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(a) Upon application, the department of transportation may allow a private party to use public rights-of-way and/or city property for purposes of characterizing and ameliorating subsurface environmental contamination originating from the applicant's property. That use shall be limited to soil borings in the public right-of-way and soil borings and monitor wells on city property.
(b) Fees for soil borings in the public right-of-way and on city property are as follows:
Public rights-of-way:
Application fee . . . . . $200.00
Boring fee (per borehole) . . . . . $100.00
Permit fee . . . . . $10.00
City property:
Application fee . . . . . $200.00
Boring fee (per borehole) . . . . . $100.00
Right-of-entry permit fee (minimum) . . . . . $250.00
(c) Monitor wells may be located on city property if the requested property is available for sale and the applicant agrees to purchase that property through the city's remnant sales program.
(Ord. No. 8695, § 1, 5-6-96)
ARTICLE II. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CITY TRANSIT SYSTEM
Fare: A fee established by the City to ride on public transit as specified in section 2-18 of this Code.
Identification: Any government issued document that contains a photograph, date of birth, and physical description.
Overhead catenary system (OCS): A system of poles, overhead wires including contact wire, which supply traction power to the Sun Link streetcar system.
Paid zone: The inside of a transit vehicle or other areas as designated by appropriate signage or markings.
Passenger: Any person occupying, riding or using any transit vehicle, boarding or alighting from such a vehicle, or waiting within a designated paid zone area.
Proof of fare payment: A valid pass or transit fare media valid for the time and day of use.
Sun Link: The streetcar transit system.
Sun Link operational right-of-way (SLROW): The area including all tracks (single and double) and the space extending four (4) feet beyond the outer edge of the streetcar tracks, and ten (10) feet from the overhead catenary system (OCS). The SLROW also includes the substations and the poles and wires that make up the OCS.
Sun Shuttle: The public neighborhood circulator connecting to Sun Tran's fixed route or express service.
Sun Tran: The public fixed route and express bus system.
Sun Van: The public Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) paratransit system.
Transit enforcement agent: A person authorized by the city manager or the manager's designee to enforce all or part of the provisions of this article. The city manager or the manager's designee may designate an employee of the city or an employee of a private entity that has entered into a contract with either the city or the city's transit provider as a transit enforcement agent.
Transit facility: Any real property used for, or in connection with, the provision of transit services, including transit stops and centers.
Transit stop: An area designated for boarding and alighting from any transit vehicle, including a bus stop, bus shelter, streetcar stop, or platform.
Transit vehicle: A streetcar, public bus, public van or shuttle, or other vehicle used to transport passengers in public transportation service.
(Ord. No. 11174, § 1, 5-20-14)
Sec. 30-6(1). A peace officer or transit enforcement agent as designated by the director of transportation is authorized to enforce all or part of the provisions of this article.
Sec. 30-6(2). The presentment of any citation to the violator shall be considered sufficient and appropriate service.
Sec. 30-6 (3). Nothing in this article is intended to limit the authority of the city or its peace officers from enforcing concurrently, or in the alternative, other remedies applicable at law, including those related to the crimes of theft of services and/or trespass.
Sec. 30-6 (4). A person who refuses to provide proof of fare payment when required, or otherwise violates any lawful regulation of this article, may be removed from the transit vehicle or transit facility by a transit enforcement agent at any transit stop or usual stopping place.
(Ord. No. 11174, § 1, 5-20-14)
It is unlawful for any person to:
Sec. 30-7(1). Fare violations.
(a) Occupy or ride in any transit vehicle that requires a fare without payment of the applicable fare;
(b) Fail to exhibit proof of fare payment upon request of a transit enforcement agent when occupying or disembarking from a transit vehicle;
(c) Refuse to disembark a transit vehicle or transit facility upon demand of a transit enforcement agent;
(d) Fail to provide his or her true name and address or identification to a transit enforcement agent when being served with a citation, or;
(e) Fail to exhibit proof of fare payment upon request of a transit enforcement agent while waiting in a designated paid zone area;
(f) Possess or sell stolen or counterfeit proof of fare payment.
Sec. 30-7(2). Conduct violations.
