02-73 New 351.01 (r), (j) & 303.08 (r) Traffic - parking violations

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Please substitute for ord£nance distributed with docket OP. DINANCE NO. 2-73 BY: Messrs. Brockman, Graber, Magnotto, McBride, Usher, Wendling, Werner AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to supplement Section 351.01 of the Traffic Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood by enacting a new sub- paragraph (r) to said section to prohibit parking in a municipal parking garage or on other public property where signs prohibit same or in any area other than entirely within the individual parking spaces designated for the parking of vehicles, and to supplement Section 303.08 of the Traffic Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City'of Lakewood by enacting a new subparagraph (j) to said section to provide for the removal and impounding of Vehicles parked in violation of Section 351.01 (r) of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood. WHEREAS, the parking of motor vehicles on public property and in the hospital garage particularly, in areas other than those designated for the parking of vehicles is becoming more and more prevalent, and W~EREAS, such parking of vehic'le~ impedes the free flow of traffic therein and constitutes a hazard to other users of s~fd facilities in the increased possibilit of injury and property damage, and WHEREAS, such parking of vehicles constitutes an obstruction to or inter- ference with the operation of equipment or the removal of motor vehicles in the event of fire or otheremergencies, and . WHEREAS, it would be in the best interest of the City to prohibit such Parking immediately,-and to. provide for the removal and impounding of such parked vehicles, and ' .., : WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare and' for the usual daily operation of a municipal department, now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD~ 'STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. ' That Section 351.01 of the Traffic Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood be and the same is hereby supplemented by enacting a new paragraph (r) to said section, said subparagraph to read as follows: 351.01 LIMITATIONS ON PARKING. ~o person Shall stand or park a vehicle except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or with the provisions of.this Traffic Code, or in comPliance with the directions of a police officer or a traffic control device, in any of the following places: (r) At any place in a municipal parking garage or on other public property, excluding dedicated streets and ways set out for public travel and herein regulated, where signs prohibit stopping, standing, or parking, or in any areas other than entirely within the individual parking spaces designated and marked off for the parking of vehicles. Section 2. That Section 303.08 of the-Traffic Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood be and the same is hereby supplemented by enacting a new subparagraph (j) to said section, said subparagraph (j) to read as follows: 303.08 ~MPOUNDING OF VEHICLES; REDEMPT%ON. Police officers are authorized to provide for the removal and impounding of a vehicle under the following circumstances: (]) When any vehicle ts standing or parked in a municipal parking garage or on other public property in violation of Section 351.01 (r) of th~Traffic Code.