HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 92-31 ORDINANCE NO. ? 2-,3/
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT
TO AMEND PARKING REGULATIONS CONCERNING OVER
PARKING AND THE MARKING OF PARKING SPACES;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR
REPEAL AND PROVIDING A PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That Section 26-49(g) be, and the same is hereby, repealed and new sections 26-50 and
26-51 be, and the same are hereby enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 26-50. Parking beyond time limit.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle on any street in excess of
parking time limits determined for that location and posted in accordance with Sec. 26-
13(14).
Sec. 26-51. Presumption.
In any prosecution charging a violation of any section within this article, proof
that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was parked in violation of any
section within this article 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.
Section 2.
That Section 26-63 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont be, and the
same is hereby, amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-63. Spaces.
(a) The designated parking space for each parking meter shall be bounded
as follows: the front edge of the designated parking space along the roadway shall be
at the point the meter is located; the rear edge of the designated parking space shall be
the next adjacent parking meter located along the roadway in a direction opposite to the
flow of traffic on that side of the street; in locations without adjacent meters to define
the rear edge of the space, the rear edge shall be defined as a point twenty (20) feet
along the roadway in a direction opposite to the flow of traffic on that side of the street.
The meter that is located at the front edge of the designated parking space shall be
applicable for the space. The above definition shall be superseded by signs and
markings that define the bounds of the parking space for each meter or areas in which
parking is restricted.
(b) No person shall park a vehicle in any such designated parking space
during the restricted and regulated time applicable to the parking meter zone in which
such meter is located so that any part of such vehicle occupies more than one such
space except that a vehicle which is of a size too large to be parked within a single
designated parking space shall be permitted to occupy two (2) adjoining parking meter
spaces when coins shall have been deposited in the parking meter for each space so
occupied as is required in this division for the parking of other vehicles in such space.
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.
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent
of the conflict only.
Section 5.
That 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.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this theme day
of U i I _ 1992.
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