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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN: Cuffe w RoQ�r�son�
ORDINANCE NO. _ '7V3 4
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, RELATING TO THE
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OPERATION OF E MUNICIPAL OFF-STREET PARKING 9RAGE PROVIDING
A PENALTY, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE 7307 OF THE CITY 6F
JEFFERSON, MISSOURI.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON,
MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Control and supervision. The Mayor shall
supervise the operation of the Municipal Off-Street Parking
Garage and promulgate such regulations as he deems necessary
for the efficient operation and use thereof.
Section 2. Operating Personnel. The Mayor shall
appoint such employees as he deems necessary to efficiently
operate and maintain the municipal off-street parking garage.
He shall designate one of the employees as the parking garage
supervisor. The employees shall serve at the pleasure of
the )Mayor and they shall perform such ditues and Work such
days and hours as the Mayor may prescribe.
Section 3. Parking; reserved and non-reserved._ The Mayor
may designate a number of spaces in the municipal off street
parking garage as "reserved parking' spaces, and the Mayor,
with the advice and consent of the council, shall establish a
monthly rate of charge therefor.
Non-reserved parking spaces shall be available to the
general public for use upon payment of a parking fee of
ten cents (5.100) per hour, or any fraction thereof, by the
user thereof.
Section 4. Garage receipts- and_ EArkin r tickets„ audit
the_ rre f,_, All receipts and parking tickets from the daily use
of the *unicipal off-street parking garage shall be transmitted
to the City Collector in such manner as the Mayor shall
designate, and the City Collector shall audit each day all
receipts from the municipal off-street parking garage for the
preceding day or week-end and report any discrepancy found by
such audits to the Mayor.
Section S. Parking Garage Fund. All revenue from the
operation of the munbipal off-street parking garage shall be
placed in the General Revenue Fund to the account of the
Municipal Parking Garage, and all operational and maintenance
expenses of the off-street parking garage shall be paid, to
the extent possible, from funds credited to such account in the
General Revenue Fund.
Section 6. Careless and Reckless Driving within
MuniciRal Parkin�a Ggrage. It is hereby declared to be unlawful
for any person to operate a motor vehicle within the premises
of the Municipal Parking Garage in a careless and reckless
manner. Careless and reckless manner is defined as such a
manner as to indicate a willful disregard for the safety of
persons or property within the Municipal Parking Garage.
Section 7. Improper Parking; Removal of Vehicle. It
is hereby declared to be unlawful for the operator of a motor
vehicle to park the same within the Municipal Parking Garage
in such manner as to obstruct or interfere with the movement
and operation of other motor vehicles in the garage, and any
motor vehicle parked in such manner as described above shall
be towed away from the garage at the expense of the owner
thereof.
Section 8. Damacre to or Destruction of Garage. It is
hereby declared unlawful for any person to damage in any
manner whatsoever any portion or part of the Municipal Parking
Garage or any of the facilities, equipment or apparatus of
any kind or description located therein.
Section 9. Failure to Pay, Parking Fees. It is hereby
declared unlawful for any person to operate any motor vehicle
from the municipal Parking Garage without first paying the
attendant on duty the amount due the City for the period of
time the motor vehicle was parked within the garage; provided
that this section shall not apply to holders of currently
valid parkards.
Section 10. Attenda /
nts conservators of -the Peace, Oath,
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Pow_erg Each attendant of the garage shall be a conservator
of the peace while on duty within the garage and shall have the
same power as a policeman of the City within the garage and may
arrest any person observed in violation of any provision of
this ordinance or any other ordinance of the City.
Upon making an arrest of any person within the garage
as provided above, the attendant shall immediately contact the
Police Department and place the person arrested in the custody
of a city policeman.
Each attendant, before entering upon the discharge of his
duties shall take the same oath, as is administered to policemen
of the City by the Police Judge, before the Police Judge, or
his qualified and appointed substitute.
Section 11. Penalty Clause. Anyone violating any of the
terms of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not
less than One ($1.00) Dollar, nor more than One Hundred ($100.00)
Dollars.
Section 12. Reveal Clause. Ordinance Number 7307 of the
City of Jefferson, Missouri, be and the same is hereby, repealed.
Section 13. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.
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Passed:Q�.`� -2/, //�1.� Approved: � ,22 f`=
President of e Coun6il Mayor
Attest:
.City Clerk