HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 4066-1963 - Amending Sec 18-105, Articla VII, Division 2 Of Code Of Ordinances. - 03/28/1963AN ORDIN"ANCE AMENf?ING SECTION 18-105" ARTICLE Vll• DIVISION 2.?
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES,. CITY OF LUBBOCK,. SO AS TO PROHffiiT THE
CONTINUOUS PARKING OF A VEHICLE FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME THAN
120 MINUTES IN 2 HOUR AND 1 HOUR PARKING METER ZONES• 48 MINUTES IN
24 MINUTE METER ZONES~ AND 24 MINUTES IN 12 MINUTE PARKING METER
ZONES; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE D:ATE FOR
THIS ORDINANCE-.
WHEREAS~· the parking of vehicles for a entire day or major portions there ,
f in parking meter zones by depositing coins in parking meters so as to continuous y
park a vehicle for a longer period of time than the parking limits provide in the var
ious parking meter zones has created a serious parking condition in downtown Lubb · c
resulting in parking spaces in various parking meter zones being unavailable to
many persons who desire to transact business in downtown Lubbock~ and;
WHEREAS;a it is the desire of the City Commission to provide a maximum
continuous parkfng period of 120 minutes in 2 hour and 1 hour parking meter zones,
48 minutes in 24 minute parking meter zones and 24 minutes in 12 minute parking
meter zones so as to make available parking spaces for a greater number of perso s
who desi;r.e to transact business in downtown Lubbock; and"
WHEREAS" these parking limits for parking meter zones will provide a mo e
efficient method of enforcement by the Police Department by mar.king the tires of
parked vehicles; and"
·wHEREAS-. such enforcement will be cumulative of parking meter violation
and will not extend the time required to violate the parking time limits as registere ·
by the parking meters., NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Section 18-105, Article Vll., Division 2., of the Code of
Ordinances,. City of Lubbock., is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 18-105. Hours of operation; maximwn parking time permitted.
When parking meter spaces are indicated by lines or metal markers upon
:;: the surface of the streets in the parking meter zones and when parking mete s
are installed adjacent to or adjoining such respective parking spaces, no
vehicle shall remain parkBd within any spaces within any zone for a longer
continuous period than one hundred and twenty minutes at any time between
the hours.of eight o1clock a.m. and five otclock p .. m. on any day, except
Sundays and holidays officially designated by the city commission; provided,~
however, that in every twenty-four minute parking meter zone no vehicle
shall remain continuously parked in such parking space for a period of time
greater than forty-eight minutes and that in every twelve minute parking
meter zone... no vehicle shall remain continuously par~Gl in such parking
space for a period of time greater than twenty-four minutes., during the hou s
and days aforesaid.
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SECTION 2. The City Secretary shall cause the publication of this Ord.inanc e
once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper regularly published in the
City of Lubbock,. and this Ordinance shall become effective ten days after its last
publication.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the Commission on first reading this 28th day of ___ M_a_r_e_h _ _,~ 1963
Passed by the Commission on second reading this day of ;J 1963. ----------------·
JACK F. STRONG_. Mayor
ATTEST:
Lavenia Lowe~ City Secretary-Treasurer
ORDINANCE
FIRST READING
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NO FINAL
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