(A) Authority, permission, and procedure. Upon an application duly made to the City Manager, and reviewed and recommended by the Street/Park Superintendent, the Council may, in its discretion, grant special permission whereby on-street parking, or the use of city-owned parking lots or ramps, or public sidewalks, may be temporarily, or permanently, prohibited or restricted for private reasons and purposes (including, but not limited to, establishment of private, or leased, parking, loading zones, taxi parking, bus stops, or display of merchandise on sidewalks) at such places, on such terms, and for such compensation as the Council may deem just and equitable. In establishing the amount of the compensation to be paid to the city, the Council shall consider the amount of space, location thereof, loss of parking meter revenues, if any, public inconvenience, and hazards to persons or property. Upon complaint of any aggrieved person at any time, and by reason of any specific special permission so granted, the Council shall, at its next regular meeting after receipt of the complaint, call a hearing thereon to be held after ten days’ notice, in writing, to the applicant and complainant, and published notice at least ten days prior to the hearing. After the hearing, the Council shall, by resolution, decide whether to terminate, continue, or re-define the terms of permission, and the decision shall be final and binding on all persons directly, or indirectly, interested therein, except that the Council may, on its own motion, reconsider the same.
(B) Public vehicles. Free and reserved on-street parking shall be limited to city-owned, and operated, vehicles.
(C) Forbidden practices. It is unlawful for any person to park, or otherwise infringe upon a grant of right under this section, when clearly, and distinctly, marked, or sign-posted. It is unlawful for any person not granted the right to assert the same, or for any grantee of such right to exceed the same under claim thereto.
(Prior Code, § 7.13) (Ord. 32, second, series, passed 12-21-1981) Penalty, see § 152.99