2012-05 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 34 - TRAFFIC AND PARKING

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5. Re-Parking Permitted. Par�ing'patrons may move their vehicle to another parking space to gain more parking time.,There is no limit on the number of times a vehicle may re-park to gain more tithe. Custpiiiers may come and go as needed without fear of a parking citation, as long as parking time limits are observed. 6. Employee Parking Permits. On-street permit parking for employees will be available where all-day parking is permitted. Employees can obtain a permit which would entitle them to reserve a specific parking space. Employees or businesses may lease parking spaces in Parking Garage C located east of Franklin between Wood and Main Streets. All day parking may be available at one of the several privately owned parking lots or at the Decatur Civic Center. 7. Future Modifications. The Administration will monitor parking use and make modifications as necessary to maximize the use of available parking. Experience in other locations indicates that an 80%maximum occupancy will assure there are always parking spaces available for visitors or customers. 8. Resident Parking. The existing residential parking permit system would continue unchanged. Residential parking permits cost $60 per month and allow the holder to park at any space up to 72 consecutive hours. 9. Convention & Conference Parking. Organizations planning conventions or conferences could purchase temporary parking hang tags for the use of their attendees. Convention& Conference parking hang tags would allow all-day parking in spaces reserved for conference attendees. Distribution of the hang tags would be handled by the conference organizer and distributed to attendees upon registration. 10. Graduated Fine Schedule. The existing Decatur City Code provides a schedule of graduated fines in Chapter 34, Section 80. The continued use of a graduated parking violation fine system is proposed as a means to encourage compliance with the parking regulations. Visitors who are not familiar with the parking system would not be fined for a first violation. However, subsequent violations would have fines that increase with each additional violation. Repeat violators are often individuals who have a need for long term parking. With repeat violations resulting in higher fines, the repeat violator will soon seek a lower cost place to park for extended periods of time. The proposed parking plan would make these changes to the graduated fine structure for citation issued for violations of Section 25, Time Limits: a. The first citation would be free to serve as reminder for first time offenders. b. Citations 2, 3, and 4 would be $5, $10 and $20. c. Subsequent citations would increase by$20 to a maximum of$100. d. Citation fines would reset to $0 after 12 months elapse without further citations being issued.