HomeMy WebLinkAbout5. OLD BUSINESS 9/16/03ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 18 OF
THE VILLAGE CODE OF MOUNT PROSPECT
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: Chapter 18, Section 18.1322, entitled "Metered Parking Zones" of
the Mount Prospect Village Code, shall be deleted in its entirety and a new Section
18.1322 entitled "Metered Parking Zones" shall be inserted to be and read as follows:
Sec. 18.1322: METERED PARKING ZONES.
Established: There are hereby established certain parking zones to be known as
pay parking zones, which zones shall be within the districts or upon those streets or
parts of streets described in schedule XV in Section 18~2015. of the Appendix to this
Chapter.
Vehicle Sticker: It shall be unlawful for any person to park a motor vehicle in the
Maple Street parking lot unless a current Mount Prospect vehicle sticker is displayed
in the front windshield of the vehicle so parked therein; so that parking in the said
Maple Street lot shall be limited to Mount Prospect residents only.
C. Automated Pay Box System:
Parking Within Municipal Parking Lots:
a. There shall be established at each parking lot described in schedule
XV A in Section 18.2015 of the appendix to this chapter one or more
Automated Pay boxes which are programmed with the numbered
parking space inventory. The parking space numbers shall
correspond to numbers (hereinafter referred to as "posted numbers")
assigned to and posted at the head of each parking space in the
parking lot.
The deposit of sufficient United States coins, currency or debit card in
an automated pay box shall establish a parking time one day for the
correspondingly numbered parking space as set forth in Appendix A,
Division II of this Code.
2. Parking On Specified Public Roadways:
There shall be established on each roadway described in schedule
XV A in Section 18.2015 of the appendix to this chapter one or more
automated pay boxes which are programmed with the numbered
parking space inventory. The parking space numbers shall
correspond to numbers (hereinafter referred to as "posted numbers")
assigned to and posted in the parkway.adjacent to the designated
parking space.
The deposit of sufficient United States coins, currency or debit card in
an automated pay box shall establish a parking time of one day for
the correspondingly numbered parking space as set forth in Appendix
A, Division II of this Code.
Holidays: There shall be no charge for parking in pay parking zones on holidays,
Saturdays and Sundays.
Holidays Designated: The following days shall be designated as holidays: January
1, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and December 25. If any of
these days shall fall on SUnday and be Observed on MondaY, or if any of theSe days
shall fall on Saturday and be observed on the Friday preceding, then such Monday
or Friday shall be considered as a holiday for the purpose of this section.
F. Deposit of Coins And Time Limits:
No person shall park a vehicle in any parking space which, at the head of,
along side of or next to is located a posted number, during the restricted and
regulated time applicable to the pay parking zone in which such parking
space is located unless an amount, as set forth in Appendix A, Division II of
this Code, has been deposited in the automated pay box. This provision
shall not apply to the act of parking or the time which is required to deposit
immediately thereafter one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) in such automated
pay box.
No person shall park a vehicle in any parking space which, at the head of,
along side of or next to is located a posted number, during the restricted and
regulated time applicable to the pay parking zone in which such parking
space is located unless an amount, as set forth in Appendix A, Division II of
this Code, has been deposited in the automated pay box. This provision
shall not apply to the act of parking or the time which is required to deposit
immediately thereafter the required dollar amount, as set forth in Appendix A,
Division II of this Code, in such automated pay box.
No person shall park a vehicle in any such parking space for a consecutive
period of time longer than that limited period of time for which parking is
lawfully permitted in the pay parking zone in which such parking space is
located.
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The provisions of this section shall not relieve any person from the duty to
observe other and more restrictive provisions of this chapter prohibiting or
limiting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at
specified times.
Use Of Slugs Prohibited: No person shall deposit or attempt to deposit in any
automated pay box any slug, button or any other device or substance as substitutes
for coins of United States currency.
