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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 2002-52 BY: Council Members Kasler, Gareau, Nashar, McKay and Miller AN ORDINANGE AMENDING SECTIONS 351.04 AND 351.20 OF THE TRAFFIC CODE IN ORDER TO .REMOVE FROM CHAPTER 351 Di7PLICATIVE PROVISIONS RELATING TO HANDICAPPED PARKING VIOLATIONS AND PROVISIONS WHICH PROPERLY BELONG IN CHAPTER 1161 OF THE ZONIIVG CODE, AND FURTHER TO BRING THE SUBSTANTIVE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 351.20 UP TO STATE CODE; AMENDING ORDIIVANCE NiIMBER 2001-12 7 SO THAT IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FOREGOING CHANGES TO SEC770NS 351.04 AND 351.20; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the Director of Law, upon reviewing the substantive provisions of Chapter 351 of the Traffic Code, has made recommendations to this Council to remove certain duplicative provisions relating to handicapped parking violations and c+ertain provisions relating to handica.pped parking spaces which properly belong in the Zoning Code; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council to adopt the recommendations of the Director of Law and to amend Sections 351.04 and 351.20 ofthe Traffic Code accordingly; and N'HEREAS, it is further the desire of this Council ta bring the substantive provisions of Section 351.20 up to State Code; and WHEREAS, it is further the desire of this Council to atnend Ordinance Number 2001- 127, relating to the disposition of handicapped parking violation fines into the senior emergency fund to reflect the changes made to Sections 351.04 and 351.20 of the Traffic Code relating to handicapped parking violations; 1VOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA AND STA TE OF OHIO: SECTION l: That Section 351.04 of the Traffic Code, entitled "Parking Near Curb; Handicapped Locations on Public and Private Lots and Garages," which preserrtly reads as follows: "351.04 PARIMG NEAR CURB; HANDICAPPED LOCATIONS ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LOTS AND GARAGES. (a) Every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there is an adjacem curb shall be stopped or parked with the curb side wheels of the vehicle parallei with and not more than twelve inches from the curb, unless it is impossible to approach so close to the curb; in such case the stop shall be as close to the curb as possible and only for the time necessary to discharge and receive passengers or to load or unload merchandise.