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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 6668 ORDINANCE NO. !O 4,y FC AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1964) , AS AMENDED; BEING AN ORDI- NANCE CONCERNING PARKING METERS: PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PARKING METER ZONES, MAXIMUM PARKING TIME AND FEES THEREFOR; PROVIDING FOR THE HOURS OF PARKING METER OPERATION AND FOR CERTAIN INFORMATION TO BE SHOWN UPON PARKING METERS; PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PARKING METERS; PROVID- ING FOR THE METHOD OF EMPLOYMENT OF PARKING METERS AND PARKING SPACES ADJACENT THERETO; PROVIDING FOR THE ILLEGALITY OF OVERTIME PARKING; PROVIDING FOR PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF OVERTIME PARKING; PROVIDING FOR THE ILLEGALITY OF EXTENDING THE MAXIMUM PARKING TIME; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF PARKING; PROVIDING FOR THE MARKING OF SPACES AND THE PARKING WITHIN SAME; PROVIDING FOR THE ILLEGALITY OF THE USE OF SLUGS IN PARKING METERS; PROVIDING FOR THE ILLEGALITY OF TAM- PERING WITH PARKING METERS; PROVIDING FOR THE PROOF OF PARKING METER LOCATION AND TIME LIMIT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULA- TIVE OF OTHER ORDINANCES AND PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CODE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CODE IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFEC- TIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT Division 2 of Article VI of Chapter 26 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1964) , as amended, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "Division 2. Parking Meters "Sec. 26-103. Establishment of zones and maximum park- ing time therein; establishment of fees. "There are hereby established Parking Meter Zone No. 1, Parking Meter Zone No. 2, Parking Meter Zone No. 3, and Parking Meter Zone No. 4. "The traffic engineer is hereby authorized to desig- nate such parking meter zones upon any street or portion of any street where it is determined, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, that the instal- lation of parking meters shall be necessary to aid in the regulation, control or inspection of the parking of vehi- cles in the exercise of the police power of regulating, operating or controlling the operation of vehicles using the public streets. The parking of vehicles in such park- ing meter zones shall be controlled and regulated by park- ing meters, installed and maintained by the traffic engi- neer, and located upon the curb immediately adjacent to the individual parking spaces. "In the zones so established, the traffic engineer shall designate the maximum parking time for each park- ing meter, basing his designation upon the investiga- tion above set forth. "The fees for parking meter zones so established shall be as follows: "Parking Meter Zone No. 1: Fifteen (15) minutes for the depositing in the meter of a five (5) cent coin of the United States of America; thirty (30) minutes for the deposit- ing in the meter of a ten (10) cent coin of the United States of America; and one (1) hour for the depositing in the meter of a twenty-five (25) cent coin of the United States of America. "Parking Meter Zone No. 2: Thirty (30) minutes for the depositing in the meter of a five (5) cent coin of the United States of America; one (1) hour for the depositing in the meter of a ten (10) cent coin of the United States of America; and two (2) hours for the depositing in the meter of a twenty- five (25) cent coin of the United States of America. "Parking Meter Zone No. 3: Thirty (30) minutes for the depositing in the meter of a five (5) cent coin of the United States of America. "Parking Meter Zone No. 4: One (1) hour for the de- positing in the meter of a five (5) cent coin of the United States of America. -2- "Sec. 26-104. Hours meters to operate; information to be shown on meters. "Parking meters in the established zones shall regu- late the parking of vehicles between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M., unless otherwise specified by sign, of any day, except Sundays and such other days as shall be specifically designated by the city council; or when parking is specifically prohibited by street signs. "Each parking meter shall bear thereon a legend indi- cating the days and hours when the requirements to deposit coins therein shall apply, the value of the coins to be deposited, and the lawful period of time permitted for parking by meter actuation in the parking meter zone in which such meter is located. "Sec. 26-105. Installation and operation. "The city traffic engineer or such other officer or employee of the city as he may select is authorized to install or place parking meters in such parking meter zones established by the traffic engineer. Each parking meter shall be placed upon the curb alongside of or next to an individual parking space, such space to be desig- nated as hereinafter provided. "The city traffic engineer or such other officer or employee above referred to shall provide for the installa- tion, regulation, control, operation and use of the park- ing meters provided for in this division and shall main- tain such meters in good operating condition. Parking meters shall be capable of being operated, either auto- matically or mechanically, upon the deposit therein of a designated coin or coins of United States currency, for the full period of time for which parking is lawfully permitted in any parking meter zone. "Each parking meter shall be so designed, constructed, installed and set that upon expiration of the time period registered by the deposit of one or more coins as pro- vided herein, such meter will indicate by an appropriate signal that the lawful parking meter period has expired; and that during such period of time and prior to the ex- piration thereof, such meter will indicate the interval of time which remains of such period. "Sec. 26-106. How parking meter and space to be