HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/05/2010 17 YMC 9.50.215 Amendment Reflecting Updated Parking Meter Technology BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No 17
For Meeting of October 5, 2010
ITEM TITLE An ordinance relating to Traffic; amending The City of Yakima Municipal Code
Section 9 50 215 to address updated parking meter technology in certain City -
owned parking lots
SUBMITTED BY Cynthia Martinez, Assistant City Attorney
CONTACT PERSON/TELEPHONE Cynthia Martinez: 509 - 575 -6033
SUMMARY EXPLANATION Earlier this year, the City began enforcing overtime parking in
certain City -owned parking lots The ordinance has always required that payment be made to
the parking meter The upgraded parking meters print a receipt and a sign posted by the meter
instructs patrons to display the receipt on the dash This added language addresses the
change in technology and clarifies patron's responsibilities
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APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL. °�� =, City Manager
STAFF RECOMMENDATION Pass Ordinance
BOARD /COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION The Yakima City Council Public Safety
Committee is forwarding the attached ordinance to the full council for consideration The
Committee recommends passage by the full Council
COUNCIL ACTION
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ORDINANCE NO 2010 -
AN ORDINANCE relating to Traffic; amending The City of Yakima Municipal Code
Section 9 50 215 to address updated parking meter technology in
certain City -owned parking Tots
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA.
Section 1 Section 9 50 215 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows.
;9 50 215 Parking fees for city -owned parking lots
A. The following fees shall be paid by any person who parks a vehicle in a city -
�owned parking lot (Lots 1, 2 and 4) Lot 5 is free at all times
' 0 -2 hours Free, with receipt described below;
One dollar an hour for each additional hour or part thereof;
Provided, that no person shall park a vehicle in such parking lot between eight a m
and five p m for more than an aggregate of two hours without paying the proper fee
except on days designated in subsection B of this section as exempt.
I Every person parking in a city owned lot described in this section, that contains a
meter station, shall Such fee shall be deposited upon arrival, obtain a receipt from the
lina meter station in the parking lot and display the receipt on the vehicle dash,
(regardless of whether a fee is required. The purpose of the receipt is to establish time of
'arrival, and if applicable, demonstrate that the appropriate fee has been paid. A vehicle
is presumed to be parked overtime when a receipt is not displayed.
B The fee schedule in subsection A of this section shall be in force during the hours
from eight a.m and five p m , Monday through Friday, with the exception of the following
!holidays, Saturdays and Sundays
New Year's Day January 1
Martin Luther King, Jr Birthday 3rd Monday in January
Washington's Birthday 3rd Monday in February
Memorial Day Last Monday in May
Independence Day July 4
Labor Day 1st Monday in September
Veterans' Day November 11
Thanksgiving Day 4th Thursday in November
Christmas Day December 25
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after its
passage, approval, and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter
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PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 5th day of October,
2010
ATTEST Micah Cawley, Mayor
City Clerk
Publication Date
Effective Date
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