2012-32 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 34 - TRAFFIC AND PARKING

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ORDINANCE NO. 2012-32 ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE CHAPTER 34—TRAFFIC AND PARKING BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS: Section 1. That Section 19 of Chapter 34 of the City Code of the City of Decatur be, and the same is hereby, amended and modified so that as so modified said Section 19 of Chapter 34 shall provide as follows: 19. PARKING SPACES. Where parking spaces on the street or in off-street parking facilities of the City are designated by marking lines or by painting, no person shall park a vehicle in such manner as to occupy two spaces nor shall a person permit or allow more than one vehicle to occupy said space. All vehicles shall be so parked as not to interfere with or obstruct the parking of vehicles in adjacent spaces, except as follows: Vehicles of the second division as defined by the Illinois Vehicle Code may be parked parallel in more than one space if the length of said vehicle so requires, provided said vehicle shall not be so parked as to obstruct other traffic, and provided further that the appropriate coin shall be inserted in the appropriate parking payment device of each space occupied, as provided in this Chapter. However, such vehicle must observe the time limits applicable to the parking spaces in which said vehicle is parked. Section 2. That Section 25 of Chapter 34 of the City Code of the City of Decatur be, and the same is hereby, amended and modified so that as so modified said Section 25 of Chapter 34 shall provide as follows: 25. TIME LIMITS. The City Manager or designee is empowered to establish maximum time limits for a person to stand, stop, or park a vehicle on any street, alley or public parking lot. The City Manager shall file a map or written report establishing said time limits with the City Clerk thirty(30) days before the time limits shall become effective. The Public Works Director or designees shall erect official signs giving notice thereof maximum parking time limits. No person shall park a vehicle within said parking space for longer than the time designated for the street or parking space described therein. This section shall apply to both pay parking zones and free parking zones. Section 3. That Section 73, paragraph A of Chapter 34 of the City Code of the City of Decatur be, and the same is hereby, amended and modified so that as so modified said Section 73 of Chapter 34 shall provide as follows: 292