Tampering With Automated Pay Box Or Posted Numbers: No person shall deface,
injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any
automated pay box or posted number.
Special Penalty:
Any person who violates subsections I and J of this section shall be subject
to a fine in the amount set forth in Appendix A, Divisions II and III of this
Code.
whenever a police officer is authorized to arrest a person without a warrant
because of a violation of any of the sections of this Article, said police officer
may, in lieu of the filing of a complaint in court, in the first instance, issue a
citation as hereinafter provided in Section 18.1325 of this Article and Section
18.1905 of this Chapter to any person who violates the provisions of
subsections B, C, D, E and H of this Section. Such citation may be delivered
to the violator personally or may be affixed to the vehicle of the violator.
Nothing in this subsection, however, shall be construed to abridge the power
of a police officer to arrest any person violating the above specified
subsections and to take him into custody.
Installation Of Automated Pay Boxes and Posted Numbers:
The Village Manager, with the approval of the Board of Trustees, shall install
master collection automated boxes and posted numbers in the parking lots
described in Schedule XV in Section 18.2015 of the Appendix to this Chapter
as provided in this Chapter.
The Village Manager shall have markings painted or placed upon the curb
and/or u pon the street or pavement adjacent to each parking meter or posted
number for the purpose of designating the parking space for which said
meter is to be used or to which such posted number applies, and each
vehicle parking adjacent Or next to any parking meter or posted number shall
park within the lines or markings so established.
The installation of automated pay boxes and posted numbers in Union
Pacific Railroad lots nos. 1, 2 and 3 shall be subject and pursuant to the
provisions of the agreement and lease with the Union Pacific Railway
Company relating to the installation of parking automated pay boxes in such
zones.
The payment for such automated pay boxes and posted numbers and their
installation under any contract or contracts heretofore entered into by the
village or hereafter to be entered into by the village for the purposes of
leasing, acquiring, installing, operating, maintaining, supervising, regulating
and using the automated pay boxes provided herein, either for a trial period
or otherwise, shall be only and solely form the receipts, funds and revenues
obtained from the operation of said automated pay boxes without in any
manner obligating the village to pay for the same from any other sources,
and further that no revenue bonds shall be issued to pay for any such
automated pay boxes.
The operation, maintenance and management of the parking system shall be
under the supervision of the Village Manager, who shall see that said system
is kept in good working and operating order and is managed to the
advantage of the Village, and shall operate the system in an economical and
efficient manner.
K. Application of Proceeds:
The Village Manager, subject to the approval of the President and Board of
Trustees, shall designate such collector or collectors and methods as are
necessary to collect properly all coins deposited in the automated pay boxes.
Such collector or collectors shall be only such employees as are now or may
hereafter be duly bonded in a sum, as set forth in Appendix A, Divisions II
and III of this Code, for the faithful performance of their duties.
All monies so collected shall be deposited with the Village Treasurer, who
shall credit such collections to the parking system revenue fund for the
purposes set forth herein and shall submit a monthly report to the village
board showing all revenues derived from automated pay boxes.
The coins required to be deposited in automated pay boxes as provided in
this article are levied and assessed as fees to cover: the regulation and
control of parking upon public streets; the cost of automated pay boxes and
posted numbers, their installation, inspection, supervision, operation, repair
and maintenance, control and use of parking spaces, and regulating the
parking of vehicles in pay parking zones; and the cost of acquiring,
establishing, improving, maintaining and operating public off-street parking
facilities.
The Village Treasure shall pay from such parking system revenue fund the
costs of any automated pay boxes and posted numbers purchased by the
village and incurred for their installation, inspection, service, supervision,
repair and maintenance, for making collections from such automated pay
boxes and for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter applicable to
pay parking zones. The net proceeds of the operation of the parking system
in said parking system revenue fund, after the payment of such costs and
expenses, shall be used for parking studies and for the acquisition,
establishment, improvement, maintenance and operation of public off-street
parking facilities as the Village Board shall form time to time direct.
