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024 of 1997 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12.64, SALT LAKE CITY CODE,O 97-1 O 97-20 SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE No. 24 of 1997 (City Parking Permit Program) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12.64, SALT LAKE CITY CODE, RELATING TO THE CITY PARKING PERMIT PROGRAM. Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah: SECTION 1. That Chapter 12.64, Salt Lake City Code, be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows: Chapter 12.64. CITY PARKING PERMIT PROGRAM 12.64.010. 12.64.020. 12.64.030. 12.64.040. 12.64.050. 12.64.060. 12.64.070. 12.64.080. 12.64.090. 12.64.100. 12.64.110. 12.64.120. 12.64.130. 12.64.140. 12.64.150. 12.64.160. 12.64.170. 12.64.180. Purpose. Definitions. Area designation Area designation Area designation Area designation - Authority. - Criteria. - Process. - Public services director actions. Signs and markings in designated areas. Parking permit - Application - Term. Parking permit - Fees. Parking permit - Issuance conditions. Parking permit - Display required. Parking permit - Activities permitted. Temporary visitor permits. Parking permit - Revocation conditions Enlargement of area Removal of area designation or deletion of streets. Modification of regulations Unlawful activities - Penalty. 2.64.010.Purpose. A. There exist certain entities within the city, such as hospital and university complexes and other large buildings, which attract commuters seeking parking in nearby areas which are predominantly residential and business in nature. The increased demand often exacerbates the severe shortage of street parking for residents and businesses in such areas. B. This Chapter authorizes a program and implementing procedural system by which residents and businesses within qualifying areas may receive preferential treatment when competing with commuter vehicles for available on -street parking in predominantly residential neighborhoods of the city. The enactment of a preferential parking permit program, administered by the public services director and implemented and operated by the city transportation engineer, can address the adverse effect of motor vehicle congestion caused by the long-term parking of commuter vehicles within these areas by: 1. Increasing access to residents and businesses; 2. Increasing traffic/pedestrian safety by reducing traffic congestion; 2 3. Reducing the adverse environmental impacts on an area created by excessive air and noise pollution and the accumulation of trash and refuse on public streets; 4. Encouraging the use of mass transit, car pooling and other alternative modes of transportation by reducing commuter vehicle traffic that originates from outside the permit area and has no apparent relation to area residents and businesses; 5. Promoting the tranquillity, safety, health and welfare of area inhabitants, which are desirable attributes that are associated with a positive urban environment. 12.64.020. Definitions. A. As used in this chapter. 1. "Address" means the street number and applicable apartment/condominium number for each dwelling unit, business, or other use. Each apartment or commercial unit is regarded as a unique address. 2. "Area" refers, irrespective of zoning, to a geographical region, not necessarily contiguous, where residents dwell and businesses may operate. 3 3. "Area business" means any professional establishment or non-resident property owner whose business property is located within a city parking permit area. 4. "Area permittee" means an area resident or an area business which has received from the transportation division an authorized area regular permit or an authorized seasonal city permit. 5. "Area regular permit" or "regular permit decal" means the permanent adhesive decal issued by the transportation engineer for assignment to vehicles under the legal control of area residents and businesses. 6. "Area resident" means any person who dwells or resides within a parking permit area. 7. "Area seasonal permit" means a permanent adhesive decal issued by the transportation engineer for assignment to vehicles under the legal control of area residents and businesses of a seasonal city permit area. 8. "Area vehicle" means a vehicle that originates from inside a permit area and is under the control of area residents or area business owners and includes automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, or other motor -driven forms of transportation. It does not include boats and trailers. 4 9. "City permit area" or "parking permit area" means any officially designated permit parking area within the corporate limits of Salt Lake City wherein motor vehicles displaying a valid permit as described herein shall be exempt from parking regulations or restrictions solely applicable to commuter vehicles. 10. "City permit program" means Salt Lake City's permit parking program, as a whole, administered by the public services director and operated by the transportation engineer pursuant to the provisions and regulations of this chapter. 11. "Commuter vehicle" means a motor vehicle parked in a city permit parking area that (a) is not under the control of an area resident, business owner or property owner, and (b) does not bear a permit for the designated area. 12. "Declaration" is the final action taken by the public services director setting the conditions for either approval or denial of the proposed city permit area. 13. "Dwelling" means a building, or portion thereof, which is designated for residential purposes. Such dwelling must bear an address assigned by the city engineer. The number of independent dwelling units recognized therein shall not exceed the number authorized under permit for zoning. 