Subject: 10524/Code/24-322etseq/TempCommPkgPermits
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 13:59:12 -0500


                            ORDINANCE NO.    10524  
                
                
                 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHATTANOOGA CITY CODE,
                 PART II, CHAPTER 24, BY AMENDING SECTION 24-322
                 AND BY INSERTING NEW SECTIONS 24-330, 24-331
                 AND 24-332.
                
                
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       	    	 SECTION 1.  BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
       CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, that Chattanooga City Code, Part
       II, Chapter 24, be and is hereby amended by deleting Section
       24-322(b) in its entirety and redesignating subsection (a) as
       Section 24-322.
       	    	 SECTION 2.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that Chattanooga
       City Code, Part II, Chapter 24, be and is hereby amended by 
adding
       new Sections 24-330, 24-331 and 24-332 as follows:
            Sec. 24-330.   Temporary reserved commercial parking
                           permits, terms, etc.
           
            	 (a)  In order to allow contractors or businesses
            with temporary parking needs to reserve on-street
            parking in the downtown area, the City Traffic Engineer,
            or his designee, may issue temporary commercial parking
            permits.
           
            	 (b)  The application for a temporary commercial
            parking permit shall contain the name and telephone
            number of the owner of the motor vehicle(s), the name of
            the usual operator of such motor vehicle(s), the motor
            vehicle's make, model and license number, the street
            address and parking meter number(s) for the space(s)
            requested and the date(s) the space(s) are needed.
           
            	 (c)  The City Traffic Engineer, or his designated
            representative, may issue permits to qualifying
            applicants for a fee of seven and 50/100 dollars ($7.50)
            per space per day.  The City Traffic Engineer may in his
            discretion limit the number of spaces and the duration
            of the permit.  The City Traffic Engineer shall not
            issue any temporary commercial parking permit if, in the
            Traffic Engineer's opinion, the use of such requested
            parking space(s) would interfere with any work in the
            right-of-way or with any event to be held in the
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            right-of-way.  The Traffic Engineer may also limit the
            hours during which a temporary commercial parking permit
            may be used.
           
            	 (d)  Upon approval of such permit, the City Traffic
            Engineer shall place a bag over the meter(s) reserved by
            the permit.  The operator shall place in the windshield
            of the vehicle(s) the placard(s) issued for the permit. 
            The placard(s) shall state clearly the vehicle make and
            model, the license plate number, the meter number(s) and
            date(s) for the reserved parking.
           
            Sec. 24-331.   Privileges and restrictions on temporary
                           commercial parking permits.
           
            	 The holder of a valid temporary commercial parking
            permit shall be permitted to stand or park a motor
            vehicle displaying the permit in the designated space(s)
            during such times as authorized by the permit.  No
            vehicle other than the vehicle identified by the permit
            shall use such permit or display it on a vehicle
            operated or parked, and any such use or display by a
            person other than the permittee shall constitute a
            violation of this article by the permittee and by the
            person who so used or displayed such parking permit.
           
            Sec. 24-332.   Revocation and suspension of temporary
                           commercial parking permit.
           
            	 The City Traffic Engineer may revoke the temporary
            commercial parking permit of any permittee found to be
            in violation of this Chapter or in violation of any of
            the conditions placed upon the use of such permit.  Upon
            written notification of such revocation, the permittee
            shall surrender such permit to the City Court or to the
            City Traffic Engineer.  Failure to surrender a revoked
            temporary commercial parking permit when so requested
            shall constitute a violation of this Code.
           
            	 At any time the City Traffic Engineer determines
            that the continued use of any such temporary commercial
            parking permit may constitute a danger to the public
            health or safety, the Traffic Engineer shall suspend
            further use of such permit until such time as the
            Traffic Engineer shall determine that the further use of
            such permit shall no longer constitute a danger to the
            public health or safety.
           
            	 The use of any such temporary commercial parking
            permit which has been revoked or suspended shall
            constitute a violation of this Code.
           
           
       	    	 SECTION 3.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that this ordinance
       shall take effect two (2) weeks from and after its passage as
       required by law.
      
       PASSED on Third and Final
       Reading January 7, 1997.	     
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       	    	      	   	     APPROVED: ___X__ DISAPPROVED: ______
      
       	    	      	   	     DATE:  January 10, 1997.
      
      
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