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Home My WebLink About(0045) FINAL Chapter 22-191 Ordinance Amendment.PDFORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 22 "MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC," ARTICLE VI "STOPPING, STANDING, PARKING," DIVISION 1 "GENERALLY," OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS (2015), AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION 22-191 "ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES AND MAXIMUM PARKING TIME THEREIN; ESTABLISHMENT OF FEES"; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES AND REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF DECEMBER 13, 2019. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth ("City Council") seeks to protect the public safety and preserve the quality of life within the City; and WHEREAS, City staff and key stakeholders identified a lack of available on -street parking due to long term parking and lack of turn over as a significant concern for the district and businesses in the West Th Urban Village Core; WHEREAS, the current variable rate structure and on -street parking in the West 71h Urban Village Core has contributed to a decline in business during the day; WHEREAS, it is advisable to amend Chapter 22 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (2015), as amended, ("City Code") to modify the parking rate structure in the West 7ffi Urban Village Core; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds this Ordinance to be reasonable and necessary; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THAT: SECTION 1. Chapter 22 "Motor Vehicles and Traffic," Article VI "Stopping, Standing and Parking," Division 1 "Generally," Section 22-191 "Establishment of Zones and Maximum Parking Time Therein; Establishment of Fees" of the City Code is hereby amended to modify the parking rates in the West V, Urban Village Core to be and read as follows: § 22-191 ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES AND MAXIMUM PARKING TIME THEREIN; ESTABLISHMENT OF FEES. Chapter 22, Sec. 22-191 Ordinance No. Page 1 of 4 (a) The traffic engineer is hereby authorized to designate parking meter zones upon any street or portion of street where it is determined, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, that the installation of parking meters shall be necessary to aid in the regulation, control or inspection of vehicles which are parked or operated on public streets. The parking of vehicles in such parking meter zones shall be controlled and regulated by parking meters installed and maintained by the designee of the director of the transportation and public works department and located upon the curb either adjacent to the parking space or at one or more locations within the block face. (b) A designee of the director of the transportation and public works department may designate the maximum parking time for each parking meter, basing the decision upon the investigation set forth above. The designee is hereby authorized to establish parking meter fees for any parking meter that has been placed upon any street or other property owned or controlled by the city. (c) The fees for parking shall be paid in the currency of the United States of America. The following fees are hereby established for public parking at any parking meter that is governed by this section: (1) Except for in the West 7th Urban Village Core, short-term parking fees (less than four hours) will be a rate between $0.20 and $0.25 for each ten minutes. These rates include any applicable sales tax. Short-term parking fees shall apply to a meter during time periods for which the meter has been designated for short-term parking use only. The designee of the director of transportation and public works makes this designation and establishes the rate based upon the public's need for parking availability. Short-term parking helps ensure that a space is not used for lengthy periods of time by one vehicle. (2) In the West 7th Urban Village Core, the sheft tefm p.,r4ing fees (loss than f of h,,ufs) will be a e between $0 15 an e 75 for- eaek tell ,r utes. the parking fees shall be as follows: (i) from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, two hours of free parking and a $3.00 rate for the third hour after the allotted two hours of free parking and (ii) from 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm, a rate of $3.00 per hour with no free parking_ These rates include any applicable sales tax. ShO14 te pParking fees shall apply to a meter during time periods for which the meter has been designated for sham parking use only. The designee of the director of transportation and public works makes this designation and establishes the rate in the West 7th Urban Village Core based upon the public's need for parking availability. (3) Long-term parking fees (four hours or more): A parking rate between $0.05 and $0.125 for each ten minutes. These rates include any applicable sales tax. Long-term parking fees shall apply at meters during those periods in which they have not been designated for short-term parking use. (4) Parking rate for assigned permit spaces for mobility impaired employees: $100 per month. (d) Without limiting the options available to the designee of the director of transportation and public works, the times and days designated for short-term or long-term parking may vary. Chapter 22, Sec. 22-191 Ordinance No. Page 2 of 4 SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, (2015), as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance are severable, and, if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. SECTION 4. All rights and remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as to any and all violations of the provisions of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, or any other ordinances of the City, that have accrued at the time of the effective date of this ordinance; and, as to such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil and criminal, whether pending in court or not, under such ordinances, same shall not be affected by this ordinance, but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts. SECTION 5. Violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall be civil offenses subject to civil penalties and fines pursuant to the procedures for administrative adjudication as set forth in Chapter 10 of this Code. Accordingly, any person, firm, or corporation who violates this ordinance related to the parking, stopping or standing of vehicles shall be fined in an amount not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each offense. Each day that a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 6. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas is hereby directed to publish the caption, penalty clause and effective date of this ordinance for two (2) days in the official newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by Texas Local Government Code, Section 52.013. SECTION 7. All other provisions of Chapter 22 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this ordinance. Chapter 22, Sec. 22-191 Ordinance No. Page 3 of 4 SECTION 8. After publication as required by law, this ordinance shall take effect 12:01 a.m. December 13, 2019, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY Christopher Austria, Assistant City Attorney Date: ADOPTED: EFFECTIVE: ATTEST: Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary Chapter 22, Sec. 22-191 Ordinance No. Page 4 of 4