743.13. Claim Checks to be Furnished.

   (a) At the time of accepting a motor vehicle for storage or parking in a public parking place, the person conducting the same, his agent, servant or employee shall furnish to such person parking his or her motor vehicle a distinctive check which shall be numbered to correspond to a coupon placed upon such motor vehicle, which check shall contain the name and address of the person owning or operating such public parking place. This provision shall not apply where cars are stored on a weekly or monthly basis.

   (b) No person shall affix any parking coupon to any motor vehicle so as to obliterate in whole or in part any portion of the motor vehicle license plate on such vehicle.

(Ord. 278-19. Passed 6-11-19.)

743.14. Transfer of parked vehicles.

   No owner or operator of any public parking place shall move or transfer, or cause to be moved or transferred, any parked motor vehicle from the particular parking place at which it is parked to any other public parking place over, through or upon the streets or alleys of the City, unless by the written consent executed by the owner of such motor vehicle or person parking the same. The written consent shall be signed in duplicate by the owner or person parking the motor vehicle and one copy of such consent shall be retained by such person and the other copy shall be retained by the owner or operator of the public parking place and kept as a permanent record. It is not the intention of this section to prohibit the moving of cars into a protected area after the posted closing hours. It is not the intention of this section to prohibit the transfer of vehicles from one area within the public parking place where an alley separates the areas which are operated by a single management.

(1952 Code § 25-32-14)

743.15. Use of parked vehicles.

   No owner or operator of any public parking place shall make any use for any purpose whatsoever of any motor vehicle parked in such place, unless the use has first been authorized by the owner or person having control of such vehicle.

(1952 Code § 25-32-15)

743.16. Construction materials.

   All parking places shall be constructed of concrete, asphalt or equivalent clean, hard surface material. The Administrative Board, sometimes referred to as the Zoning Board of Appeals, created by Section 1112.0200 is hereby empowered in specific cases of practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship to vary the terms of this chapter and the off-street parking section of the zoning code in harmony with the general intent and purposes hereof and thereof.

(1952 Code § 25-32-16; Ord. 170-04. Passed 3-23-04)

743.17. Sidewalks to be kept clean; placing snow in public right-of-way.

   Any person operating or maintaining any public, commercial or private parking place shall keep the sidewalks surrounding such places free from dirt, ice and snow, and other debris, and shall keep the sidewalks in safe condition for the travel of pedestrians. The owner and/or operator of any public parking place, commercial parking place or private parking place shall not remove the natural accumulation of snow or ice thereon by shoveling, plowing or otherwise removing such natural accumulation of snow and ice by depositing same upon the paved portion of the public right-of-way.

(1952 Code § 25-32-17; Ord. 91-78)

743.18. Open parking places to be enclosed.

   All open parking places shall be so enclosed as to prevent unauthorized encroachment upon the public right of way and such enclosure shall conform to the established building lines. Except in the Downtown Overlay District, open parking places in residential areas shall be screened and landscaped. Surface Parking Lots in the Downtown Overlay District shall conform with the provisions set forth in Chapter 1103 of this Code.

(Ord. 278-19. Passed 6-11-19.)

743.19 Employees.

   While on duty at the parking facility, whether public or private, each employee shall display identification provided by the parking operator, identifying the individual as an employee.

(Ord. 278-19. Passed 6-11-19.)