AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER 9

OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS:

Section One. That the following language in strikeout font be eliminated and the new language

shown in italics be added to the following sections of Article II of Chapter 9:

Sec. 9-26. Penalty:

Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, any person who violates any of the parking ordinances of the city, other than a parking meter violation, a private parking ordinance violation, a zoned parking ordinance violation, or a violation of downtown restricted parking use ordinance, and who receives a ticket therefore, shall pay a fine of ten dollars ($10.00) seven dollars ($7.00). In the event the fine is not paid within seven (7) days of the date of the notice, the operator of the vehicle shall pay as a penalty for and in full satisfaction of such violation the sum of twenty dollars ($20.00) seventeen dollars ($17.00). Any person violating the private parking ordinance in the city shall pay a fine of twenty five dollars ($25.00) twenty dollars ($20.00). In the event the fine is not paid within seven (7) days of the date of the notice, the operator of the vehicle shall pay as the penalty for and in full satisfaction of such violation the sum of thirty five dollars ($35.00) thirty dollars ($30.00). Any person who receives a notice of a parking meter violation shall pay a fine of seven dollars ($7.00) three dollars ($3.00). In the event the fine is not paid within seven (7) days of the date of the notice, the operator of the vehicle shall pay as the penalty for and in full satisfaction of such violation the sum of seventeen dollars ($17.00) thirteen dollars ($13.00). Any person who violates any of the parking ordinances of the city at a location where tow away placards have been posted on parking control signs shall pay a fine of twenty five dollars ($25.00). In the event the fine is not paid within seven (7) days of the notice, the operator of the vehicle shall pay as penalty for and in full satisfaction of said violation the sum of thirty dollars ($30.00). This section shall not apply to provisions in this article with different penalties from the above.

Sec. 9-37. Loading Zones:

( (c) Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined fifteen dollars ($15.00) ten dollars ($10.00). In the event the fine is not paid within seven (7) days of the date of the notice, the operator of the vehicle shall pay as the penalty for and in full satisfaction of such violation the sum of twenty five dollars ($25.00) twenty dollars ($20.00).

Sec. 9-40. Fire Lanes:

It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle on that portion of any street designated as a fire lane by special ordinance in the city. Any agent or employee of the city designated to enforce the parking ordinances of the city is hereby authorized to cause any motor vehicle parked in a fire lane in this city to be towed from the fire lane. In such a case, the owner of the vehicle shall be assessed the cost of towing and any storage charges in relation thereto plus a fine of twenty five dollars ($25.00) twenty dollars ($20.00). In the event the fine is not paid within seven (7) days of the date of the notice, the operator of the vehicle shall pay the penalty for and in full satisfaction of such violation the sum of thirty five dollars ($35.00) thirty dollars ($30.00).

Sec. 9-41. Snow Removal:

(e) Any agent or employee of the city designated to enforce the parking ordinances of the city is hereby authorized to cause any motor vehicle parked in violation of this section to be towed from any snow route. In such a case the owner of the vehicle may be assessed the cost of towing and any storage charges in relation thereto plus a fine of twenty five dollars ($25.00) fifteen dollars ($15.00). In the event the fine is not paid within seven (7) days of the date of the notice, the operator of the vehicle shall pay as the penalty for and in full satisfaction of such violation the sum of thirty five ($35.00) twenty five dollars ($25.00).

Sec. 9-42. Parking On Private Property:

(a) No person, firm or corporation shall park a motor vehicle on private property controlled by a private parking ordinance passed by the city council without the consent of the property owner. The owner of said property shall pay an annual fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) to the city of Rock Island and shall post a sign or signs on said premises indicating that:

(1) Parking is prohibited without the consent of the property owner;

(2) Parking a motor vehicle without the consent of the property owner is a violation of city ordinance;

(3) The owner of any vehicle violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of twenty five dollars ($25.00) twenty dollars ($20.00); and

(4) Any vehicle violating the provisions of this section may be impounded and the owner of the vehicle shall be responsible for all costs of the towing and impoundment.

The size, design, number and location of these signs shall be approved by the Rock Island public works department.

(b) The owner of any vehicle violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of twenty five dollars ($25.00) twenty dollars ($20.00). In the event that the fine is not paid within seven (7) days of the date of the notice, the owner of the vehicle shall pay as the penalty for and in full satisfaction of such violation the sum of thirty five dollars ($35.00) thirty dollars ($30.00).

Any vehicle violating the provisions of this section may be impounded as described in section 9-30 this division.

Sec. 9-45. Impoundment For Unpaid Violations:

(g) The fine fee for impoundment by immobilization shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00) thirty five dollars ($35.00) and the fine fee for impoundment by towing shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00) forty dollars ($40.00), plus a storage fee of five dollars ($5.00) per day.

