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Home My WebLink About2013-3508 - Ordinance - 07/25/2013 ORDINANCE NO. 2013- 350? • AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10, "TRAFFIC CODE ", SECTION 10 -4., "ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICTION OF PARKING VIOLATIONS.," SUBSECTION H. " NORTHGATE PROMENADE PARKING LOT FEES. ", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, BY DELETING SUBSECTION H. "NORTHGATE PROMENADE PARKING LOT FEES. ", IN ITS ENTIRETY AND SUBSTITUTING A NEW SUBSECTION H. "NORTHGATE PARKING FEES, HOURS, EXEMPTIONS, AND LOADING ZONE. "; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: PART 1: That CHAPTER 10, "TRAFFIC CODE ", SECTION 10 -4., "ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICTION OF PARKING VIOLATIONS," SUBSECTION H. "NORTHGATE PROMENADE PARKING LOT FEES ", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas, be amended as set out in Exhibit "A" and attached hereto and made a part of this ordinance for • all purposes. PART 2: That if any provisions of any section of this ordinance shall be held to be void or unconstitutional, such holding shall in no way effect the validity of the remaining provisions or sections of this ordinance, which shall remain in full force and effect. PART 3 That any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed liable for a civil offense or guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, and, upon a finding of liability thereof, shall be punished by a civil penalty of not less than One Dollar ($1 nor more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), or upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty -five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Said Ordinance becomes effective ten (10) days after date of passage by the City Council, as provided by Section 35 of the Charter of the City of College Station. • Chapter 10 Section 4 H Page 2 Ordinance Amendment PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this 25 of 3 , 2013. APPROVED: Mayor ATTEST: • Secret Aptly APPROVED: M A- 0.-/-91 City Attorney • Chapter 10 Section 4 H Page 3 Ordinance Amendment EXHIBIT "A" • CHAPTER 10, "TRAFFIC CODE ", SECTION 10 -4., "ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICTION OF PARKING VIOLATIONS.," SUBSECTION H. "NORTHGATE PROMENADE PARKING LOT FEES. ", is hereby amended by deleting Subsection H. "Northgate Promenade Parking Lot Fees." in its entirety and substituting a new Subsection H. "Northgate Parking Fees, Hours, Exemptions, and Loading Zones. ", to read as follows: H. Northgate Parking Fees, Hours, Exemptions, and Loading Zone (1) Northgate Promenade Parking Lot Fee Schedule. The City Manager or his designee may adjust the parking fee up to or below the amounts set below. The following fees shall be charged for the use of a parking space in the Northgate Promenade Parking Lot, located at 310 Church Street: (a) Per hour fee up to three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50) per hour. (b) Special event fee up to twenty -five dollars ($25.00) per day. (c) Game day fee up to twenty -five dollars ($25.00) per day. • (2) Northgate Parking Garage Fee Schedule. The City Manager or his designee may adjust the parking fee up to or below the amounts set below. The following fees shall be charged for the use of a parking space in the Northgate Parking Garage, located at 309 College Main: (a) Per hour fee up to three dollars ($3.00) per hour. (b) Maximum daily fee ten dollars ($10.00) per day. (c) Lost ticket fee ten dollars ($10.00) per day. (d) Special event fee up to twenty -five dollars ($25.00) per day. (e) Game day fee up to twenty -five dollars ($25.00) per day. ID Chapter 10 Section 4 H Page 4 Ordinance Amendment • (1) License Agreements. The City Manager or his designee may enter into license agreements for the use of parking spaces in the Northgate College Main Parking Garage and may charge the following fees: (i) Twenty- four - hour —Seven days a week licenses (24/7). Up to two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) annually, or up to seven hundred dollars ($700.00) per semester or up to two hundred dollars ($200.00) per month. (ii) Daytime licenses. Up to one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) annually or up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) per semester or up to two hundred dollars ($200.00) per month. (iii) Charge a non - refundable administrative fee up to fifty dollars ($50.00) upon execution of a license agreement to park in the garage. (3) Northgate on Street Parking Fee Schedule. The City Manager or his designee may adjust the parking fee up to or below the amounts set below. The following fees shall be charged for the use of an on- street parking space provided by the City of College Station and adjacent to a parking meter anywhere in the Northgate area, generally located between South College on the East, Wellborn Road on the West, University Drive on the South and the City limit on the North. (a) Per hour fee up to three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50) per hour. Special event fee up to twenty-five dollars $25.00 per day. P p Y ( )P Y• (c) Game day fee up to twenty -five dollars ($25.00) per day. (4) Hours of Operation. The City Manager or his designee shall determine the hours of operation of the Northgate Promenade Parking Lot and Northgate College Main Parking Garage. (5) Exemptions. (a) Sunday Parking. A person may park a motor vehicle in the Northgate Promenade Parking Lot, Northgate on Street Parking and the Northgate College Main Garage and is exempt from the above fees on Sundays between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. (b) Disabled Parking. A person may park a motor vehicle in the Northgate Promenade Parking Lot and is exempt from the above fees if there is displayed on the vehicle valid disabled license plates or a valid disabled parking placard. (c) Friday 12:30 P.M. and 2:30 P.M. Parking. A person may park a motor vehicle at the on Street Parking Meters on the 300 and 400 Blocks of Stasney Street and Chapter 10 Section 4 H Page Ordinance Amendment • Tauber Street on Friday between the hours of 12:30 P.M. and 2:30 P.M. and is exempt from the above fees. (d) Northgate Promenade Parking Lot Loading Zone. (1) Location. The Loading Zone will be located at Parking Space numbers 106 through 135 on the South side of the Northgate Promenade Parking Lot located at 310 Church Avenue. (ii) Commercial Vehicles and Times. Only Commercial Motor Vehicles may park, stop, and stand with an unattended vehicle for active loading or unloading, on Northgate Promenade Parking Lot Loading Zone the during the hours from 7:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M., Monday through Friday. All other motor vehicles are prohibited from stopping, standing, and parking in this area during the specified time period. (1) Commercial Motor Vehicle in this Chapter means a vehicle has a gross combination weight or a gross combination weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds, including a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight or a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds or has a gross vehicle weight or a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds. (6) Violations. (a) It shall be unlawful to park a motor vehicle or Commercial Motor Vehicle in a space or multiple spaces without paying the required fee into the meter for the space, unless covered by an exemption listed above. (b) It shall be unlawful to park in the parking garage without paying the required fee-, unless covered by an exemption as listed above. (c) It shall be unlawful to park . a motor vehicle or Commercial Motor Vehicle in such a manner that the vehicle prohibits the use of an adjacent designated parking space or spaces. (d) It shall be unlawful to cause any damage to any parking surface, sidewalk, or any other property owned or maintained by the City by the loading or unloading of goods or by the over weight of a motor vehicle or Commercial Motor Vehicle. (Ordinance No. 2960 of March 8, 2007) (Ordinance No. 3197 of August 17, 2009)