ORDINANCE NO. 2006
(An ordinance amending Chapter 10.36 of the Hood River Municipal Code to provide for limits on vehicle parking)
WHEREAS, the City has authority to regulate parking of motor vehicles;
WHEREAS, certain parking violations are currently issued under Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS.);
WHEREAS, the following violations are the only parking citations not adopted as municipal codes; and
WHEREAS, by adopting these violations in the Hood River Municipal Code, this will offer standardization to all parking violations enforced by parking.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF HOOD RIVER ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Chapter 10.36 of the Hood River Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 10.36 - STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
10.36.010 Parking methods and restrictions
10.36.020 Prohibited parking and standing
10.36.030 Parking for certain purposes prohibited
10.36.031 Parking within 10 feet of a fire hydrant
10.36.032 Parking on a sidewalk
10.36.032 Parking on a crosswalk
10.36.034 Unlawful parking in space reserved for persons with disabilities
10.36.040 Unauthorized standing on city owned real estate--Prohibited
10.36.050 Unauthorized standing on city owned real estate--Impoundment-Reclamation
10.36.060 Unauthorized standing on city owned real estate--Impoundment--Appeal procedure
10.36.070 Parking or standing in loading zone restricted
10.36.080 Leaving unattended vehicle--Required procedure
10.36.090 Unattended vehicle--Action by police officer
10.36.100 Standing or parking of buses and taxicabs restricted
10.36.110 Bus and taxicab stands--Use restricted
10.36.120 Lights on parked vehicle
10.36.130 Commercial vehicle parking in residential zone
10.36.140 Exemptions
A. 10.36.031 Parking within 10 feet of a fire hydrant. Except as provided under an exemption in 10.36.140, a person is in violation of 10.36.031 if a person parks, stops or leaves standing a vehicle within 10 feet of a fire hydrant.
B. 10.36.032 Parking on a sidewalk. Except as provided under an exemption in 10.36.140, a person is in violation of 10.36.032 if a person parks, stops or leaves standing a vehicle on a sidewalk.
C. 10.36.033 Parking on a crosswalk. Except as provided under an exemption in 10.36.140, a person is in violation of 10.36.033 if a person parks, stops or leaves standing a vehicle on a crosswalk.
D. 10.36.034 Unlawful parking in space reserved for persons with disabilities. A person commits the offense of unlawful parking in a space reserved for persons with disabilities if:
(a) The person parks a vehicle in any parking space or aisle that is on private or public property and that is marked or signed to provide parking for persons with disabilities and the vehicle does not conspicuously display a disabled person parking permit described in ORS 811.602 or 811.606 or a disabled parking permit issued by another jurisdiction;
(b) Stops or parks a vehicle in such a way as to block access to a parking space that is on private or public property and that is marked or signed to provide parking for persons with disabilities; or
(c) Places an object or allows an object to be placed in such a manner that it blocks access to a parking space that is on private or public property and that is marked or signed to provide parking for persons with disabilities.
E. The remaining provisions on Chapter 10.36 are unchanged.
Read for the first time: March 11, 2013.
Read for the second time and passed: March 25, 2013, to become effective thirty (30) days hence.
Signed , 2013.
Arthur Babitz, Mayor
ATTEST:
Jennifer Gray, City Recorder