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Home My Public Portal AboutOrd. 398 - Motor Vehicles, Traffic and ParkingORDINANCE NO. j l� AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAFFIC AND PARKING; AMENDING TITLE VII OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF McCALL, IDAHO, BY THE ADDITION THERETO OF A NEW CHAPTER 1 A, ADOPTING THE MOTOR VEHICLE LAWS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, 1979 REVISED EDITION; REPEALING SECTION 7-3-10 OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF McCALL, IDAHO; AMENDING CHAPTER 3 OF TITLE VII OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF McCALL, IDAHO, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 7-3-10 THERETO, PROVIDING FOR PROMULGATION OF TRAFFIC RULES AND REGULATIONS UPON THE STREETS AND ALLEYS OF THE CITY OF McCALL, IDAHO, BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE; PROVIDING A PROCEDURE THEREFOR, MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO VIOLATE SUCH RULES AND REGULA- TIONS AND PROVIDING A PENALTY THEREFOR; AMENDING CHAPTER 7 OF TITLE VII OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF McCALL, IDAHO, BY THE ADOPTION OF A NEW SECTION 7-7-23, PROVIDING FOR ISSUANCE OF PARKING TICKETS, PROVIDING A PROCEDURE FOR PAYMENT THEREOF TO THE CITY TREASURER; MAKING IT UN- LAWFUL TO FAIL TO MAKE SUCH PAYMENTS AND PROVIDING A PENALTY THEREFOR. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF McCALL, IDAHO, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That McCall, Idaho, be and addition thereto .of a as .Chapter 1A; and to Title VII of the Village Code of the same is .hereby amended by the new chapter to be known and designated read as follows: 7-1A-1: TRAFFIC CODE ADOPTED: It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Governing Body of the City to aid and assist by whatever means possible, for the utmost consistency in traffic regulations among and between agencies of Idaho having jurisdiction. Toward that end, adoption of the Idaho Motor Vehicle Laws by the cities of Idaho is anecessary mens of assuring maximum uniformity within the State. There is hereby adopted, therefore, for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the use of all streets and public thoroughfares of the City, that certain code, identified as the 1979 revised edition, Idaho Motor Vehicle Laws, more particularly Title 49, Idaho Code, published by the Department of Law Enforce- ment, and as the same may hereafter be revised by the Idaho Lejislature, or amended by the Governing Body, and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as an ordinance of the City as fully as though set forth at length herein. In the event that a conflict shall arise between the provisions'of this section and the existing laws and ordinances of the City relating to this subject matter, the stricter of the conflicting laws shall apply. , dh =. 3- co Ps 01L the 7,ilr��>T akremNsvIt 27,,eDhui7c7l:�, Laawsoo_getheo w ;t 7zany;v sldozngs o`r,waFmeindriam-ts -' d�� 1ee.tifezlby-reC leek=�s�a�1—bket3 cert f i 1 e i�h:i�s�o'f�f�i�ce-�f�or�use�ba=na�e�amaz�ast�4on�-=ovr tea-rid-=b�-�t�e r Section 2. Section 10, Chapter 3, Title VII of the Village Code of McCall, Idaho, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Section 3. That Chapter 3 of Title VII of the Village Code of McCall, Idaho, be, and the same is hereby amended by .the addition thereto of a new section to be known and desig- nated as Section 7-3-10 and to read as follows: 7-3-10: TRAFFIC RULES AND REGULATIONS: The Chief_ of Police of the City.of McCall, Idaho, shall have the power to promulgate traffic rules and regulations upon all streets and alleys within the corporate limits of. the City of McCall, Idaho, as follows: (A) Designate by proper signs highways and streets or parts thereof upon which parking is prohibited .or limited. (B) Prohibit left or "U" turns by vehicles at desig- nated street or alley intersections. (C) Mark streets for guidance to vehicle parking. .(D) Establish parking time limitations. (E) Provide safety zones for pedestrians. (F) Designate location of "STOP" signs at street and alley intersections. The Chief of Police of said City shall have the further power to promulgate any other traffic rule that would be advantageous and desirable; provided, no rules promulgated as herein stated by said Cheif of Police shall become operative unless a copy of said rules shall have been first filed with the Clerk in writing and shall have been approved by the City Council at a regular or special session, and provided also that suitable signs orstandards or guides stating the substance of the rule are placed upon conspicuous places in the highway, street or part thereof. affected. Such signs or standards or guides shall be of suffi- cient size tobe clearly visiAble by occupants of motor vehicles. It shall be unlawful to violate any such regulations as above provided and any person convicted of a violation thereof shall be punished as provided in Section 1-3-1 of the Village Code of McCall, Idaho. Section 4. That Chapter 7 of Title VII of the Village Code of McCall, Idaho,. be, and the same is' hereby amended by the addition of a new section thereto to be known and designated as Section 7-7-23, and to read as follows: 7-7-23: PARKING TICKETS AND PROCEDURES: The Police Department shall have authority to issue parking tickets as follows: it A• (A) It shall be the duty of the Police Department upon observing a vehicle parked, standing or stopped in violation of the provisions of this Chapter to leave at or upon such vehicle a notice that such vehicle has been parked or stopped in violation of the provisions of this Chapter. Among other things, the notice shall bear the date and hour of leaving the same at or upon the vehicle, make of the vehicle, and its license number, the specific Code Section violated and the amount of the fine, instructing the owner or operator of such vehicle to report to the traffic ticket section under the jurisdiction of the City Treasurer's office. The notice orr notices herein mentioned shall be filed as follows: One copy shall be retained by the police officer leaving such ticket upon the vehicle, one copy shall be filed with the traffic ticket section of the City Treasurer's office, and one copy shall be filed with the Treasurer. (B) In order to eliminate burdening courts with vio- lators of ordinances and to eliminate insofar as possible public inconvenience, each person receiving a parking ticket under this Chapter left upon his or her vehicle shall: 1. Within twenty four (24) hours of the time of such notice, pay to the traffic ticket section of the City Treasurer's,office in full satisfaction of such vi- olation, three dollars ($5".00) for each notice left upon his or her vehicle; 2. Within ten (10) days from. the date of said parking violation ticket, if same has not been paid within the twenty four1(24) hours above prescribed, pay to the traffic ticket section of the City Treasurer's office an additional tdia dollars ($6:00) for each said ticket being deemed necessary to defray administrative and clerical expenses. The failure of any operator to report and/or make such payments to the traffic ticket section of the City Treasurer's office within the times prescribed above shall render the operator thereof subject to penalties as provided by Section 1-3-1 of this Code. (C) If any, vehicle is found stopped, standing or parked in any manner violative of the provisions of this Chapter and .the identity of the violator cannot be determined, the owner or person or corporation in whose name said vehicle is registered or the named lessee in a rental or 'lease agreement of said vehicle shall be held prima facie responsible for said violation.. Passed and approved this It Attest: City Clerk // )