Sec. 122.202. - Parking rates at municipal parking facilities.

(a) The Downtown Investment Authority Chief Executive Officer shall develop hourly, monthly and special event rates for each municipal parking facility managed by the Office of Public Parking as found in www.coj.net/fees . Rates shall be designed: (1) To be competitive with similar private facilities; (2) To provide for the most efficient use of facilities; and (3) To achieve other economic development and downtown revitalization goals as determined by the Downtown Investment Authority Board. The Downtown Investment Authority Chief Executive Officer shall present any proposed rates for downtown, as defined in Part 3, Chapter 55 , to the Downtown Investment Authority Board for review and approval. The Downtown Investment Authority Chief Executive Officer shall file the rate schedule and any subsequent change to the rate schedule with the Council Secretary and the Council Auditor and email a copy of same to each Council Member, and such rates shall become effective 60 days after such filing, unless and until the Council enacts an ordinance to the contrary. (b) The Downtown Investment Authority Chief Executive Officer shall develop a discount program: (1) For customers of the Office of Public Parking who lease large numbers of parking spaces or who commit to yearly or longer contracts; (2) To provide incentives to certain targeted employer types; or (3) To further other economic development or downtown revitalization goals. The Downtown Investment Authority Chief Executive Officer shall present the proposed discount program for downtown, as defined in Part 3, Chapter 55 , to the Downtown Investment Authority Board for review and approval. The Downtown Investment Authority Chief Executive Officer shall file any discount rate program and any subsequent change to the discount rate program with the Council Secretary and the Council Auditor and email a copy of same to each Council Member, and such discounts shall become effective 60 days after such filing, unless and until the Council enacts an ordinance to the contrary. The term "discount" as used in this Section shall mean no more than a ten percent discount off of the existing rates in effect at the time of the proposed rates. (c) The Downtown Investment Authority Chief Executive Officer shall negotiate lease agreement terms for retail and commercial space located in the Duval Street (Library) Garage and Ed Ball Garage. Upon the mutual agreement of the Downtown Investment Authority Chief Executive Officer and lessee, the Downtown Investment Authority Chief Executive Officer shall present the proposed retail and commercial lease agreement terms to the Downtown Investment Authority Board for review and approval of such lease agreement terms. The Downtown Investment Authority Chief Executive Officer shall file any retail and commercial lease agreement with the Council Secretary and the Council Auditor and email a copy of same to each Council Member, and such retail and commercial lease agreement shall become effective 60 days after such filing, unless and until the City Council enacts an ordinance to the contrary. (d) Effective October 1, 2014, all City employees (which term shall include all City of Jacksonville employees and employees of the Duval County Supervisor of Elections, Duval County Property Appraiser, Duval County Tax Collector, Duval County Clerk of Court and employees of the Office of the Public Defender of the Fourth Judicial Circuit), who are monthly parkers at municipal owned parking facilities operated by the Office of Public Parking, shall be entitled to a reduced monthly parking rate, which shall be 50 percent of the established, monthly parking rate for the given facility. The Downtown Investment Authority shall file the employee rate schedule and any subsequent change to the employee rate schedule with the Council Secretary, and such rates shall become effective upon such filing unless and until the Council enacts an ordinance to the contrary. (Ord. 69-67-111, § 2; Ord. 70-650-526; Ord. 71-397-181; Ord. 77-904-384, § 2; Ord. 78-1365-669, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 83-871-480, § 3; Ord. 83-1340-731, § 2; Ord. 84-390-181, § 1; Ord. 85-458-208, § 1; Ord. 86-482-210, § 1; Ord. 86-932-487, §§ 1, 2; Ord. 86-954-493, § 1; Ord. 86-1476-841, § 2; Ord. 87-617-299, § 1; Ord. 88-1528-723, § 1; Ord. 89-834-447, § 1; Ord. 89-872-405, § 1; Ord. 93-1263-1405, § 2; Ord. 95-779-474, § 2; Ord. 2000-22-E, § 1; Ord. 2004-1003-E, § 2; Ord. 2005-807-E, § 10.4. Ord. 2005-1193-E, § 1; Ord. 2007-813-E, § 10.10; Ord. 2011-732-E; Ord. 2012-674-E, § 1; Ord. 2014-438-E, § 1; Ord. 2014-560-E , § 14; Ord. 2016-215-E , § 1; Ord. 2017-665-E , § 4; Ord. 2018-525-E , § 1; Ord. 2020-568-E , § 1; Ord. 2021-80-E , § 1; Ord. 2021-587-E , § 1; Ord. 2022-680-E , § 1; Ord. 2023-552-E , § 1; Ord. 2025-384-E , § 1) Editor's note— Ordinance 2007-839-E, § 18, authorized updated department/division names pursuant to reorganization. Note— Section 3 of Ord. 2005-1193-E stipulates "The Council hereby waives the conflicting provisions of Chapter 106.106 (Balance Budget and a Budget Stabilization Reserve), Ordinance Code, to allow for funds appropriated in Section 5 to be expended prior to fully funding Budget Stabilization fund." Note— Former § 114.102 .