HomeMy Public PortalAbout2152-1965 - Amending Ordinance No. 1351-1948 - Traffic Regulations - Removing the Parking Meters downtownORDINANCE NO. ,!-�! /-1965
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 1351-1948, WHICH ORDINANCE IS
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO TRAFFIC AND REGULATING THE USE OF
PUBLIC STREETS AND HIGHWAYS IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND; PRESCRIBING .
REGULATIONS�RELATIVE TO PARKING OF VEHICLES UPON SUCH PUBLIC STREETS
AND HIGHWAYS; PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAIN-
TENANCE, SUPERVISION, REGULATION AND CONTROL OF THE USE OF PARKING
METERS; DEFINING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PARKING METER
ZONES UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS AND HIGHWAYS; PROVIDING FOR -THE PAYMENT
THEREOF AND FOR THE SUPPLY OF PARTS THEREFOR EXCLUSIVELY FROM THE RE-
CEIPTS OBTAINED FROM THE OPERATION OF PARKING METERS; PROVIDING FOR THE
ENFORCEMENT HEREOF AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF.
WHEREAS, the preservation and continued growth of the downtown area
of the City of Richmond, Indiana, is important in providing retail
and office employment for the citizens of the'City of Richmond; and,
WHEREAS, the lack of parking facilities may have a detrimental effect
upon the preservation and continued growth of the downtown area of
the City of Richmond; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Richmond is desirous of attempting to eliminate
this ,parking problem in the downtown area of Richmond; and,
WHEREAS; the City of Richmond is willing to attempt on a temporary
basis to remove or cover parking meters on public streets and provide
free on street parking with time limitation for the purpose of.
testing and determining whether such free on street parking -will
benefit the City of Richmond by aiding in the preservation and
continued growth of the downtown Richmond area,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RICHMOND, INDIANA:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance No. 1351-1948 be, and the same is hereby
amended by creating and adding thereto a new section designated
Section 19, said Section 19 to read as follows:
Section 19.(a) The Board of Public Works and Safety is hereby em-
powered and authorized to cause parking meters or any parts of
parking meters located on or along any public streets and highways
in the City of Richmond, Indiana to be covered or removed for the
period of 92 days, commencing on October 1, 1965 and ending December
31, 1965. Operators'of vehicles parked adjacent to such parking meters
so covered or removed, shall not be required to deposit any coin or
pay any fee whatsoever for parking in such parking spaces.
(b) The Board of Public Works and Safety is hereby
authorized and empowered to establish during said period from
October 1, 1965 to December 31, 1965, parking time limits upon any
and all public streets or highways or portions thereof from which
parking meters have been covered or removed in accordance with the
"provisions of subsection (a) hereof. Whenever any parking time
limit is imposed by the Board of Public Works and Safety in
accordance herewith, it shall be the duty of the'Board of Public
ORDINANCE NO. :�,�5)----1965
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 1351-1948, WHICH ORDINANCE IS
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO TRAFFIC AND REGULATING THE USE OF
PUBLIC STREETS AND HIGHWAYS IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND; PRESCRIBING .
REGULATIONS,RELATIVE TO PARKING OF VEHICLES UPON SUCH PUBLIC STREETS
AND HIGHWAYS; PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAIN-
TENANCE, SUPERVISION, REGULATION AND CONTROL OF THE USE OF PARKING -
METERS; DEFINING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PARKING METER
ZONES UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS AND HIGHWAYS; PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT
THEREOF AND FOR'THE SUPPLY OF PARTS THEREFOR EXCLUSIVELY FROM THE RE-
CEIPTS OBTAINED FROM THE OPERATION OF PARKING METERS; PROVIDING FOR THE
ENFORCEMENT HEREOF AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF.
WHEREAS, the preservation and continued growth of the downtown area
of the City of Richmond, Indiana, is important in providing retail
and office employment for the citizens of the'City of Richmond; and,
WHEREAS, the lack of parking facilities may have a detrimental effect
upon the preservation and continued growth of the downtown area of
the City of Richmond; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Richmond'is desirous of attempting to eliminate
this ,parking problem in the downtown area of Richmond; and,
WHEREAS; the City of Richmond is willing to attempt on a temporary
basis to remove or cover parking meters on public streets and provide
free on street parking with time limitation for the purpose of,
,testing and determining whether such free on street parking -will
benefit the City of Richmond by aiding in the preservation and
continued growth of the downtown Richmond area,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RICHMOND, INDIANA:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance No. 1351-1948 be, and the same is hereby
amended by creating and adding thereto a new section designated
Section 19, said Section 19 to read as follows:
Section 19.(a) The Board of Public Works and Safety is hereby em-
powered and authorized to cause parking meters or any parts of
parking meters located on or along any public streets and highways
in the City of Richmond, Indiana to be covered or removed for the
period of 92 days, commencing on October 1, 1965 and ending December
319 1965. Operators of vehicles parked adjacent to such parking meters
so covered or removed, shall not be required to deposit any coin or
pay any fee whatsoever for parking in such parking spaces.
(b) The Board of Public Works and Safety is hereby
authorized and empowered to establish during said period from
October 1, 1965 to December 31, 1965, parking time limits upon any
and all public streets or highways or portions thereof from which
parking meters have been covered or removed in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (a) hereof. Whenever any parking time
limit is imposed by the Board of Public Works and Safety in
accordance herewith, it shall be the duty of the Board of Public
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval by the Mayor and publication
as by law required.
PASSED by the Common C uncil of the City of Richmond, Indiana,
this "% day of /1�1- , 1965.
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Attest:
PRESENTED to the M yor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this
day of ,/� , 1965.
