§ 10-1-193. Unlawful parking in public facility.  


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  • (a)

    It shall be unlawful and shall constitute a trespass for any person to park a motor vehicle in any parking facility owned or operated by the city as a public parking facility as designated in article P, schedule 18a, at any place except in a designated parking space or in such a manner as to block or interfere with the placing of a motor vehicle in a regular designated parking space or the removal of a motor vehicle from any such designated parking space or the actual entrance and exit to the facility. Any motor vehicle found parked in violation of this section shall be impounded. Parking facilities to which this section shall be applicable shall have a sign at each entrance containing language indicating that motor vehicles parked contrary to this section will be impounded.

    (b)

    The director of transportation is hereby authorized to establish short parking spaces in any public parking facility owned and operated by the city after an engineering and traffic investigation has been made to determine the need for such spaces. It shall be unlawful for any person to park a motor vehicle in these designated spaces for longer than two (2) hours at a time between the hours of 8:00 a.m., and 6:00 p.m., except Sundays and holidays. All such spaces shall have signs erected, giving notice of the prescribed time limit.

(Code 1958, Sec. 19-160, as amended by Ord. of 3/6/80)