5 14. "Guest permit" means the portable card stock placard issued by the transportation engineer to area residents and area businesses for use on vehicles under the legal control of guests, customers and/or clients during periods when persons operating said vehicles are actually visiting or engaged in business at the permittee's address not to exceed two days per visit. 15. "Lease" means that a person pays rent or other remuneration for use of a parcel of real property as such person's residence or place of business. 16. "Owns" means that a person has at least one -quarter of the fee or equitable interest in a parcel of real property within a city permit parking area. 17. "Permit parking coordinator" refers to the person designated by the transportation engineer to operate and manage the permit parking program, including the implementation and operation of permit parking areas, on a routine, daily basis. 18. "Permit vehicle" refers to any vehicle properly displaying area regular, area seasonal, guest, or temporary visitor, issued by the transportation engineer for authorized use on such vehicles. 6 19. "Permit year" refers to the twelve (12) month period set for the administration of a city permit area, including the expiration and renewal of permit area regular and guest permits. 20. "Program" means and shall refer to the process of designation, administration and enforcement of all city parking permit areas and regulations established by the public services director pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. 21. "Regular permit decals" means the permanent adhesive decal issued by the transportation engineer for assignment to vehicles under the legal control of area residents and area businesses. 22. "Resident" means a person who resides in the city parking permit area on a regular basis. 23. "Seasonal city permit area" means an area which meets the criteria for a city permit area as set forth in Section 12.64.040 except that the twenty-five percent (25%) or higher occupancy by commuter vehicles is the result of special events occurring continually over a period of less than nine months and more than two months each year. 24. "Temporary visitor permit" means the temporary disposable paper permit issued for a predetermined length of time, not to exceed forty-five days, to area residents and area 7 businesses for use on vehicles under the legal control of service persons, operators of construction vehicles or equipment, and long-term visitors at the area permittee's address. B. The masculine form, as used in this chapter, if applicable as shown by the context thereof, shall also apply to a female person. 12.64.030. Area designation - Authority. The public services director may, upon recommendation of the transportation engineer, and pursuant to the provisions hereunder, consider for designation as a city permit parking area any area which satisfies the threshold criteria established below. Where he deems it necessary and appropriate to accomplish the legislative intent and objectives, the public services director may then designate by declaration any qualified area as an approved city permit parking area in which motor vehicles displaying a valid area parking permit may stand or be parked without limitations imposed on commuter vehicles by the parking regulations in the area. Such declaration shall also state the applicable parking regulations and the fees to be charged for permit issuance. 8 12.64.040. Area designation - Criteria. A. General Criteria. An area shall be deemed eligible for consideration as a city permit parking area if the public services director determines, after evaluation of the surveys and traffic studies prepared at the direction of the transportation engineer, that the qualified area is adversely affected by commuter vehicles for any extended period(s) during the day or night, on weekends or holidays. B. Specific Factors. In determining alleged adverse affects upon an area, the public services director shall analyze and evaluate factors which include, but are not limited to, the following: 1. The extent of the desire and perception of need by the residents for permit parking as evidenced by receipt of verified petitions and ballots as required herein; 2. The extent to which legal on -street parking spaces are occupied by motor vehicles during any given time period; and 3. The extent to which vehicles parking in the area during the period proposed for parking regulations are commuter vehicles rather than resident vehicles. C. Threshold Technical Criteria. The public services director may, upon recommendation of the city transportation 9 engineer, and pursuant to the provisions hereunder, consider for designation as a city permit parking area, an area whose streets (or portions thereof) qualify by satisfying the following eligibility criteria: 1. Seventy percent (70%) or more of the parking capacity is generally occupied; 2. Such occupancy continues for any consecutive four-hour period and such occupancy rate occurs at least four (4) days per week during at least a nine (9) month period per year. If the recommendation is for designation of a seasonal city permit area, the occupancy occurs over a period of more than two months and fewer than nine months; 3. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the vehicles occupying the on -street spaces are other than area vehicles. 