(a) General Provisions. In any Municipal parking lot, where there is an established parking zone designated as a “Permit Only Parking,” a person properly displaying a parking permit purchased for each such vehicle in accordance with the terms herein specified.
(1) Permits shall not be issued to any type of trailer, construction equipment or equipment used in the landscaping business.
(2) A permit may be issued to any commercial vehicle owned by a merchant having a place of business within the City and which vehicle is used by the owner or an employee in connection with such business. The vehicle shall not exceed the weight limits defined in Section 339.03 and must adhere to current parking restriction for the parking lot where the vehicle is parked.
(b) Permit Fee and Renewal Schedule. The Traffic Commissioner shall issue a parking permit, upon payment. Permits so issued shall expire on December 31 of the year issued, and may be renewed up to January 10 of the year following the year of issuance. Permits purchased after the fifteenth day of the next month, except that all permits issued in January shall cost the following:
(1) Rushton Municipal Parking Lot and Mayfield/Green Parking Lot. A fee of eighty dollars ($80.00) per calendar year. The Rushton Lot is located along Rushton Road and extends onto Dean Road. The Mayfield/Green Municipal Lot is located on the southwest corner of Mayfield and South Green.
(2) Stanhope Municipal Parking Lot. A fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per calendar year will be collected per calendar year. Permit holders in the Stanhope Municipal Lot shall be allowed to park a vehicle overnight (2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.) in the permit spaces only. Any vehicle owned by a merchant having a place of business within the Cedar Center Municipal Parking Lot and registered to the business will be charged five dollars ($5.00).
(c) Issuance and Display. All permits issued under this section shall be placed on the rearview mirror and shall be visible so as to be readable through the front windshield. Any person to display a permit in a way different than the above shall be in violation of this section.
(d) Replacement of Permits.
(1) Lost or stolen permits: Lost or stolen permits may be replaced upon presentation for inspection of the permit vehicle to the Traffic Commissioner. A five dollar ($5.00) fee shall be charged for reissue.
(2) New vehicles: A replacement permit shall be issued upon payment of a five dollar ($5.00) fee if a vehicle that was properly issued a permit is disposed of, provided that the original permit, or sufficient portions thereof, is removed prior to disposing of the vehicle and presented to the Traffic Commissioner prior to issuance of a new permit. Failure to provide adequate proof of removal shall result in the charge of a prorated fee for the replacement permit.
(3) All other City ordinances, rules and regulations not specifically abrogated herein shall remain in full force and effect.
(Ord. 14-92. Passed 5-11-92; Ord. 14-04. Passed 3-8-04; Ord. 30-12. Passed 9-24-12.)