(a) Transport any item that blocks the aisle or the areas of the transit vehicle reserved for passengers in mobility devices or who use mobility aids;
(b) Possess an open container of alcohol or consume an alcoholic beverage in a transit vehicle or transit facility;
(c) Carry onto or aboard a transit vehicle or transit facility any flammable or explosive substance or hazardous materials;
(d) Hang onto or attach his or her body in any manner to any exterior part of a transit vehicle or touch a moving transit vehicle;
(e) Walk between coupled transit vehicles;
(f) Enter upon, occupy or remain upon the SLROW except as necessary to lawfully travel the roadway or sidewalk or board or alight a transit vehicle unless authorized by a valid permit;
(g) Climb the OCS poles or throw items at or attempt to touch the OCS wires;
(h) Throw an object at or from any transit vehicle or at any person or thing on or in any transit vehicle, or on any transit facility;
(i) Except for pedestrians and persons in wheelchairs, travel in any mode, including but not limited to, motor vehicle, bicycle, equestrian, skateboard, roller skate, rollerblade, upon or across any transit stop;
(j) Place any object on any portion of the SLROW;
(k) Interfere with the operation of a transit vehicle, transit facility or ticket vending machine;
(l) Interfere with the ingress or egress of any passenger on a transit vehicle or transit facility;
(m) Use tobacco products, or carry any burning or smoldering substance, in any form, including an electronic cigarette, aboard a transit vehicle or within any space where posted signage prohibits smoking;
(n) Operate a sound-emitting device, unless the only sound produced by such item is emitted by a personal-listening attachment (earphone or headphone) audible only to the person carrying the device producing the sound, except a peace officer, firefighter, transit employee, or emergency response professional, in the course of employment;
(o) Light a flashlight, scope light, laser light or object that projects a flashing light or beams of light while inside a transit vehicle or towards a transit vehicle, except in an emergency;
(p) Place feet on or lie down on the seat of a transit vehicle or place any article on the seat which would leave grease, oil, paint, dirt, blood, feces, urine or any other substance on the seat;
(q) Expectorate, defecate, urinate in or upon a transit vehicle or transit facility except in a designated restroom;
(r) Discard litter in or upon a transit vehicle or transit facility, other than in a designated receptacle;
(s) Light or detonate sparklers, firecrackers or other types of pyrotechnic devices in or upon a transit vehicle, or transit facility;
(t) Injure, mutilate, deface, alter, change, displace, remove or destroy any sign, notice or advertisement on or in any transit vehicle or transit facility;
(u) Disobey the instructions of any traffic signal, security notice, sign or marker unless otherwise directed by a transit enforcement agent or peace officer;
(v) Recklessly damage, deface, mutilate or tamper with a transit vehicle or transit facility so as to impair its function or value;
(w) Post signs, notices or drawings or inscribe a message, slogan, sign, mark or symbol on a transit vehicle or transit facility without written permission from the transit company, or;
(x) Activate an emergency stop device or mechanism, except in an emergency;
(y) Knowingly abandon any type of package or container on a transit vehicle or transit facility where the abandonment of such package or container is likely to cause suspicion or alarm about the contents, or require the dispatch of emergency response personnel to remove and inspect;
(z) Remain at a transit stop or within a designated paid zone for more than one (1) hour.
(aa) Engage in loud, raucous, unruly, harmful, or harassing behavior that disturbs the peace, comfort, or repose of a reasonable person of normal sensibilities; or engage in conduct not described in subsections (a) through (z) which is inconsistent with the intended use and purpose of a transit vehicle or transit facility and refuse to obey the lawful command(s) of a transit enforcement agent or peace officer to cease such conduct.
Sec. 30-7(3). No person shall transport animals in a transit vehicle unless:
(a) The animal is a guide or service animal as defined by law, including a service animal in training, that has been specially trained to assist persons with disabilities, or;
(b) The animal is in a completely enclosed and secured cage or carrying case that is small enough to fit on the passenger's lap, and the animal does not otherwise endanger or disturb the comfort or health of other passengers.
(a) A person shall not park a vehicle in an area designated for vehicle parking unless the person complies with posted parking regulations.
(b) If intending to pick up or drop off a transit passenger, a person shall park in the area designated for vehicle parking or briefly stop his or her vehicle in areas designated for passenger loading or unloading, while remaining with the vehicle, and then remove the vehicle from the transit stop without delay after the transit passenger is dropped off or picked up.
(c) No person shall stop or park a vehicle at a transit parking facility in a manner that blocks access to a marked pedestrian walkway, designated traffic lane, parking space, fire lane, boarding zone or SLROW.
(d) No person shall park a vehicle so that any part of the vehicle including any equipment or apparatus in or on the vehicle, extends beyond the vertical plane of the marked parking space on the SLROW.
(Ord. No. 11174, § 1, 5-20-14)
(a) Any person adjudicated responsible for violating any provision of this article resulting in a fine may be prohibited from riding a transit vehicle until the sanction is fully paid.
(b) Any person adjudicated responsible for violating any provision of this article more than two (2) times within a twelve (12) month period may be prohibited from riding a transit vehicle or entering upon a transit facility for ninety (90) calendar days.
(c) Any person who poses a serious continuing risk to the public or transit facility may be immediately removed from a transit vehicle or transit facility and the person may be prohibited from using transit vehicles or entering upon a transit facility for a period not to exceed ninety (90) calendar days.
(d) Any person guilty of assaulting a transit enforcement agent or transit employee acting in the scope of his or her employment may be prohibited from using a transit vehicle for a minimum of one (1) year.
(e) A person shall not ride a transit vehicle in violation of a court order or finding that the person may be prohibited from riding a transit vehicle.
(Ord. No. 11174, § 1, 5-20-14)
(a) Violations of this article shall be a civil infraction. A person found responsible for a civil violation or civil infraction for the first time shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per civil violation or civil infraction. A person found responsible for the same civil violation or civil infraction for a second time within a one (1) year period shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) nor more than twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per civil violation or civil infraction. A person found responsible for the same civil violation or civil infraction for a third or subsequent time within a one (1) year period of the first offense shall be fined not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00) nor more than twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per civil violation or civil infraction. The imposition of a fine for civil violations or civil infractions shall not be suspended.
(b) Violations of Sec. 30-7(4) shall be subject to fines under Chapter 20, Article VII, Division 6, which regulates the time, place or method of parking a vehicle.
(c) In addition to any fines imposed by this article, a city magistrate or a civil hearing officer may issue an abatement order prohibiting a person from riding a transit vehicle for a specified period of time not to exceed twelve (12) months.
(Ord. No. 11174, § 1, 5-20-14)
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