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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1471-1953 - Regulating the use of Municipal Parking Facilities for vehicles ith the Cityi ORDINANCE NO; 1471-1953 AN ORDINANCE. RELATING ,TO. TRAFFIC AND ' REGULATING -THE USE OF MUNICIPAL' PARKING FACILITIES -,FOR- VEHICLES' IN -THE CITY .'OF RICHMOND; PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS RELATIVE TO THE PARKING;'OF. VEHICLES`UPON SUCH -MUNICIPAL PARKING FACILITIES; PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION, OPE-RATION,:MAI'NTENANCE, SUPERVISION, REGULATION AND CONTROL - OF THE. USE OF''PARKING METER ON .MUNICI-PAL PARKING FACILITIES; DEFINING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISH- MENT OF PARKING METER ZONES UPON SUCH MUNICIPAL PARKING- FACIL'ITIE'S; PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF AND FOR THE SUPPLY OF PARTS THEREOF (EXCLUSIVELY--FROM-THE RECEIPTS OBTAINED FROM THE OPERATION -OF PARKI'NG.METERS); PROVIDING FOR THE.ENFORCEMENT HEREOF''AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF. WHEREAS, the free circulation of traffic of all kinds - through -the streets of the City of Richmond is necessary to the health, safety and general welfare of the public-, whether - residing in said city or traveling'to, through or -from said City; and WHEREAS, the increased use by the public of motor vehicles of all kinds has caused.serious traffic congestion on the streets of said city -;.and the parking of motor,vehicles on the :streets of said City has contributed to this congestion to : such an I extent ' as' to interfere serously with the 'primary use of such streets for the movement of traffic; and - - WHEREAS., -such parking prevents the.free circulation of traffic in, through, and from the City, impedes -rapid and effective fighting of fires and the disposition of police forces, and endangers the health, safety and. welfare of the general public;.and WHEREAS, the establishment, maintenance and operation-' of sufficient' off-street parking facilities, properly located, will promote the public safety, convenience -and welfare; WHEREAS, it "is- the opinion of the -Common Council of the City of Richmond, that -the best method -by which the. above mentioned conditions may be 'remedied is by the 'establi'sh- ment, construction, maintenance,' operation and regulation of - municipal parking facilities.in.certain areas by providing for the'use of mechanical -parking -time indicators in con Junction therewith; by restricting parking in said area to reasonable'intervals of time and by compelling the operator.'s of vehicles who enjoy the use of parking space so designated to .pay- a portion of the cost of' establishing and maintaining the same; NOW THEREFORE; BE IT'..ORDAINED,- BY THE, COMMON COUNCIL' OF THE CITY 'OF RICHMOND: (2) Section 1. For the purpose of this Ordinance: A The word 'ivehicle'l.shall mean any -device in, upon or -by which any person or property.i's or may be transported upon a highway, except such as'are'propelled exclusively by human power. (B) The word "municipal parking facility" shall mean .,any space either on or off a public, -thoroughfare,- which is municipally owned and operatedor leased for the purpose of providing and regulating parking of vehicles, including legally designated .space along any public' thoroughfare or any .legally designated'area'easily-accessible from a public thoroughfare either at ground -level or' multiple ,le -eels or -floors above. or below ground, including equipment, entrances, exits,,fenceIs, and all other accessories necessary or desirable for safety and convenience in the off-street.'arking,o,f,vehicles. (C) The word "person" , shall mean ,and `include• all individual, firm, corporation-:, or, `co=partnership. - (D) The .word, "operator" shall .meanand include every Individual,.,, who, ,shal'l operate. a -.vehicle as - the-, owner -'thereof 'or as the -`agent.;";employ'ee ;orpermi.tee 'of the owner. Section 2. I:n order 'to effect the purpose of -this Ordinance expressed there is, her.eby, :e stabl:i`shed and fixed certain real estate to- be' kn-own:"- as municipal 'parking facilities in the City of Richmond described as follows, -to -wit: (A)- Being a part of Lots No. 28 and 29 of the Original Plat of the City- of Richmond, .Indiana -laid out by John Smith, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the point of .inters,ection of the easterly line of South 5th Street with the South line of South "A" Street, as now constructed; thence east along the -south line of said South "All Street, One Hundred' Twenty Nine (129) Feet to a public alley, ten (10) fee-t An width; thence south- wardly along, the west line ,of said. -Alley, Eighty Four and Twelve Hundredths (84.12)'feet; thence west, parallel with the south line of said -South "A'l ' Street, One. Hundred Twenty Nine (129). fe-et,. to the easterly line of said South 5th Street; thence northwardly'; along the easterly line of South 5th Street, Eighty Four.and Twelve Hundredths (82.12) feet, to the.place. of -beginning. And' from time to .time hereafter as. traffic conditions. require, or.such other_ land's as are designated by -Ordinance of the Common Council for the. -location of such municipal off- street parking facilities. In any' of ' the said municipal parking facilities- or -any parts or portions of said. separately designated- municipal off-' street parking facilities, . the Board of Public Works ' and Safety I ZI fl 0 A_j .. . (3) may cause parking meters to be installed at each space in such municipal off-street parking facilities, in its dis- cretion, available for parking of vehicle or vehicles, and shall see that there shall be plainly indicated on each of such meters the time limitation for parking. Such time limitation shall be designated by appropriate notice posted in proximity of said meters. Section 3. It is further ordained by the Common Council of the City of Richmond that the time limit for park- ing in the municipal off-street parking facilities designated in Section 2. of this Ordinance, and the charge made for the use of each of such narking spaces, and the money to be placed in the meter in eacbL particular parking space desig- nated by the person using such narking space, in such municipal off-street parking facilities shall be as follows: (A) 6.hours, one quarter dollar coin of the United States. Section 4. The Board of Public Works and Safety is hereby directed to provide for the installation, regulation, control, operation and the use of parking meters provided for in this Ordinance, and to maintain said meters in good, work- ing condition, and the Board of Public Works and Safety is hereby vested with power end authority to enter into a contract after approval of the terms and.condition thereof by the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, for the pur- chase and/or installation of parking meters. The paymentfor such meters and/or installation is