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ORDINANCE NO. -931
BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 853, CITY CODE
OF. 1977, RELATING TO BOULEVARD PARKING
The City Council of the City of Columbia Heights does ordain:
Section 1: .S~ction 7.202(6) of Okdinance No. 853, City Code of 1977, passed
June 21, 1977, which currently reads as follows, to-wit:
"No person shall park or stand any vehicle on a boulevard or allow
a vehicle to remain on a boulevard within the City, except:
(a) When authorized by the Chief of Police on an emergency basis, c.r
(b) When permitted by action of the Council duringrepairs of adja-
cent streets."
is herewith amended to read as follows, to-wit:
"No person shall park or stand any vehicle on a boulevard or allow
a vehicle to remain on a boulevard within the City, except:
(a) When authorized by the Chief of Police on an emergency basis;
(b) When permitted by action of the CoUncil during repairs of adja-
cent streets;
(c)
When issued a permit by the Chief of Police. The Chief of Police
may only issue such permits to applicants meeting the following.
conditions:
(i)
The Chief of Police, upon advice of the Zoning Administra-
tor, determines that the applicant cannot park.at any other
.place on the property on which his residence is located
without violating the zoning laws relating to permitted
offstreet parking;
(ii)
The Chief of Police determines that permitting such parking
will not impede the plowing, removal or storage of any snow,
ice or waste from the public right of way;
(iii) The Chief of Police determines that permitting.such parking
will not obstruct the normal flow of pedestrian traffic
from adjoining properties and will not obstruct the delivery
of emergency services to the affected property or any other
property;
(iv) The permit will only allow the parking'of vehicles at such
location as is designed by the Chief of Police;
(v)
The permit may befrevoked by the Chief of Police if the Chief
of Police later discovers that the subject vehicle will im-
pede the plowing, storage or.removal of snow, ice or waste
from or at the location of the vehicle; provided, however,
that the Chief of Police shall g~ve notice of such revocation
by posting a notice t6 ~at effect on'the Subject vehicle for
~ot less than two (2) hou~;
(vi) No permit shall be valid for a period in excess of ten (10)
hours;
(vii) No more than five (5) such requests in any calendar month
may be made for the same address;
(viii) No permit shall'be valid unless clearly d~splayed upon the
permitted vehicle;
(ix) No permit shall be issued except between November 1 of any
yegr and April 15 of the next succeeding year;
(x)
Any act of the designated representative of the Chief'of Police
shall be construed as the act of the Chief of Police for pur-
poses of this Section 7.202(6).
Any person who is refus~_d a 5ouleward-parking permit 5y the Chief of
Police may appeal to t~e C£ty Council. The Counc~-/~ay issue sueh a
permit if the appeal i~ allowed if the Council finds that the appli-
cant has met all the criteria esTaBlished in Section 7.202(6)(c) and
the Council finds that the Chief of Police has made an administrative
error in deny£ng such permit. Issuance of a permit 5y Council action
shall in no event ever allow 5oulevard parking retroactively.
Section 2: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after thirty
(30) days after its passage,
First reading:
Second reading:
Date of Passage:
Offered by:
Seconded by:
Roll call:
Bruce G. Nawrocki, Mayor
Secretary to the Council
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