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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Regulating Municipal Parking Lots � T ORDINANCE NO. 2540 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA, BY REPEALING SECTION 33-13133 AND 33-13134 AS SAID SECTIONS HAVE HERETOFORE EXISTED AND ENACTING NEW SECTIONS 33-13133 AND 33-13134; AND ADOPTING NEW SECTIONS 33-13135 AND 33-13136; FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING AND REGULATING MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH CONFLICT AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ENACTED by the City Council for the City of Ames , Iowa, that: Section One . That the Municipal Code of the City of Ames , Iowa, be and the same is hereby amended by repealing Section 33-13133 and 33-13134 as said sections have heretofore existed and enacting new Sections 33-13133 and 33-13134 to read as follows : Sec . 33-13133 . Municipal parking lots . The following parking areas are hereby declared to be municipally owned restricted parking lots : a. That area used for parking south and abutting on Main Street and west of Clark Avenue extending west to the east right-of-way line of Grand Avenue, is hereby designated as a municipal depot parking lot. b. That area used for parking which is west of and abutting on Douglas Avenue and which extends south from the north line of Twelfth Street extended is hereby designated as a municipal hospital parking lot. C . Those areas used for parking located within the area bounded by Douglas Avenue on the west, Duff Avenue on the east, Eleventh Street on the south, and Twelfth Street extended on the north are hereby designated as municipal hospital parking lots . d. That area used for parking which is bounded by Sixth Street on the south and Douglas Avenue on the east is hereby designated as a municipal library parking lot. e. Those two areas used for parking in the block bounded by Fifth Street on the south and Kellogg Avenue on the west are hereby designated Kellogg Avenue municipal parking lots . f. That area used for parking which is located east of Clark Avenue and west of Duff Avenue and bounded by the Chicago and Northwestern railroad tracks on the south is hereby designated the municipal CBD parking lots. -2- g. That area used for parking which is bounded by Stanton Avenue on the west and Chamberlain Street on the north is hereby designated as the Chamberlain Lot No. 2 municipal parking lot. h. That area used for parking which is bounded by Chamberlain Street on the north and Welch Avenue on the west is hereby designated Chamberlain Lot No . 1 municipal parking lot. i. That municipally owned area located in the block bounded by Welch Avenue on the east and Hayward Avenue on the west is hereby designated the Welch Avenue municipal parking lot. Sec. 33-13134 . Restrictions . Parking in the respective municipal parking lots is restricted as follows : a. In the depot lot, the duration of parking in the row of s:oaces closest to the old depot, between the center driveway and Clark Avenue, is limited to two (2) hours and in the first six spaces closest to the depot west of the center drive, limited to fifteen (15) minutes . In all other spaces, except the metered spaces, the duration of parking is unlimited. b. In all of the aforesaid municipal parking lots , there shall be erected from time to time within the discretion of the city manager certain signs stating directions, limitations, and restrictions for the purpose of facilitating the efficient movement of traffic and utilization of said parking lots . Actions contrary to the direction contained on such signs shall constitute a violation of this section. Section Two. The municipal code is further amended by enacting new sections to be numbered 33-13135 and 33-13136 , said sections to read as follows : Sec. 33-13135 . Reservation of parking spaces in municipal lots . A person wishing -to reserve a parking space in a municipal lot :for his exclusive use shall make a proposal therefore to the city manager . The city manager may grant such request pursuant to such standing policies as to location and price as the City Council may, from time to time, adopt by resolution. If a request is not within the scope of such standing policies, the person who prL)_poses a reservation may b--ing the matter to the City Council for decision. Spaces so reserved shall be marked by signs stating that the space is reserved twenty-four (24) hours per day and that violator's vehicles will be impounded. -3- Sec . 33-13136 . Violation of reserved spaces . No person, shall park in a space reserved pursuant to Sec. 33-13135 or 33-13164 without the consent of the person for whom the space is reserved. Vehicles in violation hereof may be impounded on order of the chief of police or his designee until the costs of towing and storage are paid. The registered owner of the vehicle shall be held responsible for such violation. Section Three . All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. Section Four. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as required by law. Passed this 20th day of April 1976 . Mary E. Raul, City Clerk Lee Fe linger, Mayor or 1st Reading - April 6, 1976 Koerber - Nelson Voting aye: Hammer, Huston, Koerber, Maxwell, Nelson, Stevens . Voting nay: None 2nd and final reading - April 20, 1976 Maxwell - Nelson Voting aye: Hammer, Huston, Koerber, Maxwell, Nelson. Voting nay: None Absent: Stevens Signed by the Mayor this 20th day of April 1976.