Sec. 9-88. Overtime Parking, Penalties:

The city council shall hereby adopt the following progressive fine structure for overtime parking violations:

(1) Upon detection of the first parking overtime violation, the operator of the vehicle in violation shall be issued notice of the violation and shall pay a fine of seven dollars ($7.00) five dollars ($5.00). In the event the fine is not paid within seven (7) days of the date of the notice, the operator of the vehicle shall pay as the penalty for and in full satisfaction of such violation the sum of seventeen dollars ($17.00) fifteen dollars ($15.00).

(4) In no case shall the operator of any vehicle in violation of the overtime provision of this division be issued more than four (4) tickets in any one working day. The maximum fine to be assessed for parking overtime in a specific parking space in any one working day shall be thirty seven dollars ($37.00) thirty five dollars ($35.00). In the event that all such fines are not paid within seven (7) days of the issuance of notices, the operator of the vehicle shall pay as the penalty for and in full satisfaction of such violations a sum not to exceed seventy seven dollars ($77.00) seventy five dollars ($75.00).

(5) The first overtime parking violation for a vehicle in any six (6) month period may be forgiven and the operator of the vehicle may be issued a warning ticket without a fine in lieu of the five dollar ($5.00) fine described in subsection (1) of this section.

Sec. 9-89. Moving Of Vehicles Prohibited:

It shall be unlawful for any person to move any vehicle from any designated zone parking space to any other such space for the purpose of extending the legal parking limit beyond the posted time limit. Upon observance of or detection of such offense in accordance with section 9-37 of this division, the operator of the vehicle shall be issued a notice of violation and shall pay a fine of twenty five dollars ($25.00) fifteen dollars ($15.00). In the event the fine is not paid within seven (7) days of the date of notice, the operator shall pay as the penalty for and in full satisfaction of such violation the sum of thirty five dollars ($35.00) twenty five dollars ($25.00).

Sec. 9-91. Designation of City Parking Facilities Lots:

The city council shall establish the following locations as parking facilities lots:

1) Lot A (Levee Parking Lot), located between 17th and 18th Streets, 1st Avenue and the Mississippi River.

(2) Fifth Avenue parking lot (which shall also be known as the Argus parking lot), located at the northeast corner of 5th Avenue and 18th Street).

(2) Lot B (Bank Parking Lot), located at the southwest corner of the intersection of 18^th Street with 1^st Avenue

(3) Lot C First Avenue parking lot (which shall also be known as the Spencer Towers Parking Lot), located at the southwest corner of the intersection of 1st Avenue and 20th Street and the northeast corner of 2nd Avenue and 19th Street.

(4) Municipal parking building (Ramp), located between 16th and 17th Streets, 3rd and 4th Avenues.

(5) Lot D, Third Avenue parking lot located at the northeast corner of the intersection of 20th Street with 3rd Avenue.

(6) Lot E (Ameritech Parking Lot), located at the northwest corner of the intersection of 18^th Street with 7^th Avenue First Avenue parking lot (which shall also be known as the bank parking lot) between 17th and 18th Streets.

(7) Lot F, located at the northeast corner of the intersection of 18^th Street with the Great River Plaza.

(8) Lot G, located along the alley connecting 17^th and 18^th Streets south of 1^st Avenue

Sec. 9-92. Permit System Established:

The city council shall hereby establish a color coded parking permit system by which specific color permits authorize parking in specific designated locations. All vehicles parking in a permit lot or other permit location are hereby required to display an appropriate color coded permit which shall be contained in a clear vinyl case and affixed to the lower left corner of the rear windshield of the vehicle. This permit shall be obtained from the finance department upon payment of the appropriate fee. The permit system shall be established as follows:

(1) General (green) parking permits authorize the permit holder to park in the 5th Avenue parking lot, the 3rd Avenue lot, any uncovered space in the municipal parking ramp, or designated on street parking locations.

(2) Ramp covered parking permits authorize the permit holder to park in a covered space in the reserved area within the municipal parking building.

(3) Rover parking permits authorize the permit holder to park in any downtown parking location for any length of time with the following exceptions:

a. Rover permit holders may not park in any space designated for handicapped parking unless displaying the proper identifying tags or license plates.

b. Rover permit holders may not park in any marked loading zone, no parking zone, bus lane or other restricted parking area.

c. Rover permit holders may not park at any metered space unless the proper coins are deposited and time limitations adhered to.

d. Rover permit holders may not park in the bank lot, the Spencer towers lot, or the levy lot unless the daily parking fee is paid at one of the cashier gates.

e. Rover permit holders may not park in a space controlled by an honor box unless the proper payment is deposited in the honor box.

d. f. Rover permit holders may not park in an executive parking space in the ramp.

e. g. Rover permit holders may not park for more than the posted time limit in any unmetered space with a time limit of sixty (60) minutes or less.

