HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-359SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 09 -359 ORDINANCE
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PURPOSE: CHANGE PENALTIES FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS
INITIATED BY: TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (APPROVED BY PARKING
UTILITY COMMISSION)
A GENERAL ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OSHKOSH REPEALING AND
RECREATING SECTION 27 -53 PERTAINING TO BASIC PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATIONS UPON ISSUANCE OF PARKING TICKET.
The Common Council of the City of Oshkosh do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That Section 27 -53 of the Oshkosh Municipal Code pertaining to
basic penalties for violations upon issuance of parking ticket be repealed and recreated
as follows:
SECTION 27 -53 BASIC PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS UPON ISSUANCE OF
PARKING TICKET
(A) Parking Violations The basic penalty for violation of the listed parking
violations shall be as follows:
No parking 2 a.m. to 5. a. m ................. ...............................
$15
Parked on private property ................. ...............................
$15
Prohibited parking ( signed) ................. ...............................
$15
Overtime parking / meter violation ...... ...............................
$15
Failure to properly display permit ........ ...............................
$15
Fraudulent use of parking permit ........ ...............................
$30
Disabled parking violation ................... ...............................
$50
Firelanes ........................................... ...............................
$50
Other violations .................................. ...............................
$15
(B) Pay and Display Violations in University Area Penalties for violations of
pay and display stations owned by the University of Wisconsin- Oshkosh and installed
on City streets are established by the University of Wisconsin- Oshkosh pursuant to the
authority granted to the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin system under
sections 20.285(1)(h), 36.11(8)(a) and 36.11(9)(b) Wis. Stats. and in turn granted by the
Board of Regents to the chancellor. It is the intention of this ordinance to include by such
reference all provisions in effect at the time of the adoption of this ordinance or future
amendments, revisions or recodification effective upon adoption by the Board of Regents
of the University of Wisconsin System.
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SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage, publication, and placement of the appropriate signage.
SECTION 3. Publication Notice. Please take notice that the City of Oshkosh
enacted ordinance #09 -359 A GENERAL ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OSHKOSH
REPEALING AND RECREATING SECTION 27 -53 OF THE OSHKOSH MUNICIPAL
CODE PERTAINING TO BASIC PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS UPON ISSUANCE OF
PARKING TICKET on September 22, 2009. The ordinance changes the penalties for
violations of various parking regulations.
The full text of the ordinance may be obtained at the Office of the City Clerk, 215
Church Avenue and through the City's website at www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us Clerk's phone
920/236-5011.
City of Oshkosh - Transportation Department
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Mark Rohloff, City Manager
FROM: Christopher Strong, P.E., Director of Transportation
Scott Greuel, Chief of Police
DATE: September 3, 2009
(920)232
RE: EXPLANATION OF ORDINANCE CHANGING PENALTIES FOR
PARKING VIOLATIONS
This ordinance is motivated by two major considerations. First, the existing ordinance on
penalties for parking violations did not explicitly incorporate the .daily parking permit program
recently authorized by the Common Council. Second, the parking violation penalties in the
existing ordinance have not been updated for several years, and as such they might not be
significant enough to encourage compliance with parking regulations.
This ordinance makes the following changes'to the existing municipal code.
• It creates new violation categories for improper display of permits ($15) and fraudulent
use of permits ($30).
• It increases the penalties for some types of parking violations: no parking from 2 a.m. to
5.a.m. (from $10 to $15), overtime parking and meter violations (from $5 or $10 to $15),
and fire lanes (from $30 to $50).
• It removes the section which gives the University of Wisconsin- Oshkosh the ability to
ticket for on- street meters on streets in the vicinity of campus, since those meters are in
the process of being removed.
One benefit of this new schedule is that it simplifies enforcement. Most parking violation
penalties would now be set at $15. Higher penalties will be assessed for fraudulent use of parking
permits ($30), violation of disabled parking ($50) and parking in fire lanes ($50).
At its August 5, 2009 meeting, the Parking Utility Commission endorsed the creation of the new
violation categories and supported the increased penalties for various violations by a 3 -0 vote.
The Commission recommended increasing the penalty for "other violations" (i.e. parking too
close to a driveway or crosswalk) from $15 to $20. However, we believe it is better to keep this
at $15 for ease of enforcement.
City of Oshkosh — Department of Transportation