4. The requesting area consists of curb space fronting a minimum of eight (8) standard blockfaces geographically located within the proposed permit area; and 5. The transportation engineer agrees that implementing the proposed permit area will not, to a significant extent, transfer the commuter vehicle parking problem to a different adjacent area should the area under consideration be designated permit parking. 10 12.64.050. Area designation - Process. A. Persons desiring to have their area designated permit parking shall consult with the transportation engineer or his designee, the permit parking coordinator, to tentatively establish the boundaries of the area proposed for designation. B. Upon receipt of a petition containing the signatures of a minimum of twenty-five percent(25%) of residents and/or businesses within the area boundary proposed for permit parking designation, the transportation engineer shall cause a parking study, or other surveys as may be deemed necessary, to be undertaken as soon as is practicable consistent with scheduling constraints, in order to determine if the proposed area satisfies the eligibility requirements as set forth in Section 12.64.040 above, or its successor. Should the studies reflect that other nearby area streets are similarly congested with curb parking, the transportation engineer may require such streets (or portions thereof) to be added to the proposed permit parking area. C. Upon certification by the transportation engineer that the general and technical threshold criteria set forth in Section 12.64.040 appear satisfied for a proposed area, the petitioners 11 shall be notified that they shall have fifteen (15) days from such notice, to (1) submit a listing of all addresses within the certified area from the most current Polk or Coles city directories and (2) submit a listing from the Salt Lake County Assessor's office of each separate tax parcel/property owner of record thereon within the certified area. In the interim, a ballot shall be prepared by the permit parking coordinator for the purpose of determining whether or not the transportation engineer should favorably recommend to the public services director that the proposed area be created. The ballot form shall indicate two choices, a "yes" (in favor of) choice or a "no" (not in favor of) choice for area permit parking designation. In addition a section allowing for "comments" shall be on the ballot. Upon receipt of the area address and tax parcel listings, the transportation engineer shall direct the permit parking coordinator, consistent with scheduling constraints, to mail the ballot to all addresses and property owners of record within the area proposed for designation. The mass mail shall contain the following: 12 1. The proposal to create a city permit area and the listing of streets (or portions thereof) included within the proposed boundary. 2. An information sheet generically describing the city's permit parking program, and including options related to on - street parking restrictions within a permit area, issuance of vehicle permits, and area program fees. The recommendation shall be available for public inspection at the division of transportation office. 3. The official ballot form as prescribed above. D. For the purpose of counting residents and businesses within the proposed permit parking area, each authorized address shall be given one count. For the purpose of counting owners, each separated tax parcel shall receive an additional count, regardless of whether its owner(s) is a resident or a business. For the purpose of counting petition signatures/ballot votes, only one signature/vote per authorized address shall be counted toward the minimum petition/ballot requirements. Owners may sign/vote for any vacant parcel addresses, but may not sign/vote for occupied addresses. In the case of condominium or other hybrid -ownership projects, one count shall be given the owner and one count for a non -owner occupying the unit and one count and 13 vote shall be given to the ownership association for the condominium complex; vacant units shall be treated as vacant rentals above. E. A thirty (30) day time period, commencing on the date of the mass mailing, shall be allowed for the purpose of voting. After indicating their preference on the ballot, residents and businesses shall return their ballot, on or prior to , the cut- off date (printed on the ballot) to the transportation engineer. To determine consensus as to whether or not area residents and area businesses are in favor of proceeding on to the next phase in the area designation process related to establishing the proposed permit parking area, the following criteria shall apply: Fifty-one (51%) or more of eligible residents and businesses, whose ballot has been received by the transportation engineer during the period allotted for voting, must indicated by ballot vote that they ARE NOT in favor of establishing the permit parking area by checking the "no" (not in favor of) choice listed on the ballot. For areas qualifying as a seasonal parking area, no ballot shall be required. Only a public hearing with residents indicating their favor with the change shall be required. 14 1. Immediately following the thirty -day deadline date specified for balloting, all ballots received by the imposed deadline shall be counted. The "yes" (in favor of) votes and the "no" (not in favor of) votes shall then be tallied separately and a percentage derived for each category by applying the stated formula to count petition signatures/ballot votes prescribed for in this Section. 