HomeMy WebLinkAboutA001 - Memo dated March 26, 1992 proposed increase in fine MEMORANDUM
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6/9�TO: Sheila Lundt, Assistant to the City Manager sE10W4
FROM: John R. Klaus, City Attorney_wN�I �r,��
DATE: March 26, 1992
RE: Handicapped Parking Violations
With this is a print out of the handicapped parking violation tickets
issued in the past six months. There are 107 tickets issued.
Ames is charging a fine of $5.00 for these violations, the same as for any
violation of any other city parking ordinance. However, under state law,
the fine for unauthorized parking in a handicapped space is $25.00, and
the city could revise its ordinance to charge the same amount for a viola—
tion of handicapped parking ordinance. See: §§321.236, 321L.4 and
805.8(2) (a) Code of Iowa; and, §18.18 Ames Municipal Code.
Increasing the fine to $25.00 would be consistent with the legislature
intent of 321L.4 Iowa Code, but not mandatory in view of §805.8(2) (a) and
§321.236 Code of Iowa.
Attached is an ordinance to adopt the $25.00 fine for handicap space viola—
tions. Your idea of attaching a notice to the city signs warning that the
fine for violation is $25.00 is a good one. It could serve to discourage
some violations, as well as warning of the disparately high fine for this
particular parking violation.
JRK:mlp
cc: Paul Wiegand
Dennis Ballantine
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Mayor and City Council:
Staff is bringing this proposed ordinance revision to you because of an
increasing number of complaints being received from physically disabled
members of our community. Apparently the individuals who are illegally
parking in handicapped parking stalls are not being effectively deterred
from doing so by the $5 fine. It is staff's recommendatiio`�nthat the City
increase its fine to the $25 limit in the Iowa Code. C`
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