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~ ORDINANCE i~fENDING CHAPTER :1.:1..28 OF THE ASHLAND
MUNTCIPA~, CODE REGARDING RESTRICTED PARK~'NG AREAS
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 11.28 of the Ashland Municipal Code is
amended in its entirety to read:
Chapter 11.28
RESTRICTED PARKING AREAS
Sections:
11.28.010 Parking time limits.
11.28.020 Tire markings.
11.28.050 Effective hours.
11.28.060 City parking lot.
11.28.070 Parking on one side.
11.28.075 Parking on both sides.
11.28.080 Violation--Penalties.
11.28.090 Violation--Responsibility.
11.28.100 Parking Hours--Section 11.28.070.
11.28.105 Parking hours--Section 11.28.075.
11.28.110 Fines for parking infractions.
11.28.010 Parking time limits. Parking time limits shall be
established by traffic regulations promulgated and published by
the City Administrator as authorized in section 11.12.020.
11.28.020 Time Markings. No person shall obliterate or conceal
any marking by a police officer of the tire of a vehicle for the
purpose of preventing the police officer from determining the
length of time that said vehicle has been parked.
11.28.050 Effective hours. The parking regulations described in
Section 11.28.060 are in effect between the hours of 8:30 a.m.
and 5:30 p.m. every day except Sundays and other legal holidays.
11.28.060 City parking lot. Parking in the parking lot owned by
the City immediately adjacent to the public library, which is on
the southwest corner of Gresham Street and East Main Street, is
limited to two hours except that employees of the public library
may park for a longer period of time in the spaces presently
designated as employee parking spaces.
11.28.070 Parking on one side. Vehicle parking prohibitions on
one side only, as defined and provided by Chapter 11.24, shall be
imposed on the following streets:
East side of Wightman Street from Siskiyou to Webster; west
side of Bridge, Mountain, Avery and Garfield, from Siskiyou
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to Iowa; west side of Palm from end of existing time limit
parking near Siskiyou to Iowa; west side of Glenwood Drive
from Pleasant to Ashland Street; west side of Elkader from
Fern to Ashland Streets; and the south side of Lee Street
except where, by appropriate signs or marking as provided for in
Chapter 11.24, the restrictions are designated otherwise.
11.28.075 Parking on both sides. Vehicle parking prohibitions
on both sides of the street, as defined and provided by Chapter
11.24, shall be imposed on the following streets:
A. East Main Street between Lithia Way and the Southern
Pacific Railway right-of-way;
B. Winburn Way from the bandshell to the upper duck pond
except where, by appropriate signs or marking as provided for in
Chapter 11.24, the restrictions are designated otherwise.
11.28.080 Violation--Penalties. A vehicle parked in violation
of this chapter shall have a notice of violation attached to the
vehicle and the owner or operator of the vehicle shall be subject
to the penalties provided in Section 1.08.020, and may be subject
to the impounding of such vehicle as provided in Chapter 11.36.
11.28.090 Violation--Responsibility. In the trial of any
alleged violation of this chapter, the registered owner of the
vehicle so parked shall be presumed to be the person in charge
and control of such vehicle; such presumption shall, however, be
rebuttable by the defendant.
11.28.100 Parking hours--Section 11.28.070. The parking
regulation described in Section 11.28.070 is effective between
the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. every day except Sundays and
other legal holidays.
11.28.105 Parking hours--Section 11.28.075. The parking
regulations described in Section 11.28.075 shall be in effect 24
hours per day, seven days per week.
11.28.110 Fines for parking infractions and warrants of arrest.
A parking infraction is a violation of any parking prohibition,
limitation or regulation of the City of Ashland. A person who
e0mmit~ a Darking infraction may not ~uff~ any disability or
legal disadvantage based upon conviction of a crime, and, the
penalty shall be limited to a fine not to exceed $150. Provided,
however, a person who commits three or four parking infractions
in any calendar year shall pay an additional fine of $25 and a
person who commits five or more parking infractions in any
calendar year shall pay an additional fine of $50. In the trial
of a person charged with a parking infraction, neither the
defendant nor the City of Ashland shall be entitled to trial by
jury. If a person cited for a parking infraction fails to appear
any time fixed by the Court, a warrant for the arrest of such
person may be issued.
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The foregoing ordinance was first read by title only in
accordance with Article X, Section 2(C) of the City Charter on
ADOPTED this ~'~ day of
Nan E. Franklin, City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this JJ/
1994, and duly PASSED and
.:~_~_~ , 1994 ·
day of ~~--~ , 1994.
Catherine M. Golden, Mayor
~Pau~l °~~~oe~tl i i~°rA~ :torney
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