HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 78-114ORDINANCE NO. 1U /
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
SECTION 26-49 OF THE CODE OF -ORDI-
NANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT,
TEXAS; PROHIBITING UNAUTHORIZED
PARKING IN CERTAIN CITY.PARKING LOTS;
PROVIDING FOR VISITOR PARKING; PRO-
VIDING FOR PARKING FOR THE MAYOR AND
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS; REGULATING THE
MANNER OF PARKING VEHICLES; CREATING'
A PRESUMPTION AS TO IDENTITY OF VIO-
LATORS; PROVIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL.
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 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 26-49: Parking.Lots - Municipal Buildings
(a) No person shall park a vehicle in the parking
lot south of City Hall and fronting on the
east side of Main Street between the hours of
8:00 a.m. and 5:00 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 vehicle is parked
in an officially designated visitor parking zone.
(b) Any person parking a vehicle within such park-
ing lot in an officially designated visitor
parking zone shall not park such vehicle for
a period of time longer than the time period
specified on signs which designate visitor
parking spaces.
(c) No person other than the Mayor or a member of
the City Council shall park a vehicle in a space
officially designated for the Mayor and City
Council members.
(d) No person shall park a vehicle in the parking
lot immediately south of the Police Building
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between Pearl Street and Main Street except
for vehicles of the Police Department or
other bona fide law enforcement.agencies.
(e) No person shall park a vehicle in any city
parking lot other than within clearly marked
parking spaces nor shall any person park a
vehicle in an entrance, exit, driveway or aisle,
or in any manner which effectively obstructs
an entrance, exit, driveway or aisle.
(f) 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 inthe 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 ordinance
shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in Section 1-8
of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas.
Section 3.
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 in no way affect
the remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the
various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared
to be severable.
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Section 4.
All ordinances or.parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
PASSED BY THE CITY UNCIL of the City of Beaumont
this the vo day of 1), 1978.
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