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Home My WebLink AboutORDINANCES-2019-066-O-196/20/2019 6/24/2019 66-0-19 AN ORDINANCE Amending Portions of the City Code Amending the City Parking Code NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT: SECTION 1: City Code Section 10-5-1, "Parking Meter Zones," of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: 10-5-1. - PARKING ZONES ESTABLISHED. (A) Parking zones are hereby established upon those streets or parts of streets described in Schedule XII, Section 10-11-12 of this Title, in which the parking of vehicles upon streets shall be regulated by single space parking meters, multi - space pay stations or web -based payments upon the days and between the hours specified in said Schedule. (B) The City Manager, traffic engineer, or other person designated by the City Manager is hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the City Council by amendment of Schedule XII, to establish parking zones at other locations upon those streets or parts of streets where it is determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that parking meters, pay stations or web - based payments shall be necessary to aid in the regulation, control and inspection of the parking of vehicles. SECTION 2: City Code Section 10-5-2, "Installation of Parking meters," of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: 10-5-2. - INSTALLATION OF PARKING METERS AND PAY STATIONS. (A) The Parking Manager may install parking meters and pay stations in the parking meter zones established as provided in this Chapter upon the curb immediately adjacent to parking spaces. Parking payments shall be operated, either automatically or mechanically, upon the deposit of United States currency, for the full period of time for which parking is lawfully permitted in any such parking zone or as specified in Schedule XII, Section 10-11-12 of this Title. Payment may also be made through a web -based transaction for parking in designated parking areas. (B) All parking options shall notify the user of the time when the lawful parking session will expire. (C) All parking messaging, whether it be on parking meters, pay stations or web - based transactions, shall bear thereon a legend indicating the days and hours when the requirement to pay funds therein shall apply, the value to be deposited, and the limited period of time for which parking is lawfully permitted in the parking zone. SECTION 3: City Code Section 10-5-3, "Parking Meter Spaces," of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: 10-5-3. - PARKING SPACES. (A) The Parking Manager shall designate the parking space(s) for each parking meter, pay station, or web -based payment area for which such device is to be used by appropriate markings upon a sign, or the curb and/or the pavement of the street. Parking spaces so designated shall be of appropriate length and width so as to be accessible from the traffic lanes of such street. (B) No person shall park a vehicle in any such designated parking space during the restricted or regulated time applicable to the parking zone so that any part of such vehicle occupies more than one such space or protrudes beyond the markings designating such space, except that a vehicle which is of a size too large to be parked within a single designated parking zone shall be permitted to occupy two (2) adjoining parking spaces when funds have been paid in the parking meter, pay station or web -based application for each space so occupied as is required in this Title for the parking of other vehicles in such space. SECTION 4: City Code Section 10-5-4, "Deposit of Funds and Time Limits," of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: 10-5-4. - PAYMENT OF FUNDS AND TIME LIMITS. -2- 66-0-19 (A) No person shall park a vehicle in any parking space upon a street alongside of and next to parking meter, pay station or web -based payment area during the restricted and regulated time applicable to the parking zone in which such meter is located unless funds of the appropriate denomination as provided by ordinance shall have been deposited therein, or shall have been previously deposited therein for an unexpired interval of time, and said meter has been placed in operation. (B) No person shall permit a vehicle within his/her control to be parked in such parking space during the restricted and regulated time applicable to the parking zone while the parking for such space has expired. This provision shall not apply to the act of parking or the necessary time which is required to deposit immediately thereafter the necessary funds. (C) No person shall park a vehicle in any such parking space for a consecutive period of time longer than that limited period of time for which parking is lawfully permitted in the parking zone, irrespective of the number or amounts of the funds deposited. (D) The provisions of this Section shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions of this Title and the Illinois Vehicle Code prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times. SECTION 5: City Code Section 10-5-5, "Use of Slugs Prohibited," of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: 10-5-5. - USE OF SLUGS PROHIBITED. No person shall deposit or attempt to deposit in any parking meter or pay station any slug, button or any other device or substance as substitutes for coins of United States currency. SECTION 6: City Code Section 10-5-6, "Tampering with Meter," of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: 10-5-6. - TAMPERING WITH METER OR PAY STATION. No person shall deface, injure, tamper with, open or willfully break, destroy or impair the usefulness of any parking meter or pay station. —3— 66-0-19 SECTION 7: City Code Section 10-5-7, "Collection of Coins and Dispositions Thereof," of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: 10-5-7. - COLLECTION OF FUNDS AND DISPOSITION THEREOF. The collection of funds from the operation of parking meters, pay stations and web - based payments shall be under the supervision of the City Manager or his/her designee and shall be deposited by him/her with the City collector. Net proceeds from the operation of parking meters, pay stations and web -based payments, after the cost and installation of the equipment thereof, and after payment of maintenance, operation and supervision expenses, shall be used for the acquisition, improvement and operation of public parking facilities, as the City Council may from time to time authorize and direct. SECTION 8: City Code Section 10-11-12, "Schedule XII; Parking Meter Zones," of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: 10-11-12. — SCHEDULE XII; PARKING ZONES. In accordance with Section 10-5-1 of this Title, parking meters, pay stations and web -based payment applications shall have the following rates, time limits, and hours of operation for the following streets or portions of streets or parking lots described below. Rates, maximum parking time limits, and hours of operation are to be in effect on all days except New Year's Day, the official Monday observance of Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. (A) Two (2) hour maximum parking limit at a rate of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per hour, effective March 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019 and commencing on January, 2020, the rate will be two dollars ($2.00) per hour, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Sundays: Street Name ISide Of Street Benson Avenue Both Chicago Avenue IBoth Block Or Blocks Church Street to Clark Street Grove Street to Church Street —4— 66-0-19 Church Street Clark Street Davis Street Grove Street _....... ... ............... ..... - Hinman Avenue Lake Street - .... ---..... Maple Avenue Oak Avenue Orrington Sherman Avenue North Chicago Avenue to Oak Street South Elmwood Avenue to Oak Street South Benson Avenue to Maple Avenue _..- ............. .........._.._...........__......__...... Both __.._....._.._._.._.._..- --- - Sherman Avenue to Benson Avenue Benson to Maple Avenue Both Hinman Avenue to Maple Avenue Both Maple Avenue to Ridge Avenue* Both Chicago Avenue to Elmwood Avenue Both West North Both East West West East Both East Both University Place South * Zones have 4hr limit from 5-9pm Elmwood Avenue to Maple Avenue* Davis Street to first alley south* Sherman Avenue to first west alley* Grove Street to Church Street* Davis Street to Church Street* Davis Street to alley north* Davis Street to Church Street Church Street to Clark Street Lake Street to Davis Street Greenwood Street to Lake Street* Church Street to University Place East Railroad to Maple Avenue (H) The following City -owned and operated parking lots are hereby declared to be parking zones for the maximum parking time limits, daily hours, and amounts hereinafter stated: SECTION 9: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. -5- 66-0-19 SECTION 10: This ordinance will be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication in the manner provided by law. SECTION 11: The findings and recitals contained herein are declared to be prima facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received in evidence as provided by the Illinois Compiled Statutes and the courts of the State of Illinois. Introduced: �Uv� srn , 2019 Approved: Adopted:�pen , 2019 d`% , 2019 A Stephen H. "Hage r Attest: Approved as to form: Devon Plod, City Clerk Michelle L. Masoncud, Corporation Counsel -6-