Reservation of metered parking spaces and removal of metered parking spaces, posts, or parking signs

(a)

The director, or their designee, may grant or deny requests to temporarily reserve a parking space or remove a parking space, post, or parking sign. Fees shall be assessed for reserving the parking space and/or the removal of the parking spaces, posts, and parking signs, except that the fees may be waived for the purpose of creating a time-restricted pick-up/drop-off space, freight space, bus space, or parking space designated for city, county, state and federal officials. Requests shall be made to the parking division.

(b)

A request to temporarily reserve a parking space may be granted for a vehicle including:

(1)

A truck or van which is actively engaged in the transportation of an excess amount of construction material, equipment, office furniture, or money. The majority of the truck or van's cargo must be loaded or unloaded from the truck or van to a work area or building which is no more than two hundred (200) feet from the reserved parking space.

(2)

A vehicle used for or on official city business.

(c)

A request to temporarily remove a parking space, post, or parking sign may be granted for circumstances including when construction in the immediate area may cause damage to the parking space, post, or parking sign. Fees shall be assessed for the removal and subsequent replacement of a parking space, post, or parking sign.

(d)

The director, or their designee, may revoke any grant to temporarily reserve a parking space or to temporarily remove a parking space, post, or parking sign if the use of such grant violates, or conflicts with, any provision of this chapter.

(e)

A request to permanently remove a parking space, post, or sign, may be granted at the director's, or their designee's, sole discretion. Fees shall be assessed for the removal and loss of potential parking revenue from such spaces.

(1)

Such fee is to be determined by and shall not exceed the actual revenue loss to the city.

(2)

Such actual revenue loss shall be determined by the parking meter rate in effect on the day that the meter is removed from service and shall be equivalent to the revenue amount that the parking meter would generate if used continuously during the hours of enforcement for every meter day that the parking meter is out of service.

(Ord. No. 2025-43, § 2 (Exh. A), 4-17-2025)