HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-2013-057-O-13Effective Date
August 29, 2013
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6/14/2013
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AN ORDINANCE
Amending City Code Title 10 to Regulate Parking
In Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: Section 10-1-3, "Definitions" of the General Traffic
Provisions of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as amended ("City Code"), is hereby
further amended to include the following:
Electric Vehicle A motor vehicle propelled by electric motor(s) powered by rechargeable
battery packs, or another energy storage device, that can be recharged by
connecting a plug to an off -board electric power source. This definition
shall include Plug-in Electric Vehicles and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles.
Electric Vehicle A parking stall or space containing or adjacent to an electric power
Charging Station charging source designed to connect to and recharge an Electric Vehicle,
and designated by sign to be an Electric Vehicle Charging Station.
SECTION 2: Title 10, Chapter 4 of the City Code is hereby further
amended by the enactment of a new Section 19 thereof, to read as follows:
10-4-19: PARKING IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS:
(A) No person shall park or stand a vehicle in, or otherwise block or bar access to, any
Electric Vehicle Charging Station except to park an Electric Vehicle therein and
recharge it with the provided electric power source.
(B) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to excuse any person who parks lawfully
in an Electric Vehide Charging Station from obeying posted parking restrictions
and/or paying parking meters.
SECTION 3: Subsection (1) of City Code Section 10-11-17, "Schedule
XVII; Parking Violation Penalties," is hereby further amended to read as follows:
• (1) Fine of fifty-five dollars ($55.00) plus fifty dollars ($50.00) additional penalty if
paid after the expiration of twenty-one (21) days following issuance of a final
determination of liability:
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CHEDtJL E_Xll11.; i :' PARKING. VIOLATi-ON:P:ENAL:IES=°`
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1. Parked within 15 feet of a fire hydrant 10-4-1(B)2
2. Parked in front of or within 8 feet of driveway 10-4-1(B)1
3. Parked in or blocking an Electric Vehicle Charging Station 10-4-19
SECTION 4: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 5: If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to
any person or circumstance is ruled unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect other provisions or applications of this ordinance that can be given effect
without the invalid application or provision, and each invalid provision or invalid
application of this ordinance is severable.
SECTION 6: 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.
SECTION 7: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced: , 2013 Approved:
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Adopted: _ 1 , 2013 2013
El9beth B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Attest:
Roc�(iey
4 Gr ne, City Clerk
Approved as to form: Approved as to form:
W. Grant Farrar
Corporation Counsel
By: �
W. Grant Farrar, Corporation Counsel
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