HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 14_020 Temporary Parking PermitsORDINANCE NO. -=-14:..!../..::..02::..:0:.. ___ _
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY
PARK, CHAPTER 12, TRAFFIC CONTROL, BY AMENDING SECTION 12.05.044
TO PROVIDE FOR TEMPORARY PARKING PERMITS AND TEMPORARY
PARKING PLACARDS; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A
PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 12, Article 12.05 "Parking", Section 12.05.044, of the
Code of Ordinances, City of University Park, Texas, is hereby amended in part to provide as
follows:
"Sec. 12.05.044 Temporary permits and placards
(a) ...
(b) ".
(c) Residents of a resident-parking-only zone may be issued two temporary parking
placards per household at no cost. Temporary parking placards must be renewed annually,
provided that placards issued in the Hillcrest East and Hillcrest West zones shall expire
December 31 of the year in which they were issued, and placards for the High School zone
shall expire on June 30th. Application for temporary parking placards shall be made to the
police department on a form provided by the department. Placards must be conspicuously
displayed, in a manner and location in the motor vehicle approved by the police department,
so as to be clearly visible from the street."
SECTION 2. All provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the City of University
Park, Texas, in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. Should any word, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or section
ofthis ordinance or ofthe Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be adjudged or held to be
void or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
said ordinance or the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, which shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 4. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction in the municipal
court of the City of University Park, Texas, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed the sum
of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each offe nse.
SECTION 5. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after the
publication of the caption, as the law and Charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Uni versity Park, Texas, on the
5th day of August 2014.
APPROVED:
OLIN LANE JR., MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
CHRISTINE GREEN, CITY SECRETARY
(RL0/7-21-14/67183)