2. Should the official ballots received by the transportation engineer by the deadline date specified to receive such ballots, when tallied, fall below the required fifty-one percent (51%) or more of residents and businesses indicating they ARE NOT in favor of establishing permit parking, it shall be assumed that a majority of residents and businesses in the area are in favor of permit parking. The transportation engineer shall then favorably recommend to the public services director the establishment/creation of the proposed city permit parking area. 3. Should the official ballots received by the transportation engineer within the deadline date specified to receive such ballots, when tallied, meet the required fifty-one (51%) or more of residents and businesses indicating they ARE NOT in favor of establish permit parking, the area designation process will cease and the transportation engineer will take no 15 further action related to establishing permit parking for the area. No new applications for permit parking for the area will be accepted for a period of one (1) year from the date on which the said balloting period expired. F. Upon receipt of the transportation engineer's favorable recommendation to establish a permit parking program for the area, the public services director, as soon as practicable consistent with scheduling constraints, shall fix a time, date and location for a public hearing to consider the transportation engineer's recommendation to designate the proposed area of city permit parking area where curb parking is restricted or allowed by permit only. Said hearing shall also be conducted for comment and analysis to determine the boundaries as well as the appropriate area rules and regulations, parking restrictions, issuance of permits, fees and other pertinent matters. G. At least ten days prior to the hearing date, written notice of the public hearing(s) provided for herein shall be (1) published in a newspaper of general circulation, (2) posted not more than four hundred feet apart along the streets proposed in the permit area, and (3) mailed to the listed residents, owners and those institutions known to the transportation engineer to generate a significant volume of commuter parking in the 16 neighborhood. The notice shall clearly state the purpose of the hearing, the location of the hearing, the proposed boundaries of the permit area, the proposed permit fee schedules and formulas for issuance, and the location where the transportation engineer's recommendation is on file and available for public review. H. Any interested party shall be entitled to appear and be heard on the proposal, subject only to reasonable rules of order that may be established by the public services director. 12.64.060. Area designation - Public services director actions. A. Within thirty (30) days following the hearing, the public services director shall deny or approve the designation of a city permit parking area as he deems justified under the objectives and procedures above. The public services director shall reduce his decision to writing in the form of a report that shall be filed with the city recorder, accompanied by the transportation engineer's recommendation related to the permit parking area and made available to any interested party upon request. B. The public services director's report shall include: 17 1. Significant subjects and concerns raised at the public hearing conducted; 2. The findings relative to those designation criteria deemed applicable to the city permit area; 3. Conclusions as to whether the findings, including testimony obtained at the public hearing, justify preferential permit parking for the area under consideration; 4. The director's approval (or denial) of the proposed permit parking area; and, if approved: 5. The proposed boundaries of the city parking permit area; 6. The proposed parking regulations, including administrative provisions for issuing permits; and 7. An implementation schedule indicating when the new permit parking area will become effective. C. If the public services director approves creation of a city permit parking area, a declaration of designation shall be prepared as an administrative regulation establishing the program for the area, including the boundaries, parking regulations, fees, and other pertinent matters, for its administration and implementation. The declaration shall be mailed to each listed address in the area designated boundaries. The transportation 18 engineer shall promptly implement the program pursuant to the schedule. If the public services director denies the creation of a city permit parking area, a notice of such denial shall be mailed to each listed address in the area designated boundaries. D. Information generated through the original designation process and the designation criteria set forth in this chapter shall also be utilized by the public services director in determining whether to remove any particular existing city permit parking area or portion thereof from designated status and participation in the program. E. Action by the public services director in creating, deleting or modifying the boundaries applicable in city parking permit areas under this chapter, shall be final. However, the city council may agree to review and to modify such decision(s) by a vote of at least four of its members. F. The public services director's decision shall be stayed by the filing of a written objection requesting city council review, provided the objection is filed within fifteen days of the filing of the report. The objection shall specify grounds upon which council review is justified. If accepted for review, the matter shall be scheduled for public hearing before the city council, with the mailing of ten days' written notice thereof to 19 the appellant, petitioner of record and the public services director. An objection failing to receive the necessary votes for review shall be deemed an affirmation of the public services director's decision. G. Actions by the public services director as to the implementation and enforcement shall be considered administrative matters. 