39-14 Amend 309.01 Broaden Parking Infractions

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PLACED ON 1ST READING & REFERRED TO THE RULES & ORDINANCES COMMITTEE 11/17/14. SECOND READING & RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION 12/l/14. ORDINANCE NO. 39 -14 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Marx, Nowlin, O'Leary. AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, amending Section 309.01, Definitions, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, in order to broaden the types of parking infractions to which Chapter 309 applies. WHEREAS, Chapter 309 of the Code governs the civil parking violations bureau in the City and applies to certain parking infractions found in the Code; and WHEREAS, Chapter 309 does not currently apply to certain parking - related in- fractions found in the Code, and thus stands to be amended; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Ohio and the Ohio Re- vised Code, municipalities have the power of local self - government; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Ohio and the Ohio Re- vised Code, municipalities have the power to enact laws that are for the health, safety, welfare, comfort and peace of the citizens of the municipality; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, as set forth in Article III, Sections 10 and 13 of the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments, in that it is in the best interest of the City to be able to write parking infraction tickets without the need for misdemeanor prosecution; now, therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. Section 309.01, Definitions, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances, currently reading as follows: 309.01 DEFINITIONS. The following words and phrases, when used in this Chapter of the Traffic Code, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this Section. (a) "Parking Infraction' means a violation of Chapter 351, 353, or 355 of this Code.