(4) Executive parking permits authorize the permit holder to park in a specific assigned space within the municipal parking building. Such spaces shall be reserved by number, and that number shall be clearly written on the face of the permit.

(5) General visitor permits authorize the holder to park in the 5th Avenue parking lot, the 3rd Avenue parking lot, uncovered spaces in the municipal parking building and designated on street parking locations and ramp visitor permits allow the holder to park in any unreserved space in the municipal parking building. All visitor permits shall be valid for one day only. Visitor permits shall be displayed on the front left side of the vehicle's dashboard.

(6) 1st Avenue (Lot C Spencer towers lot) parking permits authorize the permit holder to park in Lot C. the Spencer towers lot, the 3rd Avenue lot, the 5th Avenue lot, any uncovered space in the municipal parking ramp or designated on street parking locations.

(7) Night shift permit holders shall have the same parking privileges as a general parking permit holder.

(7) Lot D parking permits authorize the permit holder to park in Lot D.

(8) Ramp Uncovered permits authorize the permit holder to park in any unreserved, uncovered space in the municipal parking building.

Sec. 9-93. Fees-Generally:

The city council does hereby establish the following fee schedule for parking in the municipal parking facilities.

(1) Municipal Parking Ramp : Twenty five cents ($0.25) per hour parking without parking permit between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) A.M. and five o'clock (5:00) P.M., Monday through Friday of each week. Violators will be subject to the overtime parking penalties described in section 9-88 of this article.

(2) The maximum monthly permit parking rates shall be as follows

a. Executive Parking $55.00

b. Covered parking spaces $27.50

(3) Rover permit $50.00

(4) Visitor permits

a. General parking areas:

for 25 permits $17.50

per permit $0.75

b. Unreserved ramp parking area permits

per permit $2.00

(5) 1^st Avenue lot between 19^th and 20^th Streets:

a. Individual permit rate $35.00

b. Maximum daily rate $3.00

(6) Levee lot, maximum daily rate $5.00

(7) 1^st Avenue Lot between 17^th and 18^th Streets

maximum daily rate $4.00

(8) General parking permit $18.00

(9) Night shift permit $8.00

(10) 3^rd Avenue lot between 20^th and 21^st Streets

maximum daily rate $3.00

(11) 7^th Avenue and 18^th Street Lot

single rate $35.00

(1) General (Green) Parking

a. General (green) Permit $20.00 per month

b. Daily Permit $1.00 per day

(2) Municipal Parking Building

a. Executive Permit (designated space) $75.00 per month

b. Covered Permit (reserved area) $50.00 per month

c. Uncovered Permit $35.00 per month

d. Metered Spaces $0.25 per hour

e. Daily Permit

Covered $3.00 per day

Uncovered $2.00 per day

(3) Rover Parking $70.00 per month

(4) Lot C

a. Lot C Permit $35.00 per month

b. Metered Spaces $0.25 per hour

(5) Lot D $30.00 per month

(6) Lot E $35.00 per month

Sec. 9-94. Fees-Discounted; Parking Incentive Plan:

The city council shall hereby establish a parking incentive plan whereby businesses shall be encouraged to purchase permit parking for, or on behalf of, their employees who require parking at the following discounted rate:

General permit, per month $15.00

Ramp permits, covered spaces, per month $25.00

1^st Avenue (Spencer towers) lot permit, per month $30.00

7^th Avenue and 18^th Street lot permit per month $30.00

No discounts shall apply to either the rover permit or the visitor permit. All purchases made under this section shall be handled by one authorized business or building representative who shall establish an account with the city finance department and who shall have primary responsibility for distributing permits to their employees.

Sec. 9-96. Penalties:

(b) Any person who parks in any of the city parking facilities lots beyond the posted time limits shall be subject to issuance of a notice of violation. The fine for such violation shall be ten dollars ($10.00) five dollars ($5.00). In the event such fine is not paid within seven (7) days of the date of notice, the operator of the vehicle shall pay as the penalty for and in full satisfaction of such violation the sum of twenty dollars ($20.00) fifteen dollars ($15.00).

Section Two. All ordinances and parts of ordinances that are in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, insofar as they do so conflict.

Section Three. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage.

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MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ROCK ISLAND

PASSED: _______________

APPROVED: _______________

ATTEST: _______________

CITY CLERK