12.64.070. Signs and markings in designated areas. Upon the declaration of the public services director designating a city permit parking area, the transportation engineer shall cause appropriate signs, markings and/or meters to be erected in the area, indicating prominently thereon the parking regulations, the effective date, and conditions under which permit parking shall be exempt therefrom. 12.64.080. Parking permit - Application - Term. Each parking permit issued by the transportation engineering office shall be valid for one year or portion thereof to be determined by the transportation engineer excluding visitor permits. Permits are not transferable, but may be renewed annually upon reapplication in the manner required by the 20 transportation engineer. Each application or reapplication for a parking permit shall contain information sufficient to identify the applicant's identity, claim for permit eligibility, authorized residence or business within the city permit parking area, the license number of the motor vehicle for which application is made, and such other information that may be deemed relevant by the transportation engineer. Applications shall be accompanied by the fee established in the declaration referred to in Section 12.64.070. 12.64.090. Parking permit - Fees. To defray program administration costs, fees associated with the city parking permit program shall be established by the declaration of the public services director applicable to the city permit parking area. The fees shall be as follows: A. Area regular permit for a term of one year $12.00 B. Area regular permit for a term of nine, ten, or eleven months $9.00 C. Area regular permit or area seasonal permit for a term of five, six, seven or eight months $6.00 D. Area seasonal permit for a term of three or four months or area regular permit for a term of one, 21 two, three or four months $3.00 12.64.100. Parking permit - Issuance conditions. A. Parking permits shall be issued by the transportation engineer's office. Each such permit shall be designed to state or reflect thereon the particular city permit parking area. No more than one parking permit shall be issued for each motor vehicle included on the application. The number of permits available and the manner for allocating permits between various competing resident (as opposed to commuter) vehicles, and the manner in which the process will be administered for each designated area in the program shall be established by the public services director's declaration of designation. B. The following classifications of persons or entities (listed in order of priority) may be issued parking permits for motor vehicles under their control upon request pursuant to the allocation basis set forth in said declaration: 1. Area residents of the city permit parking area for motor vehicles owned or controlled and regularly parked in the area by household members. 22 2. Area business owners who own or lease property (and their full time employees) within a city permit parking area for motor vehicles associated with the business use regularly parked in the area. However, no more than one parking permit may be issued for each such motor vehicle. 3. Area residents and area businesses (and the full-time employees of area businesses) within a seasonal city permit area during the term set forth in the declaration. 4. Guests, customers, and/or clients of city permit area residents or area businesses who may be provided guest permits by such area permittees for use on vehicles under the legal control of guests, customers and/or clients during periods when persons operating such vehicles are actually visiting or engaged in business at the area permittee's address, for periods not to exceed two days per visit. 5. Temporary visitors as provided by Section 12.64.130 or its successor. C. Issuance of a permit shall not guarantee or reserve to the holder thereof an on -street parking space within the designated permit parking area. 12.64.110. Parking permit - Display required. 23 Permits shall be displayed on the authorized vehicle as provided in the regulations adopted in the declaration. 12.64.120. Parking permit - Activities permitted. A motor vehicle bearing a valid parking permit displayed as provided for herein, shall be permitted to stand or be parked in the permit area for which the permit has been issued without being limited by parking regulations or prohibitions solely applicable to commuter vehicles. The permit does not exempt drivers or owners from complying with general parking regulations and penalties imposed by the traffic code set out in this Title 12, or ordinances. All other motor vehicles not displaying permits that are parked within a city permit parking area shall be subject to the commuter parking regulations adopted by such declaration authorized by this chapter, and the penalties provided for herein. 