Mayor, in his discretion, declares an emergency due to excessive snow and further designates other specific streets or areas bounded by certain streets.
(b) All cars parked during the period of time weather conditions prohibiting parking are declared under division (a) hereof, must be removed by the owners or operators within two hours of the dissemination of the information as provided in division (a)(1) or in the time as designated in the declaration of emergency as provided in division (a)(2) hereof. Any motor vehicle parked in violation of these prohibitions shall be subject to fines as provided herein and may be removed by authorized agents of the City at the order of the Chief of Police, Director of Public Safety or Mayor, and then shall subject the owner or operator to costs of towing and storage as provided herein.
(c) It shall be the responsibility of the owners or operators of motor vehicles to ascertain whether weather conditions or the declared emergency requires the removal of their vehicles from the streets or areas designated in divisions (a)(1) or (2) hereof. In order to assist dissemination of this information, the streets designated in division (a)(1) hereof shall be marked with pole signs and the Mayor or Director of Public Safety shall through radio, newspaper or other available media disseminate information as to the existence of a declared emergency. The dissemination of this information, however shall not relieve persons from the responsibility of ascertaining the existence of the weather conditions or declared emergency therein.
(d) Any vehicles removed by authorized agents of the City shall be removed to a motor vehicle pound as designated by the Chief of Police, Director of Public Safety or Mayor. Records of motor vehicles removed, and their locations shall be kept by the Police Division.
(e) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifteen dollars ($15.00) and not more than fifty dollars ($50.00), provided however, that a motor vehicle which has been removed to a motor vehicle pound may be recovered only upon the payment of the towing and storage charges Imposed thereon. No credit for the payment of towing and/or storage charges shall be given toward any fine imposed herein.
(Ord. 50-78. Passed 4-10-78.)
(f) The streets where parking is prohibited after two inches of snow has fallen and there is a prospect of further snowfall are as follows:
(1) Retton Road, between Rosehill Road and Haft Drive;
(2) Rosehill Road, between Livingston and East Main Street, and between Rosedale and north Corporation limit (west side of street);
(3) Haft Drive;
(4) Carlyle Drive, between East Main Street and Goldsmith Drive;
(5) Goldsmith Drive, between Carlyle and Hanson Street;
(6) Bartlett Road, between Rosehill Road and Haft Drive;
(7) Hanson Street, between Goldsmith Drive and East Main Street;
(8) Brice Road, north of Main Street, between Rosedale and north Corporation limit;
(9) Baldwin Drive, between Livingston Avenue and Junior High School;
(10) Lancaster Avenue, north of East Main Street to Bryden Road;
(11) East Main Street, between Lancaster Avenue and Graham Road/Waggoner Road.
(Ord. 36-84. Passed 4-23-84.)
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