The percentage of revenue collected to be applied to the cost of installation
of automated boxes in Union Pacific Railroad lots nos. 1, 2 and 3 shall be
thirty three and on-third percent (331/3%) of the gross revenue as provided
in the agreement and lease with the Union Pacific Railway Company
consenting to the installation of automated pay boxes in said lots.
The parking meter fund shall be audited as a separate fund at the time of the
annual audit by the Village.
Prima Facie Proof: Proof of registration of a motor vehicle and proof of violation of
this section shall be construed as prima facie proof that the registered owner of
such motor vehicle was the user or operator thereof at the time of the violation
charges. (Ord. 3067, 11-5-1980; amd. Ord. 3422, 6-5-1984; Ord. 3914, 4-5-1988;
Ord. 4237, 9-18-1990; Ord. 5189, 5-15-2001).
SECTION 2: Paragraph B of Section 18.1323, entitled "Parking in Municipal
Parking Lots" of Chapter 18 of the Mount Prospect Village Code, shall be amended by
deleting paragraph B of Section 18.1323 and inserting a new paragraph B which shall be
and read as follows:
To back a vehicle into any parking space thereof whenever signs
have been placed in such lot which shall read, "Park Facing Bumper ]~
Do Not Back In".
.SECTION 3: Section 18.2015, entitled "Schedule XV - Parking Meter Zones" of
Chapter 18 of the Mount Prospect Village Code, shall be amended by deleting Section
18.2015 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new Section 18.2015 to be entitled
"Schedule XV - Pay Parking Zones" which shall be and read as follows:
Sec. 18.2015
SCHEDULE XV - PAY PARKING ZONES:
In accordance with subsection 18.1322A of this chapter, and when automated pay
boxes are installed, no person, without having complied with the requirements of
Section 18.1322 of this chapter, shall park a vehicle within the districts or upon
those streets or parts thereof described below:
SCHEDULE XV A
District or Street
Description
Union Pacific
Railroad Lots:
Lot No.1
The area lying north of the railroad, south
of Northwest Highway and immediately
west of Main Street.
Lot No.2
The area lying north of the railroad, south
of Northwest Highway and between Main
and Emerson Streets.
Lot No.3
The area lying north of the railroad, south
of Northwest Highway and immediately
east of Emerson Street.
In accordance with subsection 18.1320E of this Chapter and automated pay boxes
are installed and signs are posted giving notice hereof, no person without having
complied with the requirements of Section 18.1322 of this Chapter shall park a
vehicle within the districts or upon those streets or parts thereof described below:
District Or Street
Description
Prospect Ave, north side
of street
Btw. Maple and William Streets
(Ord. 3214, 5-18-1982, amd. Ord. 4231, 8-21-1990, Ord. 4398, 2-4-1992; Ord. 4698, 1-3-
1995)
SECTION 4: Appendix A, Division II of the Mount Prospect Village Code, shall be
amended by deleting reference to Section 18.1322 "Metered Pay Parking Zones" in its
entirety and inserting in lieu thereof reference to the new Section 18.2015 entitled "Pay
Parking Zones" which shall be and read as follows:
Sec. 18.1322: PAY PARKING ZONES:
C. 1.
Parking Within Municipal Parking Lots:
b. Deposit: $1.50.
Parking On Specified Public Roadways:
b. Deposit: $1.50.
Deposit Of Coins And Time Limits:
3. Parking amount: $1.50.
4. Parking amount: $1.50.
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Special Penalty:
1. Fine: Not less than $25.00 nor more than $200.00
Application of Proceeds:
2. Sum: Not less than $1,000.00
S...ECTION 5: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage, approval and publication in pamphlet form in the manner provided by law.
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSENT:
PASSED and APPROVED this ~ day of
,2003.
Gerald L. Farley, Village President
ATTEST:
Velma W. Lowe, Village Clerk