99-78 new (c) in 351.21 Traffic - exemption from parking ban

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l)] ,I,~,~E SUI.~'qT['IUTF, 1;l)l{ ()~ tJ )i NAN(JJ~i ;~IIC]t WAS RI:lv~J~t~;]) TO qRA~7IC SAFETY CX)MMI~ ON NOVE}fl3ER 6, 1978. ORDINANCE NO. 99-78 BY: Chinnock, Magnotto, McBride, Salmon, Wendling, Brockman, Brown AN t~IERG~ ORDINANCE to supplement Section 351.21 of the Traffic Code~of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood by enacting new subparagraph (c) thereof to provide for exemption from the 3:00 a.m. to 6: 00 a.m. parking ban and the 8: O0 a.m. to 4: 00 p.m. snow emergency parking ban in effect on certain streets within the City and to provide for a permit therefor to qualifying residents. WHEREAS, the Director of Public Safety pursuant to authority of Section 351.21 of the Traffic Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood has established an overnight parking ban on certain streets in the City of Lakewood, and WHEREAS, such ban which prohibits parking between the hours of 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. daily, has caused unreasonable hardship to certain residents on the streets affected by such ban, and WHERFAS, on October 16, 1978, Cotmcil adopted Ordinance No. 87-72 which, in part, provided for an emergency snow parking ban between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on certain streets in the City of Lakewood, and WHEP~AS, this Council is of the opinion that it is in the best interests of the City to provide some relief from'such parking restrictions to those persons meeting certain qualifications and to provide for the issuance of a permit for the parking on such streets during such prohibited times, and WT{FffLEAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the inmediate preservation of the public safety and welare and for the usual daily operation of a municipal department; now, therefore, OHIO: BE IT ORDAIN-ED BY THE CCIJNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKI~q®, STA2~ OF Section 1. That Section 351.21. of the Traffic Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Ix~ewood be and the same is hereby supplemented by enacting new subparagraph (c) thereof to read ms follows: 351.21 POWERS OF DIRtL~FIOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY (c) The Director of Public Safety is hereby m~thoriZed to exempt residents on those streets upon which parking is prohibited between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. daily, from such prohibition and to exempt residents from the 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. snow emergency parking ban as provided in paragraph (c) of Section 351.26 of this Code, provided said residents qualify for such exemption under rules and'regulations, as shall be established by the Director of Public Safety and approved by Council relating thereto. Applications for such exenption shall be filed with the Director of Public Safety who m~v issue an all night parking permit for any motor vehicle owned by a qualifying applicant. A fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be charged for each permit issued hereunder. The ~nitial permit she. l] be valid 'f~.)m the date of iss~(~ up to and including June 30,1980 and all subs(~uent penni'ts shall be valid for a two (2) year period. Section 2. That this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the reasons stated in the preamble hereof and provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of ail members elected to Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption and approval by the Mayor; otherwise it shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.