Ordinances-1978-77

ORDINANCE NO. 1978-44 AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING PARKING IN RESTRICTED AREAS UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF TIFFIN, IOWA: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TIFFIN, IOWA: SECTION 1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this ordinance is to prohibit the parking of vehicles within restricted areas, on streets within the corporate limits of the City of Tiffin, Iowa. SECTION 2. DEFINITION. Motor vehicle means every vehicle which is self-propelled and shall include the definition of truck, tractor, motor truck, road tractors, as contained in Section 321.1 of the 1977 Code of Iowa as amended. SECTION 3. PARKING RESTRICTIONS. The City Council shall have the authority to designate no parking areas wherever such parking is found to be dangerous to traffic. These areas shall be designated by the placing of no parking signs at intervals of not more than two hundred and fifty feet (250'). It shall be unlawful for any person to park in a no parking area or across a driveway or sidewalk. Further, the City Council shall have the authority to restrict the hours of parking along any street, road or alley and to erect signs displaying said restrictions on parking. It shall be unlawful for any person to park any motor vehicle in violation of these restricted hours of parking. Law enforcement vehicles shall be exempt from parking restrictions. SECTION 4. PENALTY.. A. Fine. Anyone violating the provisions of this ordinance may be charged with a parking violation and given a ticket attached to the vehicle described in Section 3, giving notice of the violation and a fine not exceeding $5.00, said fine to be payable to the City Clerk. Violations which are denied shall proceed before the court the same as other traffic violations. B. Owner prima facie responsible. If any vehicle is found stopped or parked in violation of Section 3, the owner or person or corporation in whose name said vehicle is registered shall be held prima facie responsible for said violation. C. Impoundment. If any vehicle has accumulated five (5) or more parking tickets or fifteen (15) or more dollars worth of accumulated violations of Section 3, said vehicle may be impounded subject to the following conditions: