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P.O. BOX811 AMES IOWA 50010
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December 21, 1993 ��C2
The Honorable Larry R. Curtis, Mayor, �A
and Members of the City Council ;
of the City of Ames, Iowa
Re: Technical Amendment to Parking Penalty Provisions
Dear Mayor Curtis and Council Members:
You may recall that you recently enacted an amendment to the Handicapped
Parking provisions of Chapter 18 of the Municipal Code to allow drivers of
vehicles with handicapped parking permits to park without charge at metered
handicapped spaces for up to two hours.
As written, this ordinance had three separate subsections, but the penalty
provision, specifying a $50 fine, had no reference to which subsection it
applied. To be consistent with state law, the $50 fine should have applied
only to §18. 18(1) - parking in a handicapped space without a permit, and a $5
fine would apply to parking free for too long in a space. To provide for
these different fine amounts, a technical amendment is requested to the
general penalty provision of Chapter 18 which would specify that §18. 18(1)
carries a $50 fine, and other violations under this section are $5 fines.
Attached please find the proposed amendment which will codify this clarifica-
tion.
It is respectfully requested that you consider adoption of this amendment.
Sincerely,
JudyK. Parks
Assistant City Attorney
515 Clark Avenue, P.O. Box 811
Ames, Iowa 50010
(515) 239-5146
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