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Home My WebLink About~Master - Amending Chapter 25 of Municipal Code (Traffic) y,. ORDINANCE NO. 877 ORDINANCE AMENDING TRAFFIC ORDINANCE CHAPTER 25 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF' AMES, BY PROVIDING ADDIT- IONAL METERED PARKING AREAS. SECTION 1: Section 25-101.1 of the Ames Municipal Code is hereby repealed and the following shall hereinafter be referred to as said section: 25-101.1: Parking is limited to ninety (90) minutes on Fifth Street from Clark to Grand Avenue, as provided in Section 25-101. SECTION 2: Sections 25-101.2, 25-101.3, 25-.101.4, and 25-.101.13 of the Ames Municipal Code are hereby repealed. Section 25-101.14 of the Ames Municipal Code is hereby repealed, and the following shall hereinafter be referred to as said section: 25-101.14: Parking is limited to ninety (90) minutes on Main Street from the West line of Clark Avenue to the East line of Grand Avenue, as provided in Section 25-101. SECTION 3: Section 25-102 is hereby repealed and the following shall hereinafter be referred to as said section: 25-.102: Limited Parking Two (2) Hours. The parking of vehicles on all week days except Mondays, between the hours of eight (8) o'clock A.M. and six (6) o'clock P.M., and on Mondays between the hours of eight (8) o'clock A.M. and nine (9) o'clock P.M. shall be limited to two (2) hours in certain locations as designated in this chapter. Signs shall be posted in such locations indicating said limit. SECTION 4: Section 25--102.1 of the Ames Municipal Code is hereby repealed and the following shall hereinafter be referred to as said section: 25-102.1: Parking is limited to two (2) hours on that part of the depot parking lot lying East of the eh rance. The depot parking lot is that municipal parking lot located South of Main Street between Clark Avenue and Grand Avenue. SECTION 5: Section 25-111 .2 of the Ames Municipal Code is hereby repealed and the following shall hereinafter be referred to as said section: 25-111 .2. Metered Parking Lots . The following off-street parking lots are hereby determined to be metered parking lots and shall be designated as follows: a. Fourth Ward Parking Lot No. 1 is that parking lot lying South of Lincoln Way between Hayward Avenue and Welch Avenue. b. Fourth Ward Parking Lot No. 2 is that parking lot lying South of Lincoln Way be- tween Stanton and Lynn. c. Fareway Parking Lot on the Northeast corner of the intersection of Fifth Street and Kellogg Avenue on the North and South sides of the store. d. Rushing parking Lot, East of Kellogg to the Third Ward Parking Lot No. 1. e. Third Ward Parking Lot No. 1 is that parking lot located just South of the right-of-way of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, East of the r Page Two. Rushing Parking Lot, and at the North end of Sherman Avenue. Said lot shall be metered by gates controlling entrance and exit. SECTION 6: Section 25-111 .3 of the Ames Municipal Code is hereby repealed and the following shall hereinafter be referred to as said section: 25-111 .3. Time Schedule. Parking Meters on said lots shall be in effect as follows: a. Fourth Ward Parking Lots No. 1 and No. 2 from 7 o'clock A.M. until 6 o'clock P.M on Mondays through Saturdays, excluding holidays . b. Fareway Parking Lot from 9 o'clock A.M. to 9 o'clock P.M. , except holidays. c. Rushing Parking Lot from 9 o'clock A.M. to 6 o'clock P.M. except Mondays and holidays. Mondays from 12 o'clock noon to 9 o'clock P.M. d. Third Ward Parking Lot No. 1 shall be metered on a twenty-four (24) hour basis , seven (7) days a week. SECTION 7: Section 25-111 is hereby amended by adding the follow- ing sections: Section 25-111 .6. Meter Rates - Fareway Lots . The rate for parking shall be one (1�) cent for thirty (30) minutes, with a one (1) hour maximum time limit. Section 25-111 .7. Meter Rates - Rushing Lot. The rate for parking shall be five (5�) cents for ninety (90) minutes with a ninety (90) minute maximum park- ing time limit. Section 25-111 .8. Meter Rates, Gate Controls at Third Ward Parking Lot No. 