(a) It shall be unlawful for any person operating a motor vehicle on the grounds of the land of any county office:
(1) To drive such vehicle on any traffic lane designated as one-way in a direction opposite to the indicated flow of traffic; or
(2) To drive such vehicle so as to enter, exit, turn or fail to stop, contrary to any posted traffic control sign; or
(3) To drive such vehicle recklessly or in excess of 15 miles per hour.
(b) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined ten dollars.
(Code 1976, § 10-2001; Ord. No. 449-77, § 2, 10-26-77; Ord. No. 061-01HR, § I, 9-4-01)
(a) There are hereby established the following regulations to govern use of parking facilities on the grounds of county owned or leased properties:
(1) All parking spaces shall be designated by the county administrator's office for use by employees of the county or for the use of county vehicles or for use by the public. The administrator may impose a reasonable fee for the use of such spaces.
(2) Each vehicle authorized to occupy an assigned employee parking space shall display an official identification decal.
(3) No vehicle without the appropriate decal shall occupy any assigned employee parking space.
(4) No employee shall park a vehicle in any numbered assigned parking space except that assigned to such person and for which a valid decal or temporary permit is displayed as provided herein.
(5) All assignments and decals for employee parking will be issued by the county finance department. No other office, department head, or person shall grant parking assignments.
(6) The first decal will be issued at no charge. This decal shall be placed on the left rear bumper (and left front bumper if two (2) decals are issued). If a decal is desired by an individual for a second or alternative vehicle, the cost per decal will be an amount set by the county finance department, based on the current cost to obtain parking decals. This fee will be paid to the county finance department.
(7) Each department head will submit a list containing the names of those employees who are to be issued decals. This list will include at a minimum: tag number, make of car, color, and office location of the employee.
(8) Each department will notify the finance department when a space is no longer needed or a change in assignment is desired.
(9) Any county employee who resigns or is otherwise terminated from employment shall on the last day of employment return his or her parking card to the county finance department. Failure to do so shall result in the withholding of that employee's last paycheck until such card is returned.
(10) Reserved parking spaces will be provided at the county administration building for use by the county council, department directors, and other personnel. When these spaces are reserved, they will be marked for such use and will become a tow-away zone.
(11) Reserved parking at the county judicial center and in nearby designated areas shall be assigned in priority order as follows:
a. Permanent judges and judicial officers (location on a seniority basis);
b. Visiting judges and judicial officers;
c. Sheriffs department official vehicles;
d. Other department heads; and
e. Other personnel designated by department heads (available spaces allocated on a percentage basis, based on the number of employees in the department compared to the number of total full and part-time employees working at the courthouse).
(12) Non-county vehicles shall not be left on county premises for more than 48 hours without notice to a county security officer.
(13) No vehicle shall park in an unauthorized parking space.
(14) No vehicle shall park in a marked fire lane, a bus or taxi zone, a loading zone, a service or maintenance vehicle zone, or a space reserved for sheriff's vehicles unless properly authorized.
(15) No vehicle shall block the ingress or egress of another vehicle, or park in a no parking area or on a sidewalk.
(16) No vehicle shall park in a public or employee handicapped space without displaying proper identification/ authorization.
(17) Repeated violations of parking regulations may result in the suspension of an individual's parking privileges.
(18) Repeated failure to comply with instructions of a county security officer may result in the loss of an individual's parking privileges.
(19) Any vehicle found violating the provisions of this subsection may be towed at the owner's expense or, alternatively, shall be fined ten dollars. Provided, however, any vehicle found in violation of subsection (16) above (parking in a handicapped space), shall be towed at the owner's expense or, alternatively, shall be fined $200.
(b) There are hereby established the following regulations to govern use of parking on the grounds of the county administration building:
(1) The county administrator shall provide parking spaces next to the county administration building for public parking.
(2) No person shall park a vehicle in a public space longer than two (2) hours, or cause, allow, or suffer any such vehicle to be so parked.
(3) No person shall park a vehicle on or beyond the lines denoting the limits of any parking space, or cause, allow, or suffer any such vehicle to be so parked.
(4) No employee shall park in a public parking space on the grounds of the county administration building.
(5) No non-disabled employee shall park a vehicle in a designated reserved employee handicapped space.
(6) Any vehicle found violating the provisions of this subsection may be towed at the owner’s expense or, alternatively, shall be fined five dollars.
(c) Other provisions herein notwithstanding, the county administrator may assign county parking spaces to agencies not under the budgetary and administrative control of the county; provided, however, that:
(1) The county administrator may impose a reasonable fee for the use of such parking spaces;
(2) The county administrator shall have the authority to designate which parking spaces will be made available to such agencies; and
(3) All county parking regulations shall apply to such spaces.
(d) The county administrator's office shall have the responsibility and authority for the administration of the provisions of this section.
(e) The sheriff of the county shall be charged with the responsibility of enforcing the provisions of this section and shall have the responsibility of issuing parking tickets and/or engaging a towing service for any vehicle parked in violation of these regulations; provided that the cost of towing service shall be charged to the registered owner of any vehicle so removed. The parking ticket shall be on a form designated by the county administrator and shall be used by all law enforcement officers for violations of this article.
(Ord. No. 061-01HR, § I, 9-4-01; Ord. No. 070-07HR, § I, 9-11-07; Ord. No. 022-13HR, § I, 6-18-13)
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