Parking in city lots, garages, public streets, and other property

(a)

Any vehicle stopped, standing, or parked in a single parking space on any city owned or operated parking lot, garage, public street, or other property shall be parked within the lines marked for such single parking space. It is unlawful to stop, stand, or park any vehicle across any such line or mark or to park such vehicle in any such way that the same shall not be within the area so designated by such lines or markings for that single parking space.

(b)

It is unlawful for any person to remove a vehicle from any city owned or operated parking lot, garage, public street, or other property after the person shall have parked thereon without first making payment of authorized legal tender by manual or electronic means or for any person to make any attempt to defraud the city.

(c)

It is unlawful to fraudulently alter, duplicate, damage, destroy, throw away or copy any control card, spitter ticket, permit, tag, decal, citation, or receipt used for parking control issued by the parking division or to make any attempt thereof to defraud the city.

(d)

It is unlawful to deposit or cause to be deposited in any pay station, other electronic payment collection device, mechanical equipment on any city owned or operated parking lot, garage, public street, or other property any slug, device, metallic or other substitute for a coin of the United States of America or to make any attempt thereof to defraud the city.

(e)

It is unlawful and an offense for any person to deface, injure, tamper with, open, willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any equipment installed on any city owned or operated parking lot, garage, public street or other property or to make any attempt thereof.

(f)

It is unlawful for the operator of a vehicle to stop, park or leave standing a vehicle on a city owned or operated parking lot, garage, public street, or other property, using pay stations, other electronic devices, mechanical equipment, meters or gates for revenue control, for a period longer than twenty-four (24) hours without first making arrangements in advance with the parking division.

(g)

No vehicle shall enter a parking garage which exceeds the height restriction posted on the clearance bar at the entrance of each garage.

(h)

It is unlawful for an operator of a vehicle to stop, stand or park such a vehicle in a space not designated or designed for its size. Standard cars are vehicles Class 9 or larger, as defined in accordance with the current domestic and imported passenger car size classification.

(i)

It is unlawful to stop, stand or park in city owned or operated parking lots, garages or other properties that are reserved for monthly parking without having a valid digital credential and/or properly displaying appropriate documentation of payment for parking privileges for the current period (hangtag, decal, etc.).

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