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TITLE V: PUBLIC ORDER, SAFETY, AND HEALTH
CHAPTER 7
RESTRICTING PARKING IN COUNTY OWNED PARKING LOTS
5-7-1 Parking Restrictions
5-7-2 Penalties for Violation
5-7-3 Definitions
5-7-4 Vehicle Responsibility
5-7-5 Effective Date
5-7-1. PARKING
RESTRICTIONS. During
all business hours of operation, county owned parking lots shall have parking
restricted to the vehicles of county or state employees who are employed in
or who work at the adjoining county building and the customers and patrons
during the time reasonably or actually necessary to conduct business and
while and during such time as attending to business at or in the adjoining
county office building.
5-7-2. PENALTIES
FOR VIOLATION. The owner or
operator of any vehicle, which allows or permits the vehicle to be parked in
the county parking lot in violation of this ordinance, shall be guilty of a
civil infraction. The penalty for
first offense shall be $30.00 plus all associated court costs. Second or subsequent offenses may be
punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.00.
Additionally, any vehicle parked in violation of this ordinance may be
considered trespassing on county property and shall be subject to being towed
at owner’s expense.
5-7-3
DEFINITIONS.
a. Hours of Operation
- The hours of operation of the county building shall be deemed to
be 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Monday
through Friday.
b. Operator – An
operator is the person who had the actual physical control of a motor
vehicle and caused the vehicle to be stopped
or parked.
5-7-4. VEHICLE
RESPONSIBILITY. If a vehicle
is found stopped, standing or parked in violation of this Chapter, and the
operator cannot otherwise be determined, the owner or person or corporation
in whose name the vehicle is registered shall be held prima facie responsible
for said violation.
5-7-5. EFFECTIVE
DATE. This ordinance will
become effective upon publication and upon the appropriate signing of all
entrances or other appropriate signing to the parking areas advising of the
restriction to parking. If the
parking lot is not signed, this ordinance does not apply to that parking lot
or parking area. It will be
sufficient to comply with this ordinance if the sign advises of the private
parking.
First Reading Date: November 6, 2001
Second Reading Waived:: November 6,
2001
Third Reading Waived: November 6, 2001)
Publication Date: November 1, 2001
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