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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 79-25 ORDINANCE NO. 7q ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 26-60 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT BY CHANGING THE HOURS DURING WHICH PARKING METER REGULATIONS APPLY; AMENDING SECTION 26-62 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT BY ESTABLISHING PARKING METER RATES AND TIME LIMITS; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: Section 1. That Section 26-60 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont be amended to read as follows: Section 26-60: The regulations provided for in this division shall apply between the hours of 8: 00 a.m. and 5. 00 p.m. on all days other than Sundays and the following holidays: The first day of January, the fourth day of July, the first Monday in September, Thanksgiving Day, and the Twenty-fifth day of December. Section 2. That paragraph (a) of Section 26-62 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont be amended to read as follows: Section 26-62 (a) : The traffic engineer shall install parking meters in the parking meter zones established as provided in this article upon the curb immediately adjacent to each designated parking space. Such meters shall be capable of being operated, either automatically or mechanically, upon the deposit therein of an appropriate coin of the United States currency. The traffic engineer shall time the meters upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investi- gation to best aid in the regulation, control and inspection of the parking of vehicles. The timing and type of operation shall be one of the following: 1. Nickle meter, 30 minute limit. Parking shall be lawful for 30 minutes upon the deposit of a five (5) cent coin. 2. Nickle-dime progressive meter, one hour time limit. Parking shall be lawful for 30 minutes upon deposit of a five (5) cent coin and for one (1) hour upon deposit of two five (5) cent coins or a ten (10) cent coin. 3. Nickle-dime-quarter progressive meter, two hour time limit. Parking shall be lawful for 30 minutes upon the deposit of a five (5) cent coin, for one (1) hour upon the deposit of two five (5) cent coins or a ten (10) cent coin, and for two (2) hours upon the deposit of four five (5) cent coins, two ten (10) cent coins or a twenty-five (25) cent coin. Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect as the parking meters provided for in Section 1 hereof are installed in the parking meter zones by the traffic engineer. Section 4 . Any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas. Section 5. That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to a par- ticular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. -2- Section 6 . All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the o v 41day of 1979. Mayor - -3-