The Town Manager is authorized to implement a program for the issuance of parking permits for residents of the town when authorized by the Board of Aldermen. Such program shall include the following:
(A) The owner(s) of each residential unit located within the town shall be entitled to purchase two parking permits. For purposes of this section, a residential unit shall not include a hotel or motel room or a vacant lot. Residential structures containing multiple residential units owned by the same entity (i.e. an apartment building) shall be entitled to purchase only two permits for the entire residential structure.
(B) The fee to be paid for such permit shall be $50 per year per permit.
(C) A vehicle properly displaying a current authorized permit shall be permitted to remain in a parking meter space without paying the required fee. Provided that the provisions of this division (C) shall not apply to:
(1) Off-street parking lots or on- street parking meter spaces providing a maximum metered parking time (without the payment of an additional fee) of one hour or less;
(2) Any parking meter space located on the north and south side of East and West Salisbury Street to include the area extending from the eastern end of Salisbury Street at Johnnie Mercer’s Pier westward to the western end of Salisbury Street located at the eastern end of the bridge crossing Banks Channel; and
(3) Any parking meter space located on east and west sides of South Lumina Avenue extending from its intersection with the southern line of Sunset Avenue northwardly to its intersection with the norther line of Iula Street. Provided, that vehicles properly displaying a current authorized permit shall be permitted to remain in the following designated parking spaces without paying the required fee: the four parallel parking spaces located on the western side of South Lumina Avenue immediately south of the intersection of Iula Street and South Lumina Avenue and the six angled parking spaces located on the eastern side of South Lumina Avenue immediately south of the intersection of Iula Street and South Lumina Avenue.
(D) The property owner to whom such permit is issued is authorized to permit such permit to be used by a resident of or visitor to such residential unit. It shall be unlawful and a violation of this section (i) for any person to permit use of such permit by any person other than one residing in or visiting such residential unit; (ii) for any person to sell such permit or to accept anything of value in return for the use of such permit (other than payment of rent by a tenant in such residential unit); and (iii) for any person to use such permit other than one residing in or visiting such residential unit.
(E) Lost permits may be replaced upon payment of a fee of $100 and receipt of a sworn statement from the property owner that such permit has been lost and not transferred or otherwise used in a manner not permitted by this section. If a lost permit is replaced in one calendar year, then the cost of replacing a lost permit in the succeeding calendar year shall be $250. No permit may be replaced more than once in any calendar year.
(F) A vehicle properly displaying a current authorized permit shall not park in the same parking meter space without being moved for a period of more than 7 consecutive 24-hour periods. At the end of such 7 consecutive 24-hour periods, such vehicle must be moved to another parking meter space that is at least 500 yards distance from the parking meter space in which the vehicle was previously parked.
(G) A violation of the provisions of division (C) above shall be deemed a violation of the provisions of § 74.40 of this code and shall subject the offender to a penalty as set forth in § 74.99 of this code. A violation of the provisions of division (D) of this section shall subject the offender to a civil penalty in the amount of $500. A violation of the provisions of division (F) of this section shall subject the offender to a civil penalty in the amount of $150. Such civil penalties may be recovered by the town in a civil action in the nature of debt if the offender does not pay the penalty within 10 days after having been cited for violation of the section. Each day’s continuing violation of any provisions of this section shall be a separate and distinct offense.
(Ord. 1375-A, passed 2-28-01; Am. Ord. 1462, passed 6-10-04; Am. Ord. 1675, passed 3-8-12; Am. Ord. 1757, passed 2-11-16; Am. Ord. 1763, passed 2-9-17; Am. Ord. 1782, passed 1-15-19; Am. Ord. 1783, passed 2-14-19)