1. The entrance gate will be closed from 7 o'clock A.M. to 12:30 o'clock P.M. It may be opened by deposit of one (1) ten (10�) cent coin to admit a vehicle, and will admit vehicles without charge from 12:30 o'clock P.M. to 7:00 o'clock A.M. The exit gate will permit vehicles to leave without charge from 7:00 o'clock A.M. to 12:30 o'clock P.M. From 12:30 o'clock P.M. to 7:00 o'clock A.M. the exit gate may be opened by deposit of one (1) ten (10�) cent coin to permit a vehicle to leave the said lot. SECTION 8: Section 25-113 of the Ames Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding the following sub-section: Section 25-113.6. Two parking meter spaces on the South side of Fifth Street immediately East of Clark Avenue and three parking meter spaces on the West side of Duff Avenue immediately South of Fifth Street shall have a maximum time limit of twelve (12) minutes . SECTION 9: Chapter 25 of the Ames Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding the following sections: Page Three. Section 25-114.A: The maximum parking time limit is one hundred and twenty (120) minutes . In parking meter zones established as having a maximum parking time limit of 120 minutes , the stands supporting the meters shall be painted green. Upon the deposit of certain coins an allowed parking time shall be established up to the maximum time limit as follows: a. Upon the deposit of a five (5�) cent coin, a parking time limit of one (1) hour shall be established b. Upon the deposit of two (2) five (5�) cent coins or one (1) ten 0 0�) cent coin, a parking time limit of two (2) hours shall be established. Section 25-114.A.1: The following areas shall have a parking time limit of one hundred and twenty (120) minutes: a. Fifth Street from Burnett Avenue to Clark Avenue, with the exception of the two parking meter spaces on the South side of Fifth Street immediately East of Clark Avenue. b. Burnett Avenue from Fifth Street to Sixth Street . c. Sixth Street from Duff Avenue to Clark Avenue. d . Douglas Avenue from Fifth Street to Sixth Street. e Duff Avenue from Main Street to Sixth Street, with the exception of three (3) parking meter spaces on the West side of Duff Avenue immediately South of Fifth Street. Section 25-114.B. Thirty (30) Minute Parking Limit. The Tenth through the seventeenth parking meter spaces inclusive on Main Street East of Burnett Avenue, and the tenth through the seventeenth parking meter spaces inclusive on Main Street East of Kellogg Avenue shall have a maximum parking time limit of thirty (30) minutes In the parking muter zones established as having a maximum parking time limit of thirty (30) minutes , the stands supporting the meters shall be painted red. The rate for parking shall be five (5¢) cents for thirty (30) minutes. SECTION 10: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this amendment are hereby repealed. SECTION 11: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after passage and publication as provided by law. PASSED this 21stday of October, 1957. J or, Mayor. 4-T. -W.- Prather, City Clerk Moved by Smith and seconded by Judge that Ordinance No. 877 be passed on its first reading. Voting Aye: Armstrong, Judge, Smith, De Hart and Schilletter Voting Nay: None Absent: None Moved by Smith and seconded by De Hart that the rules governing the passage of ordinances be suspended, the second and third readings be omitted and Ordinance No. 877 be placed on its final passage. Voting Aye: Armstrong, Judge, Smith, De Hart and Schilletter Voting Nay: None Ab sent: None Moved by De Hart and seconded by Schilletter that Ordinance No. 877 do now pass. Voting Aye: Armstrong, Judge, Smith, De Hart and Schilletter Voting Nay: None Absent: None Mayor Lavlor declared Ordinance No. 877 duly adopted. I, J. W. Prather, City Clerk of the City of Ames, Iowa, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing ordinance No. 877 was duly and properly passed at a meeting of the City Council on the 21st day of October, 1957 and published in the Ames Daily Tribune on the 23rd day of October, 1957. J. W. Prather, City Clerk