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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 18868ORDINANCE NO. ~g$~~6 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNTNG ToC~ CARS; REGULATING THE SIGNING pF PRIvATE AND RU$LIC PARKING FACILITIES; AMENDING SECTIpNS 3,D05 AND 5.990 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971, ADDING SECTTpNS 3.460 AND 5.540 TO THAT CODE; PRpVIDIN`G FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY: The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: Many parking facilities within the City are inadequately si ned g to forewarn those desiring to park. a motor vehicle that the vehicle may be towed at the vehicle owner's expense i~ the parking facilit Y is improperly used. Property owners ar~d operators of vehicle towing businesses have a responsibility to give motor vehicle owners reasonable notice that a motor vehicle may be towed away at its owner's. expense if it is improperly parked. It is in the public a.nterest that the City establish regulations that preserve the rights of property owners to regulate parkin on g their premises and requiring that adequate notice thereof be rovided p to the public. Now, therefore, THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES pRDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1, Section 3.0.05 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is hereb Y amended by inserting in alphabetical, order therein the fallowin : g 3.005 Definitions. For purposes. of this chapter, the follow- ing words and phases shah, mean: Tow car. Amotor vehicle which has been altered or desa:gned and equipped for the use and the business of towing vehicles by mews of a crane, hoist, towbar towline, or dolly, or is otherwise used to render assistance to other vehicles. Ordinance - 1 1'8868 Section 2. There is hereby added to the Eugene Code, 1971, a new section, to be numbered and provide: 3.460 Tow Cars -- Dish of Rates. ~l~ Persons engaged ~~~n~the business of operating taw Cars for hire shall display inside their place of business a sign containing the schedule of rates for all tow car services and vehicle storage. The letters and numerals on the sign shall be machine or~block lettered and readable from the areas of the business open to the public. ~-2} Tow cars when used to remove motor vehicles from parking facilities as defined by section 5.540 of this code shall have displayed on the tow car in a manner Basil read y from outside the tow car, the schedule of rates for impounding and disconnecting a motor vehicle. The sign shall also declare no fee shall be charged if the operator of the motor ve~.icle returns to the motor vehicle before it is connected to the tow car. The letters and numerals on the sign shall be~machine or block lettered and readable fxom a~ distance of 20 feet. Section 3. There is hereby added to the Eugene Code, 1971, a new section to be numbered and provide: 5, 540 Signs Re~ ~uired for Parkin Fa~ci1,%ties~ Before Towin Un- auth~o~~~zed~ yeh.ic~les. ~~1~ ~s used in this section "parking facility" means any real property or any building or portion thereof, private- ly or publicly owned, which has been marked with designated parking spaces for motorvehicles, or any~real property which has not been marked with designated parking spaces for motor vehicles which by function, custom or usage would cause a rea- sonable person to believe it is used for parking motor vehicles. ~~2 ~ Except for a police officer performing official duties, it shall be unlawful for any person to remove or direct the removal o~ a motor vehicle. from a parking .facility without th.e motor ve~hZCle owner's per~nissvn unless the parking facility has permanently erected or affixed signs as required by subsec- tion ~ 3 ~ of this section. ~-~3 } Parking facilities shall have : ~a~ At each. entrance thereto, in plain view to any person ente.rn~ the. facility in a motor vehicle, a sign which: 1, hs not more than 10 square feet nor less than 3 square feet in size; ~. Contains lettering readable for a dis- Lance ~o~ 50 feet stating w~.o is authorized to use the ~p~~rk.in~ fs,ci~,ity, and t~~at unauthorised vehi- cles.wi.ll be towed away at the vehicle owner's e~perise;~ or ~_b}~ S~i~ns within the parking facility of the same size and content as prescribed in paragraph ~~a7 of this ordinance - 2 1868 subsection which are readable from each parking space; or ~:c~ At each. designated parking space an indivi~- dual sign of not less°than one square foot nor more than three square feet in size containing the notice prescribed in paragraph ~a~2, of this subsection. Section 4. Subsection ~.2~ of Section 5.990 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is hereby amended to read and provide: 5.990 Penalties - Specific. ~2} Violation of Sections 5.060 to 5.155, 5.540, 5.550 and 5.555, and 5.620 to 5.625, is punishable by fine not to ex- ceed $100. Section 5. That the provisions contained herein concern the public welfare and safety and then.efare, an emergency is hereby de- clared to exist, and this Ordinance shall become effective l5 days after approval by the Mayor, except Section 3 shall not become effec- tive until November 15, 1981. Passed by the City Council this 16th day of September, 1981 ~G%l/YIp~ / J // t~`t, City Rec der .~ppxoyed by the Mayor this 7.6 of Septe er, 1981 .~':.~' ~~ Mayor Qrdinance - 3.