used. "No person shall park a vehicle in any parking space upon a street alongside of and next to which a parking meter has been installed during the regulated time ap- plicable to the parking meter zone in which such meter is located, unless a coin or coins of United States cur- rency of the appropriate denomination shall have been deposited therein, or shall have been previously de- posited therein for an unexpired interval of time, and such meter has been placed in operation. -3- "Sec. 26-107. Parking overtime - unlawful. "It shall be unlawful for any person to permit a vehi- cle to be parked, to remain or to be placed in any park- ing space alongside of or next to which is located any parking meter during the restricted and regulated time applicable to the parking meter zone in which such meter is located while the parking meter for such space indi- cates by signal that the lawful parking time in such space has expired. This provision shall not apply to the act of parking or the necessary time which is re- quired to deposit immediately thereafter a coin or coins in such meter. "Sec. 26-108. Same - Expired meter prima facie evidence. "The displaying of a signal by any parking meter in- dicating illegal parking while a vehicle is parked in a parking space adjoining such parking meter shall be prima facie evidence that such vehicle has been parked overtime and beyond the period of time established for the particu- lar parking meter zone in which said parking space and said meter are located. "Sec. 26-109. Same - Extension by another deposit. "It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or cause to be deposited in a parking meter a coin for the purpose of extending the parking time beyond the maxi- mum parking time established for the particular parking meter zone in which said meter is located. "Sec. 26-110. Manner of parking. "Any vehicle parked in any parking space in any park- ing meter zone shall be parked with the hood of such vehi- cle alongside of or next to the parking meter alongside of such parking space in parallel parking spaces; and with the front of the vehicle at the meter in diagonal parking spaces; and, in either event, shall be parked within the lines marked on the street for such parking space, as provided hereinafter. "Sec. 26-111. Marking of spaces; parking within. "The traffic engineer or such other officers or em- ployees of the city as he shall select shall place lines or marks on the curb or on the street about or alongside of each parking meter to designate the parking space for which such meter is to be used. Each vehicle parked alongside of or next to any such parking meter shall park within the lines or markings so established. It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle across any such line or mark, or to park such vehicle in such way that the same shall not be within the area so designated by such line or marking. -4- "Sec. 26-112. Use of slugs, etc. , in meters. "It shall be unlawful to deposit or cause to be deposited in any parking meter any slug, button, device, substance or substitute for a coin of United States cur- rency. "Sec. 26-113. Injuring or tampering with meters. "It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, in- jure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter installed under the terms of this division. "Sec. 26-121. Proof of parking meter location and time limit. "When any person is charged with having committed an offense under this division, proof that a parking meter was located at the parking space in connection with which the offense was committed shall constitute prima facie evidence that the parking meter was installed and the space laid out by order of the traffic engineer, and that the location and maximum parking time of such space were lawfully designated by the traffic engineer. "Sec. 26-122. (Reserved) " SECTION 2. THAT it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared void, ineffective or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or final decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections hereof, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation herein of any such void, ineffective or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. -5- SECTION 3. THAT this ordinance shall be and is hereby declared to be cumulative of the provisions of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, and amendments thereto, regulating parking meters, ex- cept in those instances where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with such Code, in which instances said conflicting provisions of such Code are hereby repealed. SECTION 4. THAT all pending litigations and existing violations, both civil and criminal, whether pending in court or not, under Chapter 26 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth and amendments thereto superseded by this ordinance, shall not be affected by this ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts. SECTION 5. THAT any person, firm, association of persons, company or corporation or their agents, servants or employees who violate, disobey, omit, neglect or refuse to comply with any provision of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) , and each day that a violation exists is hereby declared to be a distinct and separate offense and punishable as such, all as provided for in Section 1-5 of Chapter I of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1964) , as amended. SECTION 6. THAT this ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as required by law, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: 4 � ro A-* -o� ' City Attorney -ti- ADOPTED EFFECTIVE -7- UNE QeBa ,. DOBS City of Fort Worth, Texas ou"MA~ Mayor and Council Communication BLACKWELL Purchase o Parking Meters and DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: g PAGE NUMBER Establishment of Parking Rates 5/8/72 TE-51 1 of 3 Parking meter rates in the core area of the Central Business District are -5� for 30 minutes. -In