Fiscal Note
The Parking Utility estimates that the rates changes will yield approximately $540,000/year in increased revenues. The revenues for 2012 are included in the Parking Utility 2012 adopted operating budget.
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SUBSTITUTE Amending Sec. 12.142(1), Sec. 12.142(3), creating Sec. 12.142(7), renumbering and amending current Sec. 12.142(7) to (8) and amending Sec. 12.12.1425(3)(b)1. and Sec. 12.145(3) of the Madison General Ordinances to increase the rates for metered parking and allow for contractor hang tag permits to be used for metered parking in a manner similar to meter hooding.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This amendment increases the hourly rates for metered parking and increases the charge for temporary restricted parking and temporary no parking zones established by meter hoods. It also establishes a procedure for contractor hang tag permits, which are similar to meter hoods except that they do not take a specific meter out of operation, but instead allow the purchaser park at an available meter for a full or half day.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Introductory paragraph of Subsection (1) entitled "Purpose" of Section 12.142 entitled "Temporary Restricted Parking - On-Street Meters" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"(1) Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to establish a procedure for the City Traffic Engineer and Parking Manager to create "Temporary Restricted Parking Areas" and to issue hangtag parking permits within on-street metered parking areas. When used in this Section, the title "Traffic Engineer" means the "City Traffic Engineer and Parking Manager- or designee." Under this procedure, operators are permitted to park overtime at a metered space when displaying a hangtag parking permit, to cover certain on-street parking meters or stall markers with Temporary Restricted Parking Hoods, or to designate Temporary Restricted Parking areas for multi-space metered zones for the following purposes:"
2. Subsection (3) entitled "Application and Fees" of Section 12.142 entitled "Temporary Restricted Parking - On-Street Meters" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"(3) Application and Fees:
(a) Application for a temporary restricted parking area and hangtag parking permits shall be made to the Traffic Engineer, by the person or firm requesting the restricted parking area. The application shall be in writing and on a form designated by the Traffic Engineer. At a minimum, the application form shall require the applicant to demonstrate a need for a temporary restricted area or hangtag parking permit consistent with the purposes stated in sub. (1), and shall include any other information required by the Traffic Engineer. If meter or stall hoods are requested for a period of six (6) months or more the fees shall be prepaid.
(b) Fees for Parking Meters Controlling a Single Space. Meter hoods and hangtag parking permits shall be issued for a full day or half-day. The fee for a full-day meter shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00) sixteen dollars ($16) plus a one-dollar hood rental fee, and the fee for a half-day meter shall be eight dollars (8.00) nine dollars ($9.00) plus a one-dollar hood rental fee. The fee for streets with peak hour parking restrictions will be adjusted by the Traffic Engineer. The replacement fee for lost or stolen hoods shall be one dollar ($1.00) per hood. Election-day meter hoods under sub. (1)(d) shall be exempt from any fees.
(c) Fees for Multi-Space Metered Zones. Zones consisting of parallel parking areas, for every twenty-two (22) lineal feet as measured at the curb, shall be equivalent to one (1) parking stall. Each parking stall measured in this manner shall have a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) sixteen dollars ($16) for a full day and the fee for a half day shall be eight dollars ($8.00) nine dollars ($9). Zones consisting of diagonal parking stalls shall have a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) sixteen dollars ($16) for a full day and the fee for a half day shall be eight dollars ($8.00) nine dollars ($9) per stall. Temporary restricted parking signs as required by the Parking Utility will have a fee of one dollar ($1.00) per sign.
(d) Fees For Covering /Uncovering Signs For Parking Spaces Reserved For Motor Vehicles Used By a Person With Physical Disability. As described in Sec. 12.142(1)(c), the fee shall be fifty dollars ($50) per occurrence or event.
(e) This ordinance shall become effective June 1, 20092012."
3. Subsection (7) entitled "Procedure For Hangtag Parking Permits" of Section 12.142 entitled "Temporary Restricted Parking - On-Street Meters" of the Madison General Ordinances is created to read as follows:
"(7) Procedure For Hangtag Parking Permits.
