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Date: 11-25-96 Item No. 97-36
Item/Subject: ORDER: Adopting Policies and Procedures Pursuant
to Parking Ordinance (Chapter III, Article 6 of
the Tawe and Ordinances of the City of Bangor) -
Resident Parking by Permit Only
Rasponsible Department: Community d Economic Development
At its last meeting, the Council adopted an ordinance authorizing
the designation of resident parking only permit areas. Since
then, staff has developed a draft Council Order establishing the
policies and procedures to be followed in setting up and
administering this new program. A draft Council Order is
attached.
This Order will be reviewed and discussed at the Community and
Economic Development meeting of Wednesday, November 20, 1996. We
anticipate that residents of Montgomery and Grant Street will
have comments and suggestions and that the Committee may
recommend changes. This Order appears on the agenda to insure
that this process continues to move forward.
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CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE,) Wrbgrs ....-..-.... Adopting Policies and Procedures Processor to Parking Ordinance(Chapter
❑1, Article 6 of the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Bangor) -Resident
Parking by Perwit Only
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BY the city caynnl of hie city of Ransom.
ORDERED,
TUT thefollowingpoliciesaMprocedwesareherebyadoptedwimplement Swoon
4.7 ofthe Panting Ordinance (Chapter DI, Article 6 ofthe Laws and (sallowness cities City of
Bangor) -R sident Parking by Permit Cray:
I. Definitions.
For the purposes of this Order, the following wmds shall have the meanings respectively
ascribed to them, except More: the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(a) Curbsideparking space means poody (20) boost beet of curb, exclusive of these
portions of the curb where parking is not presemly permitted.
(b) Lease means tat a person pays real or orb" ===alien for the use of a parcel
of me property as the person's residence or place of business.
(c) Motor vehicle means an automobile, truck, recreation vehicle, motorcycle, or
other motordriven of self-propelled form of transportation.
(d) Owns means that a Person has at least a one poster interest in a parcel of owl
Property wham a residential parking permit area.
(e) Resident vehicle means a motor vehicle parked in a residential area in which itis
registered with the State of Maine Department of Motor Vehicles.
(t) Residemialparkingperma area means a residential district where curbside
Parking an public stoats or highways is not permitted between the hums of 6:00
a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on wakdays, excepting holidays, unless the vehicle properly
displays a puking permit authorized by Chapter Ill, Article 6, Section 4.7 of the
Laws and Onlinavas of the City of Bangor.
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11. Posting of Rmidential Parking Permit Area.
(a) Following the City Council's affirmative vote to designate a residential puking
permit area, puking signs shall be erected in the designated area.
(b) The signs shall indicate prominently that curbside puking on public streets and
highways in the designated area is not permitted between the hours of 6:00 a.m.
and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays, excepting holidays, unfess the vehicle properly
displays a parking permit authorized by Chapter Dl, Article 6, Section 4.7 of the
laws and Ordinances of the City of Bangor
III. Notice to Residents of Designation of Residential Parking Permit Area.
Following the City Council's affirmmive vote to designate a residential puking permit
area, the Police Chief or his designee shall mail to every residence within the designated
residential parking permit area the following documents:
(a) A Notice of Designation that shall inform the residents in the designated area of:
(I) The existence, exact location, and munairal desigwtion of the residential
Parking permit area;
(2) The Parking restrictions applicable to all vehicles in curbside parking
spaces along public streets and highways is the designated area that do not
display a parking permit authorized by Chapter III, Article 6, Section 4.7
of the Laws and Ordinences of the City of Bangor; and
(3) The procedures to obtain a residential, visitor, or business parking permit.
(b) An Application for Residential Parking Permit on which the applicant is to
Provide the following information for ezcb vehicle to receive aresidential puking
pamiL
(I) The rune and residential address of the owner of the vehicle;
(2) The mane, residential address, and driver's license number of the principal
operator of the vehicle;
(3) The make, model, anal license plate/registration number of the vehicle;
and
(4) The signorine of the applicant for the residentiatparking permit.
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(c) The applicant And demonstrate proof of residency and motor vehicle ownership
in a manner determined by the Police Chief or his designce.
(d) The City Council may, by resolution, limit the number of permits issued to my
residence if such limitation would further the goals of the residential parking.
permit process.
N. Issuaoee of Residential Parking Permits.
(a) Upon theapplicamPs payment of a ten dollar ($ 10.00) residential parking permit
nee, submission of a completed and validated residential parking permit
application, and fulfillment of all applicable provisions of this Order controlling
issuance or transfer of residential parking permits, the applicant shall receive one
(I) residential parking permit for the vehicle described in the application. The
residential parking Permit shall be securely affixed to the inside bottom left corner
of fine Gout windshield of the vehicle and shall display the following iNbrmation:
(1) The license plate/registration number of the vehicle;
(2) The numerical designation of the residential parking permit area; and
(3) The expiration date of the residential parking permn which shall be one
(1) year from the date of issuance.