the fringe area -of downtown the rate is 5 cents for one hour. With these rates it is less expensive for a downtown worker to leave his car in parking tester areas for his entire work day than to place it in an off-street parkin lot. Many workers are 'now parking on the City streets all day and depriving the shoppers desiring, short time park- ing from the use of the parking meter areas. The present meters are single coin operated (nickels only) which causes many complaints from the public in that they may have to go some distance to get change and many receive a ticket during this period. The present parking meters are a minimum-of 20 years of age, Well worn and replacement parts are not readily available. It is proposed that the City purchase 1885 new type manual operated parking meters to replace the majority of the meters in the downtown area. These meters will be multiple coin operated capable of receiving a nickel, dime or quarter. It- is also proposed that a new parking meter ordinance be adopted. The major provisions are listed as follows; 1. The Traffic Engineer is authorized to designate parking meter rate zones on streets on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation. 2. The fees for parking meter rate zones' so established-shall be as follows: Parking Meter Zone No. 1 Fifteen (15) minutes for the depositing in the meter of a five (5) cent coin; thirty (30) minutes for the depositing in the meter of a ten (10) cent coin; and one (1) hour for the depositing in the meter of a twenty-five (25) cent coin. Parking Meter Zone No. 2 Thirty (30) minutes for the depositing in the meter of a five (5) cent coin; one (1) hour for the depositing in the meter of a ten (10) cent coin; and two (2) hours for the depositing in the meter of a twenty!-five cent coin. Parking Meter Zone No. 3 Thirty (30) minutes ,for the depositing in the meter of a five (5) cent .coin. DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Purchase of Parking Meters and PAGE NUMBER Establishment of Parking Rates 2 3 5/8/72 TE-51 of Parking Meter Zone No. 4 One (1) hour for the depositing in the meter of a five (5) cent coin. The new meter rates in the core area will allow parking for 20C per hour compared with the average parking lot rate of 50C per hour. For 9 hour park- ing the parking meter charge would total $1.80 compared to an average of $1.25 per day on parking lots. The proposed rates should discourage all day parking in the meter zones and provide more economical parking in the meter zones for short time shoppers. The proposed purchase of 1885 new meters will replace all meters in the downtown area with the exception of approximately 50, which are expected to be serviceable for several years. 1,885 - PARKING METERS, per City specifications, for the Traffic Engineering Department, less trade-in allowance for 1,885 used parking meters Trade-in Bidders Amount Bid Allowance Total Terms 1. Rockwell Mfg.. Co. - Dallas $77,285.00 $2,073.50 $75,221.50 Net "Rockwell Model S" 2. Duncan Industries, Div. of Qonaar Corp. - Elk Groves, Village, Ill. 76,323.65 * 76,323.65 Net "Duncan Model 60-1 w/change lock" sl q G3 65, ALTERNATE BID # 1 �83,863.65 * ��= Net "Duncan Model 60-1 w/wipe-off .feature & change lock" ALTERNATE BID # 2 72,553.65 * 72,553.65 Net "Duncan Model 50BR" ALTERNATE BID # 3 75,098.40 * 75,098.40 Net "Duncan Model 60 Duples w/change lock" ALTERNATE BID # 4 82,638.40 * 82,638.40 Net "Duncan Model 60-1 Duples w/wipe-off feature & change lock" 3. Alf Butler Mi-Co Meter 4. Rhodes Inc. 5. L. W. Brown Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . No Bid * Trade-in allowance reflected in bid price. DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Purchase of Parking Meters and PAGE NUMBER Establishment. of Parking Rates 3 ut 3 5/8/72 TE-51 The Traffic Engineering Department analyzed the bids and compared-the-meters submitted as to specific features and City specifications. The Duncan Parking Meter Model # 60-1 (base bid at $76,323.65) meets City of Fort Worth specifica- tions. The Duncan alternate bids # 2, 3 and 4 fail to meet specifications. The Rockwell Meter Model S does not meet the City of Fort Worth's specifica- tions in the following respects: A. Mechanism. The entire meter operating mechanism including the clock mechanism is not constructed as a completely assembled lift-out unit. It cannot be removed or replaced as a whole from the meter mechanism compartment. B. The cap or door on the meter housing does not include vents to prevent condensation and fogging both in the dome and the mechanism. C. The meter is not equipped to prevent the insertion of an additional coin when the meter is in an out-of-order condition. ALTERNATE BID ON DUNCAN METER # 60-1 INCLUDING WIPE-OFF FEATURE AND DUNCAN CHANGE LOCK The wipe-off feature on the alternate bid is a distinct advantage but was not included in the original specifications because both companies submitting bids at that time could not furnish this feature. The feature provides after inserting a coin a person only partially turning the handle wipes off all existing time on the meter until the handle is turned completely, at which time the residue time is returned and the additional time purchased added to it. This feature will benefit the public by indicating a violation unless the handle is turned to completion. The Duncan meter has an estimated life of 20 years and the annualized addi- tional cost of the wipe-off feature is minor. Recommendation It is recommended that: 1. The purchase of the Duncan Model 60-1 with wipe-off feature and change lock be made from Duncan Industries, Division of Qonaar Corporation, on its alternate bid number one meeting specifications in the amount of $83,863.65 net, f.o.b. Fort Worth; and 2. The City Council adopt the new parking meter ordinance provid- ing for establishment of parking meter zones and rates. RNL:ms SUBMITTED BY: DISPOSITION OUNCIL: PROCESSED BY PPROVED ❑ OTHER (DESCRIBE) 446 r CITY SECRETARY DATE CITY MANAGER