HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Amending Chapter 33 of Municipal Code; Regulating Parking ORDINANCE NO. 2466
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER #33 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE
CITY OF AMES, IOWA, BY REPEALING SECTION 33-13001, SECTION
33-13139 , AND SECTION 33-13171 AND ESTABLISHING NEW SECTIONS
TO BE NUMBERED 33-13139 , 33-13140 , 33-13141, AND 33-13146
REGULATING THE USE OF METERED PARKING SPACES ; PROHIBITING
OVERTIME PARKING; ESTABLISHING PENALTIES THEREFORE; REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINiVNCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMES ,
I OWA:
Section 1. Section 33-13001 , Section 33-13139 , and
Section 33-13171 of the Municipal Code of the City of Ames ,
Iowa, as heretofore existing be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Section 2 . New sections to be numbered 33-13139 ,
33-13140 , 33-13141, 33-13142 , and 33-13146 are hereby added
to the Municipal Code of the City of Ames , Iowa as follows :
Sec. 33-13139 . Duties when parking at a metered space.
(a) It is the duty of -=he operator of any vehicle ,
upon parking said vehicle :in any parking space for
which a parking meter is installed, to immediately
deposit or cause to be deposited in said meter such
coins as shall be necessary to pay the rates stated
on the meter for the time said vehicle is to occupy
said parking space.
(b) It is the duty of zhe operator of the vehicle
to immediately remove the vehicle from the parking
space at the expiration of the maximum parking time
limit for said space or prior to the display within
said meter of the time expired signal. Failure to
so remove will result in ti-le registered owner of the
vehicle being charged for overtime parking.
Sec. 33-13140. Overtime parking--method of charging.
Overtime parking, within the meaning of Sec. 33-13139 ,
may be charged by placing a notice of charge envelope
on the vehicle so parked. The amount payable for
overtime parking shall be fifty cents (50�) if paid
within 24 hours . However, this amount shall be
increased by additional cnarges for late payment if
payment is not made within 24 hours. The total amount
payable for each incident of overtime parking is to be
determined in accordance with the following schedule:
TIME FROM ISSUANCE
OF NOTICE AMOUNT
0 - 24 hours $ . 50
1 - 7 days $ 1. 00
8 - 14 days $ 2. 00
15 - 30 days $ 5. 00
30 or more days $10. 00
Payment may be made by depositing the required amount
in the notice envelope and placing the envelope in one
of the special containers provided for that purpose
or by sending the amount due to the City of Ames
Finance Department.
This section notwithstanding, a violation of
Section 33-13139 may also be charged and proceed before
traffic court the same as other traffic violations .
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Sec. 33-13141. Parking--presumption.
It shall be the duty of every registered owner of a
vehicle to insure that said vehicle does not park
contrary to the lawfully enacted and promulgated parking
regulations of the City of Ames. It shall be presumed,
unless evidence to the contrary is presented, that the
owner of any motor vehicle parked in violation of
Section 33-13139 is responsible for said vehicle
being so parked.
Sec. 33-13142--33-13145. Reserved.
Sec. 33-13146 . Districts established.
Two (2) parking meter districts are hereby established
as follows :
District No. 1 is composed of the parking meters
located in the south one-half (1/2) of Section 2 ,
'township 84, North, Range 24 West of the 5th P.M.
in the City of Ames , Iowa.
District No. 2 is composed of the parking meters
located in the north one-half (1/2) of Section 9 ,
Township 83 North, Range 24 West of the 5th P.M.
and the Southeast one-quarter (1/4) of Section 5,
Township 8`4 North, Range 24 West of the 5th P.M.
in the City of Ames , Iowa.
Section 3. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 4. This ordinance is in full force and effect
from and after its passage and publication as provided by law.
Passed this 22ndday of January 1974
lam. ��--�- ����,.'C'✓l� y `'' ,
Mary E. Paul, City Clerk William Pelz , May
lst Reading - 1/Q/74 - Koerber-Maxwell
Ayes : Calhoun, Huston, Koerber, Maxwell, Nelson, Pounds
Nays : None.
2nd Reading - 1/15/74 - Koerber-Nelson
Ayes : Calhoun, Huston, Koerber, Maxwell, Nelson, Pounds
Nays : None.
3rd Reading - 1/22/74 - Nelson-Huston
Ayes : Calhoun, Huston, Koerber, Maxwell, Nelson, Pounds
Nays : None.