12.64.130. Temporary visitor permits. Each declaration shall authorize the transportation engineer to issue temporary visitor parking permits to residents and businesses located within designated permit areas for use of their bona fide transient visitors, service persons, and 24 construction personnel for a limited duration not to exceed forty five days. Prior to expiration, a vehicle bearing a visitor permit shall have all the parking rights, obligations and privileges held by permanent permits. Appropriate requirements or limitations on visitor permits, methods and qualification for fees, shall be recommended in each permit parking area by the transportation engineer and contained in the public services director's declaration. 12.64.140. Parking permit - Revocation conditions. A. Faithful compliance with the terms of the city parking permit program is a condition subsequent to the privilege of obtaining a permit. Violation of the terms of the city parking permit area shall be deemed a forfeiture of those privileges. 1. Any permit holder convicted for violation of this chapter may be required to surrender such permit as a part of sentencing. 2. The transportation engineer is authorized to revoke the city parking permit of any person found to be in violation of this chapter, and upon written notification thereof, the person shall surrender such permit to the transportation engineer. Failure, when so requested, to surrender a city parking permit so revoked shall constitute an infraction. 25 3. In the event the transportation engineer has good cause to believe that any person or entity is abusing the visitor permit system described above, he/she shall so notify the permit holder. Any further application for a visitor permit by such person found abusing the system may be denied for a period of not more than one year. B. Any person aggrieved by such a determination made by the transportation engineer under subsections A2 and A3 of this section shall have the right to appeal to the public services director within seven days of such determination. 12.64.150. Enlargement of area. Upon recommendation from the transportation engineer that the designation criteria and circumstances indicate that enlargement of an existing permit parking area is warranted and appropriate, the public services director may begin proceedings to enlarge the area by initiating the following procedure: A. Notice shall be given to all addresses within the proposed permit area expansion boundary of a public hearing to be held. Such notice shall be given as provided for in sub section G of Section 12.64.050 of this chapter. B. Such notice shall contain: 26 1. The date, time and place of the public hearing to consider the proposed area expansion. 2. A description of the public services director's intentions to enlarge the existing permit parking area. 3. A listing of the streets (or portions thereof) proposed to be added to the existing permit parking area. 4. A listing of the rules and regulations proposed for governing the enlarged permit parking area, including the issuance of permits and fees. C. The hearing shall be conducted as provided under sub section H of Section 12.64.050. The public services director shall take into account the factors justifying the permit parking area expansion in accordance with subsection C of Section 12.64.040, with the exception that the requirement stated in paragraph 4 of said subsection C shall not be considered. D. Within thirty (30) days of the public hearing the public services director shall approve or deny the proposed permit area enlargement. The public services director shall reduce his decision to writing in the form of a report that shall be filed with the city recorder and made available to any interested party upon request. The report shall follow the format outlined in sub section B of Section 12.64.060. 27 E. If the permit parking area enlargement is approved, a Declaration of Expansion shall be prepared and distributed using the criteria outlined in subsection C of Section 12.64.060. Criteria contained in subsections D, E, F, and G of Section 12.64.060 shall apply. 12.64.160. Removal of area designation or deletion of streets. Upon recommendation from the transportation engineer that the designation criteria and circumstances indicate that removal of permit designation from an entire permit parking area is warranted and appropriate, the public services director may begin proceedings to delete a permit parking area or selected streets of a permit parking area by initiating the following procedure: A. By giving notice to all addresses within the boundary of the permit parking area proposed to be wholly removed from permit parking designation or within the boundary of an existing permit parking area where certain streets (or portions thereof) are proposed to be deleted from permit parking area, that a public hearing is to be held to consider this action. Such notice shall be given as provided for in sub section G of Section 12.64.050 of this chapter. B. Such notice shall contain: 28 1. The date, time and place of the public hearing to consider the proposed removal or deletion. 