HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Relating to Parking Violations L ORDINANCE NO. 2607
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE
OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA BY REPEALING
SECTIONS 33-13140 AND 33-13141 AND
ENACTING NEW SECTIONS 33-13200 and 33-13201
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENABLING THE CITY OF
AMES , IOWA TO COLLECT A FINE FOR ALL
PARKING VIOLATIONS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH
TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH CONFLICT; AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE .
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council for the City
of Ames , Iowa that :
Section One. The Municipal Code of the City of
Ames , Iowa be and the same is hereby amended by repealing
sections 33-13140 and 33-13141 as such sections heretofore
existed.
Section Two. The Municipal Code of the City of
Ames , Iowa be and the same is hereby further amended by
enacting a new Division 12 of Article XIII of Chapter 33
of said Code and new sections .33-13200 and 33-13201 to read
as follows :
"Division 12 . Enforcement"
"Sec. 33-13200 Parking violations ; method of charging;
method of paying.
Any violation of any parking regulation of this
chapter,
may be charged by placing a notice of violation
envelope on the vehicle so parked. The amount
payable for violation of section 33-13139 (overtime
parking) shall be fifty cents ($ . 50) if paid within
seven (7) days of the date of violation and five
dollars ($5 . 00) if paid from eight ( 8) to thirty
(30) days after the date of violation. The amount
payable for all other parking violations shall be
five dollars ($5 . 00) if paid within thirty (30)
days of the date of violation.
Payment may be made by depositing the required
amount in the notice envelope and placing the
envelope in one of the special containers pro-
vided for that purpose or by paying the amount
due to the City of Ames Finance Department.
For purposes of receiving such payments the
Director of the City of Ames Finance Department
shall be designated a deputy City Clerk. If
such payment is not received in the Finance De-
partment within thirty days of the date of vio-
lation , the violation may also be charged and
processed before the court the same as other
traffic violations .
This section notwithstanding , a violation of any
parking regulation contained in this chapter may
be charged and processed before the court the
same as other traffic violations .
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Sec. 33-13201 Presumption as to Responsibility
for Parking.
It shall be the duty of every registered owner of
a vehicle to insure that said vehicles does not
park contrary to the lawfully enacted and promul-
gated parking regulations of the City of Ames ,
Iowa. It shall be presumed, unless evidence to
the contrary is presented, that the registered
owner of any motor vehicle parking in violation
of the parking regulations of this chapter is
responsible for said vehicle being so parked. "
Section Three. All ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent of such conflict.
Section Four. This ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from August 15 , 1977 .
Passed thisY 21 _day of June , 1977.
D4ary E . aul , City Clerk Lee Fellinger, May r
Published this / day of 1977 .
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