(b) No residential parking permit shall be issued to a vehicle whose owner and
Principal operator do not reside origin the designated residential puking permit
offen-
(c) The applicant for, and holder of, the residential parking permit shall be the owner
or principal operator of the vehicle receiving the parking permit.
(d) Avehicle shall be issued a residential parking permit only if it displays valid State
of Maine license plates.
V. Transfer or Replacement of Residential Parking Permits.
(a) Upon the holders payment of a five dollar ($5.00) residential parkiog permit
transfer fee, submission of completed and validated residential parking permit
application, fulfillment of all applicable provisions of this Order controlling
issuance or transfer of residential parking permits, and surrender of the existing
residential parking permit, the holder shall receive a new residential parking
permit to be trainfiersed to another qualifying vehicle.
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(b) Upon the holder's payment of a five dollar($5.00) residential puking permit
replacement fee, verification of the holders prior submission of a completed and
validated residential parking permit application, fulfillment of all applicable
provisions of this Order contracting issuance or transfer of residential parking
pemdts, and affirmation that the holder's permit was lost, smles, or destroyed, the
holder shell receive a new residential parking permit. The loss stolen or
destroyed permit shall be considered void, and any use of voided permit is
Prohibited,
(c) The transfer in replacement of fire residential puking permit shall not affim the
permit's original expiration date.
VI. Issuance of Permits for Visitors.
Upon application of my resident of a residential puking permit amn, the Police Chief or
his designee shall issue no more then two visitor parking permits ro the resident for
visitor vehicles. For the purposes ofthis Order, the resident shall be the holder ofand
responsible for the use and misuse of the visitor parking pemrits issued to the resident.
VII. Issuance of Permits for Persons Doing Business with a Resident.
Upon application of my resident of residential parking permit area and any person
doing business with this residers, the Police Chief or the Police Chi of designee may
issue a business puking permit to the resident for flue vehicle of the person doing
business with the resident on be limited an that particular parking permit area for a period
not exceeding the estimated time as shown on the application, required to complete the
business transaction. No business parking permit shall be valid for more than thirty(30)
days. For rhe purposes of this Order, the resident shall be the holder of and responsible
for the use and misuse of the business parking permits issued to the resident
VIII. Display of Visitor and Business Parking Permits.
All visitor and business parking permits shall be displayed on or about the Front
windsbieldofthevehicle soasto beeasily visible fmmoutside thevehicle. Suchparking
permits shall contain the following information:
(a) The numerical designation of the residential parking permit area;
(b) The name and address of the resident to whom the puking permit was issued on
behalf of the visitor or person doing business with the resident, and
(c) The expiration date of the parking permit
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EL Use of Parking Permits.
(a) A parking permit shall not guaootee or reserve a puking space witbina
designated residential parking permit area. A parking permit shall not authorize
the standing or parking of my vehicle in such places and during such times when
the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles is prohibited or set aside for
specified types of vehicles, and shall not excuse the observance of any trati c
regulation.
(b) Whenever the holder of a residential, winner, or business puking permit, or the
vehicle for which the parking permit was issued, no longer fulfills one or more of
the applicable provisions of this Order controlling issuance or transfer of puking
pe,nmits, the holder shall artily the Police Chief or the Police Chiefs designee,
who may then direct the holder to surrender the parking permit.
(c) Until its explosion, surrender or revocation, a parking permit shall remain valid
for such time as the holder continues to reside within the designated residential
Parking permit area.
(d) Apukmg permit shall be valid only in the residential parking permit area for
inch it is issued.
(e) No holder of a puking permit shall fail on amender the permit when directed to
do so.
(t) No person shall represent in any fashion that a vehicle is entitled to a packing
permit authorized by this Ordinance when it is not so entitled. The display of
puking permit on a vehicle not entided to such a parking permit shall constitute
such a representation.
(g) No person shall duplicate, or attempt to duplicate, by ally means, a parking permit
aoNorized by Chapter III, Article 6, Section 4.7 of the Laws and Ordinances of
the City of Bangor. No person shall display on any vehicle such a duplicate
parking pmnit.
K Exemptions.
(a) Whenever metered parking is in effect in any portion of a residential parking
Permit area, the parking spaces combatted by meters shall be excepted from the -
provisions of this Order so long as the control by meters continues.
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(b) The following vehicles are specifically exempted from the paling restrictions
imposed by Chapter III, Article 6, Section 4.7 of the Laws and Ordinances of the
City of Bought:
(I) Amotar vehicle owned by or operated under contract to a utility when
used in the construction, operation, removal or repair of utility property, or
facilities or engaged in authorized work in the designated residential
parking permit area.
(2) A motor vehicle identified as owned by or operated under contract ma
federal, state, or local govemmevtnl agency and being used in the course
of official government business.
(3) An authorized emergency vehicle as defined by state law.
IN CITY COUNCIL
November 25, 1996
Passed
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