2. A description of the public services director's intention to remove from designation a permit parking area or to delete certain streets (or portions thereof) from an existing permit parking area. 3. A listing of the streets (or portions thereof) proposed for removal from designation or deletion from a permit parking area. C. The hearing shall be conducted as provided under sub section H of Section 12.64.050. The public services director shall take into account the factors justifying the proposed removal of area permit parking designation or the proposed deletion of certain streets (or portions thereof) from an existing permit parking area. D. Within thirty (30) days of the public hearing the public services director shall approve or deny the proposed removal from permit designation of an entire permit parking area or the proposed deletion of certain streets (or portions thereof) from an existing permit parking area. The public services director shall reduce his decision in writing in the form of a 29 report that shall be filed with the city recorder and made available to any interested party upon request. The public service director's report shall include: 1. Significant subjects and concerns raised at the public hearing conducted. 2. The findings relative to those designation criteria and circumstances which indicate whether or not removal from designation or the deletion of certain streets (or portions thereof) from an existing city permit parking area is warranted; 3. Conclusion as to whether the findings, including testimony obtained at the public hearing, justify the removal from designation or the deletion of certain streets (or portions thereof) from an existing city permit area; 4. The director's approval (or denial) of the proposed removal or deletion. 5. If approved, an implementation schedule for removal or deletion. E. If permit parking area designation is removed from an entire area or if the deletion of certain streets (or portions thereof) from an existing permit parking area is approved, a Declaration of Removal shall be prepared and distributed using the criteria outlined in subsection C of Section 12.64.060. 30 W Criteria contained in subsections D, E, F, and G, of Section 12.64.060 shall apply. In the case of deleting certain streets (or portions thereof) from an existing permit parking area, the area Declaration of Designation shall be amended to reflect the approved deletion. 12.64.170 Modification of regulations. Upon recommendation from the transportation engineer that circumstances warrant modification to regulations or restrictions governing an existing permit parking area the public services director may begin proceedings to make such modifications by initiating the following procedure: A. Notice shall be given to all addresses within the boundary of the existing permit area of a public hearing to be held. Such notice shall be given as provided for in sub section G of Section 12.64.050. B. Such notice shall contain: 1. The date, time and place of the public hearing to consider the proposed area modifications. 2. A description of the public services director's proposed modifications to the existing permit parking area. 31 3. A listing of the streets (or portions thereof) that will be affected by the proposed modifications. C. The hearing shall be conducted as provided under sub section H of Section 12.64.050. The public services director shall take into account the factors justifying the proposed modifications/changes to rules, regulations and/or restrictions governing the existing parking permit area. D. Within thirty (30) days of the public hearing the public services director shall approve or deny the proposed modification(s) to the permit area. Should the modification(s) be approved, the transportation engineer shall be directed to implement the change(s) as soon as is practicable, consistent with scheduling constraints. The permit area Declaration of Designation shall also be amended to reflect the new, approved modification(s) to the area rules, regulations and/or restrictions. 12.64.180. Unlawful activities - Penalty. A. It is unlawful and a violation of this chapter, unless expressly provided to the contrary herein, for any person to stand or park a motor vehicle, or to cause the same to be done contrary to the parking regulations established pursuant hereto. 32 Such violation shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars. B. It is unlawful and a violation of this article for a person to falsely represent himself as eligible for a parking permit, or to furnish false information in an application therefor to the transportation engineering office. Such violation shall constitute a Class B misdemeanor. C. It is unlawful and a violation of this chapter for a person holding a valid parking permit issued pursuant hereto to permit the use or display of such permit on a motor vehicle other than that for which the permit is issued. Such conduct shall constitute an unlawful act and violation of this chapter, both by the person holding the valid parking permit and the person who so uses or displays the permit on a motor vehicle other than that for which it is issued. Such violation shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars. D. It is unlawful and a violation of this chapter for a person to copy, produce or otherwise bring into existence a facsimile or counterfeit parking permit in order to evade parking regulations applicable in a city permit parking area. Such violation shall constitute a Class B misdemeanor. 33 SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall take effect on the date of first publication. Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this 3rd day of ATTEST: June , 1997. CHIEF DEPUTY CITY ,ECORDE Transmitted to the Mayor on APPROVED AS TO FOR'vt S.R , l.tc• _ Attorney's Office Dv June 4, 1997 Mayor's Action: XX Approved. ATTEST: HIEF D PUTY CITY ''ECORDER MAYOR 34 Vetoed. t • (SEAL) Bill No. 24 of 1997. Published: June 11, 1997 (g:\ordina97\12-64-final 35