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

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T to designate locations for employee parking permits. This authorization should make it possible to better manage the availability of employee parking in parts of the Downtown that may have a relatively low short term parking demand. 27. References to free Christmas Parking were removed from Chapter 34 as this is no longer required. 28. Sections in Chapter 34 dealing with Immobilization and Impoundment and Drivers License Suspensions were revised to reflect changes resulting from the approval of City Court. 29. Section 73 was simplified by establishing two citation fine tables. The first table, found in Section 73-A, sets fines for all parking violations defined in the various sections of Chapter 34 except Sections 25, 38 and 66-C. 30. Fines for violations of Section 25, Parking Time Limits, is provided in a second table found in Section 73-13. The fines are graduated and are intended to be lenient on first or second time violators. Subsequent violations have fines that increase with the number of violations. The goal of the graduated fine structure is to send price signals to frequent offenders to make other arrangements for long term parking in the downtown area. 31. Fines and fees related to Removal of Vehicles (Section 38) and for violations of Employee Permit Parking (Section 66 C) are defined in those sections. 32. Parking rates for surface parking lots and garages are consolidated in Section 74 for easy reference. 33. Section 75 updates the Complaint Procedure. Parking violators have 14 days to appeal a parking citation in writing in replacement of 21 days.