to be provided for solely from the receipts, funds and revenues obtained from the operation of said parking meters without in any manner. obligating the City to pay for the same. from any source. And the Board of Public Works and.Safe.ty is further authorized and empowered to enter into a contract or.contracts after approval of the terms and conditions thereof'by the Mayor of the City of Richmond, for such protection and -maintenance of said park- ing meters as may, be necessary.to maintain.the.same in good operating condition and to pay 'for such parts; protection and maintenance, exclusively from the receipts; funds:and revenues received from the operation of said parking meters. Section 5. Parking meters installed in the.municipal off-street parking facilities established, as provided in Section 2. hereof, shall be placed immediately adjacent to the individual narking places hereinafter described. Each parking meter shall be placed or set in such a manner as to show or display by a signal that the parking space adjacent to such meter is.or is not legally in use. Each parking meter shall indicate by proper legend the legal parking time established by the City, and when operated shall indicate by some appropriate device the duration of the period of legal parking, and on the expiration of such period, shall indicate illegal over -parking. In (4) Section 6. The Board of Public Works and Safety shall have lines or markings painted or placed adjacent to each -park- ing meter for the purpose of designating the parking space for which said meter is to be used and each vehicle parked adjacent or next to any parking meter shall park within the lines or markings'so established. It shall be unlawful and'a violation of this Ordinance to park any vehicle across any such line or marking, or to park said vehicle in such position that the same shall not be entirely within the area so designated by such ones or markings. Section 7. When a vehicle shall be parked in any space adjacent to which a parking meter is located in accordance with the provision of this Ordinance, the operator• of said vehicle shall, upon entering the same barking space, immedi- ately deposit or cause to be deposited a coin of the United States in such parking meter, and failure to. -,deposit such coin shall constitute a breach of this Ordinance and shall subject such person to the penalty provided for in Section 13 hereof. Upon the deposit of such coin'and placing said meter in operation, the parking space may be lawfully occupied by the vehicle during the period of parking time which has-been prescribed .for. the part of the -municipal off-street 'parking facilities .in Which- said.,parkingspace is .located. -If said vehicle shall.rema.in parked in any such parking space beyond the parking time limit for such parking space, the parking meter shall by its dial and pointer indicate such illegal parking, and.in the ev.ent., such vehicle shall, be considered as parked over time and beyond the period of legal parking time, and the parking of such a vehicle overtime or beyond the period of legal parking time in any such part of.a municipal d' off-street parking facility where any such meter is located shall be violation of this Ordinance and punished as hereafter set out. Section 8. It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this Ordinance for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle registered in the name of, or operated by such person, to be parked overtime, or beyond - the period of legal parking time established. for any municipal off-street parking facility as herein described, at any time, except on Sundays and/or legal holidays when it shall be a violation;. Section 9. It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this Ordinance for any person to -permit a vehicle to remain in any parking space adjacent to any parking meter while said meter is displaying a signal indicating that the vehicle occupying such parking space has already been parked beyond the period of time prescribed. for such --parking space. Section 10. It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this Ordinance to deposit or cause to be deposit in any parking meter any slug, device or.metalic substitute, or any other substitute, for a coin of the United States. (5) Section 11. It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this Ordinance for any person to deface, injure, tamper with, open or wilfully break, destroy, or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the provisions of this Ordinance. Section 12. It shall be the duty of the police officers of the City of Richmond acting in accordance with instructions issued by the Board of Public Works and Safety to report: (a) The number of each parking meter which in- dicated that the vehicle occupying the parking space adjacent to such parking meter is or has been parked in violation of any of the rovisions of this Ordinance. (b� - The State license number of such vehicle. (c) The.length of time during which.'such vehicle is parked in violation of any of.the provisions of this Ordinance. (d) Any other facts, a knowledge of which is necessary to a thorough understanding of the circumstanees attending such violation. Each such police officer shall also attach to such vehicle a notice to the owner or operator thereof that such vehicle has been parked in violation of a pro- vision of this Ordinance and instructing such owner or operator to report at the office of the City Clerk of the Oity of Richmond in regard to such violation. Each 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, The failure of such owner or operator to make such payment within said forty- eight (48) hours shall render such owner or operator subject to the penalties hereinafter provided. for violation of the provisions of this Ordinance. Section 13. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Ordinance, and any person who aids, abets or assist therein, shall, upon conviction thereof, be sub- ect to a fine of any amount, not exceeding Fifty Dollars $50.00) for each offense or violation, or be imprisioned for a term not exceeding fifteen days in the county jail, or in any place provided by the municipality for the detention of prisoners, or both. Section 14. The coin and/or license fees required to be deposited in parking meters as provided herein, when collected from such parking meters, shall be deposited with the City Treasurer to the credit of the City, in a special fund, which said special fund shall be disbursed and paid out only under the orders and directions of the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City and for the following purposes only: (a) For the acquisition and preparation of lands for parking facilities, the construction and recon- struction of parking facilities. (b) The purchase and installation of such mechanical devices as are necessary to effect the collection of charges for the use of legally approved parking facilities