Approved by me, Edward L. Corde71, :yor of the City of Richmond,
Indiana, this day of , 1965.
Attest:
ORDINANCE NO. !W �-1965
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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 1351-1948, WHICH ORDINANCE IS
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO TRAFFIC AND REGULATING THE USE OF
PUBLIC STREETS AND HIGHWAYS IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND; PRESCRIBING .
REGULATIONS�RELATIVE TO PARKING OF VEHICLES UPON SUCH PUBLIC STREETS
AND HIGHWAYS; PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAIN-
TENANCE, SUPERVISION, REGULATION AND CONTROL OF THE USE OF PARKING -
METERS; DEFINING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PARKING METER
ZONES UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS AND HIGHWAYS; PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT
THEREOF AND FOR'THE SUPPLY OF PARTS THEREFOR EXCLUSIVELY FROM THE RE-
CEIPTS OBTAINED FROM THE OPERATION OF PARKING METERS; PROVIDING FOR THE
ENFORCEMENT HEREOF AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF.
WHEREAS, the preservation and continued growth of the downtown area
of the City of Richmond, Indiana, is important in providing retail
and office employment for the citizens of the'City of Richmond; and,
WHEREAS, the lack of parking facilities may have a detrimental effect
upon the preservation and continued growth of the downtown area of
the City of Richmond; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Richmond'is desirous of attempting to eliminate
this parking problem in the downtown area of Richmond; and,
WHEREAS; the City of Richmond is willing to attempt on a temporary
basis to remove or cover parking meters on public streets and provide
free on street parking with time limitation for the purpose of,
testing and determining whether such free on street parking -will -
benefit the City of Richmond by aiding in the ,preservation and
continued growth of the downtown Richmond area,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RICHMOND, INDIANA:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance No. 1351-1.948 be, and the same is hereby
amended by creating and adding thereto a new section designated
Section 19, said Section 19 to read as follows:
Section 19.(a) The Board of Public Works and Safety is hereby em-
powered and authorized to cause parking meters or any parts of
parking meters located on or along any public streets and highways
in the City of Richmond, Indiana to be covered or removed for the
period of 92 days, commencing on October 1, 1965 and ending December
31, 1965. Operators of vehicles parked adjacent to such parking meters
so covered or removed, shall not be required to deposit any coin or
pay any fee whatsoever for parking in such parking spaces.
(b) The Board of Public Works and Safety is hereby
authorized and empowered to establish during said period from
October 1, 1965 to December 31, 1965, parking time limits upon any
and all public streets or highways or portions thereof from which
parking meters have been covered or removed in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (a) hereof. Whenever any parking time
limit is imposed by the Board of Public Works and Safety in
accordance herewith, it shall be the duty of the'Board of Public
Works and Safety to cause to be erected appropriate signs giving
notice of such parking time limits, and no such regulation shall be
effective unless and until said signs are erected and in place. When
such signs are erected giving notice of the parking time limit, no
persons shall park a vehicle for longer than the period of time
designated on any sign, and the parking of any vehicle in any
such parking space for longer than the period of time designated
on said sign shall be in violation of this ordinance. Police
officers of the City of Richmond, Indiana, shall attach to any
vehicle parked in violation of this ordinance, a notice to the
owner or operator thereof that such vehicle has been parked in
violation of this ordinance and instructing such owner or operator
to report at the Office of the City Clerk in regard to such vio-
lation. Such owner or operator may within forty-eight (48) hours
of the time when such notice was attached to such vehicle, pay
to the City Clerk as a penalty for and in full satisfaction of
such violation the sum of One Dollar ($1.00). Provided further
that if a fine for said violation shall -be paid on the same date
and day of the violation thereof, the fine shall be only fifty
cents (500). The failure of such owner or operator to make such
payment within forty-eight (48) hours shall render such owner or
operator subject, upon conviction thereof, to be fined any amount
not exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00), for each violation, or im-
prisonment for a term not exceeding fifteen days or both.
(c) On the first day of January, 1966, or as soon there-
after as may be :possible, the Board of Public Works and Safety shall
cause to be replaced or uncovered on or along the .public streets and
highways of the City of Richmond, Indiana, all the parking meters
covered or removed by direction of said Board of Public Works and
Safety in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) hereof.
Thereafter, operators of vehicles parked adjacent to such parking
meters shall pay the required fee for such parking by depositing
a coin in said parking meter in the same manner and for the same
time limit as prescribed by Ordinance No. 1351-1948 and all or-
dinances amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto. On the first
day of January, 1966, or as soon thereafter as may be possible, the
Board of Public Works and Safety shall also cause to be removed from
the public streets and highways of the City of Richmond, Indiana,
any and all signs designating parking time limits upon said streets
and highways, which si ns were erected in accordance with the pro-
visions of subsection hereof.
(d) Nothing contained in the provisions of subsections
(a), (b) and (c) hereof shall repeal or be taken or construed to
repeal any of the provisions of Ordinance No. 1351-1948 or any pro-
visions of any ordinances amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto,
and the powers granted by the ,provisions of subsections (a), (b) and
(c) hereof to the Board of Public Works and Safety shall be in
addition to all other powers and duties granted to or imposed on
the said Board of Public Works and Safety under the provisions of
said Ordinance No. 1351-1948 and all ordinances amendatory thereof
or supplemental thereto.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its .passage, approval by the Mayor and publication
as by law required.
PASSED by the Common 21:12-4—
il of the City of Richmond, Indiana,
this � day of , 1965,
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Attest:
PRESENTED to the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this
day of ,/� , 1965.
Approved by me, Edward L. Cordell, ayor of the City of Richmond,
Indiana, this day of , 1965.
Attest: