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Ordinance - 1988 - 133 - Not Approved - 03/08/1988EAGLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 8, 1988 MOVED BY MATLOCK AND SECONDED BY MINOW WALKER TO TABLE ORDINANCE NO. 133. ALL AYE: MOTION CARRIED. ORDINANCE NO. 133 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO PARKING; ESTABLISHING CHAPTER 3, TITLE 5, EAGLE CITY CODE, TO PROHIBIT PARKING OF A MOTOR VEHICLE ON STATE STREET BETWEEN EAGLE ROAD AND FIRST STREET IN THE CITY OF EAGLE, IDAHO; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF PARKING TICKETS FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS; ESTABLISHING AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE FOR PARKING FINES AND FOR THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT IN DISTRICT COURT IF PARKING FINES ARE NOT ADMINISTRATIVELY PAID; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the City of Eagle, Idaho (the "City"), is a municipal corporation duly organized and operating under the laws of the State of Idaho and is authorized under Idaho Code § 49-582 to regulate or prohibit vehicles from stopping, standing, or parking within designated areas of the City; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the public health, safety, and welfare is endangered by the parking of motor vehicles on State Street between Eagle Road and First Street in the City; and WHEREAS, the Ada County Highway District is a county -wide highway district directed under Idaho Code § 40-1415 to procure, install, operate, and maintain traffic control devices where they are needed for traffic control, and the City has requested that the Ada County Highway District install "no parking" signs prohibiting parking on State Street between Eagle Road and First Street. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EAGLE, IDAHO, as follows: Section 1: The City Council of the City of Eagle, Idaho, hereby finds and determines that the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the City and other persons using the streets of the City are endangered by the parking of motor vehicles on State Street between Eagle Road and First Street in the City. Section 2: A new Chapter 3, Title 5, Eagle City Code, be, and the same hereby is, enacted to read as follows: 5-3-1: Stopping, Standing, or Parking Prohibited in Specified Places: Except when necessary to avoid collision with other traffic, or to comply with the law, directions of a police officer, or official traffic control device, no person shall park a motor vehicle, whether or not occupied, except temporarily for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in, loading or Page 1 unloading passengers or merchandise, on State Street between Eagle Road and First Street. 5-3-2: Parking Tickets and Procedures: The City Clerk and any other individual designated by the City Council shall have authority to issue parking tickets as follows: A. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk or any other individual designated by the City Council, upon observing a vehicle parked, standing, or stopped in violation of the provisions of this Chapter, to leave upon such vehicle a separate parking ticket every two hours that such vehicle has been parked, standing, or stopped in violation of the provisions of this Chapter. Such parking ticket shall bear the hour and date of leaving the same upon the vehicle, the make of the vehicle, the vehicle's license number, the specific code section violated, and the amount of the fine for such violation. Each parking ticket shall instruct the operator of the vehicle to report to the City Clerk at the Eagle City Hall. B. To avoid burdening the judicial system with parking violations and for the convenience of the public, each person receiving a parking ticket under this Chapter shall: 1. Within seventy-two (72) hours of the time the ticket was left upon the vehicle, pay to the City Clerk, in full satisfaction of the parking violation, four dollars ($4.00) for each parking ticket left upon his or her vehicle. 2. Within ten (10) days from the date a parking ticket was issued, if the parking ticket has not been paid within the seventy-two (72) hours prescribed above, pay to the City Clerk an additional three dollars ($3.00) for each parking ticket, the additional three dollars ($3.00) for each ticket being deemed necessary to defray administrative and clerical expenses. The failure of any operator of a vehicle receiving a parking ticket to make the above-described payments to the City Clerk within the designated times shall render the operator of the vehicle subject to the penalties provided by Section 5-3-3 of this Chapter. C. If any vehicle is found stopped, standing, or parked in violation of the provisions of this Chapter, the fact that the vehicle is registered or leased to a Page 2 person shall be considered prima facie evidence that such person was in control of the vehicle at the time of such violation. 5-3-3: Penalties: Any operator of a motor vehicle who shall stand, stop, or park such vehicle in violation of the provisions of this Chapter shall be deemed to have committed a parking violation. In the event that a parking ticket is not paid in accordance with the administrative procedure set forth in Section 5-3-2, Eagle City Code, an infraction citation or complaint for a parking violation may be filed in the magistrate division of the district court. Section 3: This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, approval, and publication. DATED this day of March, 1988. CITY OF EAGLE By ATTEST: City Clerk MLDkaj115 Page 3 Mayor