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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 79-18 ORDINANCE NO. �/� ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 29, SECTION 29-49 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT; ESTABLISHING PARKING REGULATIONS AND RATES FOR CITY PARKING LOTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL; PROVIDING FOR PENALTY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: Section 1. That Chapter 26 , Section 26-49 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont, as amended by Ordinance Number 78-114, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 26-49: Parking Lots - Municipal Buildings (a) Definitions. Except where the context requires otherwise, as used in this Section, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them: (1) South Lot. The City parking lot fronting on the eastern side of Main Street and located South of the Civic Center-Municipal Office Building Complex. (2) North Lot. The City parking lot fronting on the eastern side of Main Street and located North of the Civic Center-Municipal Office Building Complex. (b) No person shall park a vehicle in the south lot between the hours of 7: 30 a.m. and 5 : 30 p.m. , Monday through Friday, unless such vehicle shall have a City of Beaumont parking permit affixed to the rear window thereof or unless such ve- hicle shall be parked in an officialy desig- nated visitor parking zone. (c) The traffic engineer is authorized to estab- lish visitor parking zones within the south lot. (d) The City Manager is authorized to permit �3ublic parking of vehicles in the south lot on Saturday and Sunday and after 5: 30 p.m. Monday through Friday and to establish rules and reg- ulations therefor, including a rate not to exceed $1. 00 per vehicle. (e) The City Manager is authorized to establish rules and regulations and to enter into agree- ments for public parking in the north lot, in- cluding rates not to exceed the following: 0 - 30 minutes $ 0. 25 30-60 minutes 0. 50 1 - 2 hours 1. 00 2 - 3 hours 1 . 25 3 - 4 hours 1. 50 4 - 5 hours 1. 75 Maximum (10 hours) 2. 50 Monthly 20. 00 Event Parking (night) 1. 00 (f) No person shall park a vehicle in the south lot or the north lot other than within a clearly marked parking space, nor shall any person park a vehicle in an entrance, exit, driveway, or aisle or in any manner which obstructs an entrance, exit, driveway or aisle. (g) In any prosecution charging a violation of this section, proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was parked in vio- lation of this section together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was, at the time of such parking, the registered owner of such vehicle shall constitute in evidence a rebuttable presumption that the registered owner of such vehicle was the person who parked or placed such vehicle in violation of this section. Section 2. Any person who violates any provision of this ordi- nance shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in Sec- tion 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas. -2- I I Section 3. That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to a particular 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. Section 4 . 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 they$day of , 1979. Of :Mayor- -3-