(a) Permits may not be used at meters with a time limit of thirty (30) minutes or less, at meters which are Loading Zones between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m or at meters during times when parking is not allowed for any other reason. All stopping, standing and parking restrictions remain applicable to vehicles with permits.
(b) Permits shall be placed on the rearview mirror when the vehicle is parked.
(c) Permits are valid for only the date indicated on the permit. No person may alter a permit or use a permit with an altered expiration date.
(d) The City Traffic Engineer and Parking Manager or designee may withdraw the right to use the permit if traffic, parking or weather conditions warrant."
4. Current Subsection (7) of Section 12.142 entitled "Temporary Restricted Parking - On-Street Meters" of the Madison General Ordinances is hereby renumbered to Subsection (8) and amended to read as follows:
"(78) Use of a parking meter hood, or sign or hangtag parking permit for other than the use specified in the application shall be grounds for revocation of the temporary restricted parking area permit or hangtag parking permit and, in addition, any person or firm who violates any part of this ordinance shall be subject to a forfeiture of not more than two hundred dollars ($200) for each day or fraction thereof during which the violation occurs."
5. Paragraph 1. entitled ""No Parking" Hood Fees" of Subdivision (b) of Subsection (3) of Section 12.1425 entitled "Temporary "No Parking" Zones - On-Street Meters" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"(b) Fees per hood or area shall be as follows:
1. "No Parking" Hood Fees: Meter hoods shall be issued for a full day or half-day. The fee for a full-day meter shall be thirteen dollars ($13.00) sixteen dollars ($16) plus a one-dollar hood rental fee, and the fee for a half-day meter shall be seven dollars ($7.00) nine dollars ($9) plus a one-dollar ($1.00) hood rental fee.
a. Fees for Multi-Space Metered Zones. Zones consisting of parallel parking areas, for every twenty-two (22) lineal feet as measured at the curb, shall be equivalent to one (1) parking stall. Each parking stall measured in this manner shall have a fee of thirteen dollars ($13.00) sixteen dollars ($16) for a full day and the fee for a half day shall be seven dollars ($7.00) nine dollars ($9). Zones consisting of diagonal parking stalls shall have a fee of thirteen dollars ($13.00) sixteen dollars ($16) for a full day and the fee for a half day shall be seven dollars ($7.00) nine dollars ($9) per stall. Temporary restricted parking signs as required by the Parking Utility will have a fee of one dollar ($1.00) per sign."
6. Subsection (3) entitled "Rates" of Section 12.145 entitled "Parking at Parking Meters and Multi-Space Meters; Meter Rates" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"(3) Rates. The rate of payment for on-street parking meters shall be:
(a) Parking meter zones established by Sections 12.1495, 12.150, 12.1505, 12.1515, 12.1516, 12.1517 and 12.1518: seventy-five centsone dollar (75¢$1) per hour for the ten-hour meters, and one dollar and fifty seventy-five cents ($1.501.75) per hour for all other meters.
(b) Parking meter zones established by Section 12.151: one dollar and twenty cents ($1.001.20) per hour for all meters.
(c) The hourly rate for all on-street multi-space meters shall be one dollar and seventy-five cents ($1.701.75).
(d) The hourly rate for all on-street metered parking designated for motorcycles shall be seventy-five centsone dollar (75¢$1).
(e) The rate for any other on-street parking meter installed under the authority of the City Traffic Engineer and Parking Manager, but not included in the zones listed above shall be either one dollar and seventy-five ($1.75) cents per hour, one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per hour, one dollar and twenty cents ($1.20) per hour or seventy-five cents (75¢) per hour, as determined by the City Traffic Engineer and Parking Manager.
(f) On street multi-space meters paid by methods other than cash will have a minimum required payment equal to one dollar ($1) of metered time, as determined by the City Traffic Engineer and Parking Manager.
(g) This ordinance shall become effective June 1, 20092012."