Columbia Hourly parking; fees for parking structures ordinance (§ 14-391)

(a) Designation of municipal parking structures. Hourly parking shall be available in spaces clearly designated for hourly parking in the following parking structures as set forth in this section: Plaza Municipal Parking Garage located at the southwest corner of Walnut Street and Eighth Street;

Short Street Municipal Parking Garage located at the southeast and southwest corners of Short Street and Walnut Street;

Fifth and Walnut Municipal Parking Garage located at the southeast corner of Walnut Street and Fifth Street;

Sixth and Cherry Municipal Parking Garage located at the southwest corner of Cherry Street and Sixth Street;

Eighth and Cherry Municipal Parking Garage located at the northeast corner of Cherry Street and Eighth Street;

Tenth and Cherry Municipal Parking Garage located at the southeast corner of Cherry Street and Tenth Street.

(b) Days and times hourly parking rates apply in parking structures. Hourly parking fees shall be assessed in all municipal parking structures between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, with the exception of city designated holidays.

(c) Hourly rate for parking structures equipped with a gate arm. In all municipal parking structures equipped with a gate arm at the entrance and exit, the hourly parking fees shall be levied at the rate of one dollar ($1.00) for every two (2) hours or any portion thereof; provided however, any vehicle parked in a parking structure less than one (1) hour shall not pay a fee for such parking.

(d) Hourly rate for parking structures without a gate arm system. In all municipal parking structures which are not equipped with a gate arm system, the hourly parking fees shall be levied at a rate equivalent to twenty-five cents ($0.25) per half hour.

(e)

Payment. Payment requirements and methods of accepted payment shall be conspicuously posted at the entrance to each parking structure to give the user sufficient notice of payment obligations prior to entering the parking structure. All parking fees at parking structures equipped with a gate arm system shall be paid upon exit of the parking structure at the structure exit gate pursuant to the posted instructions. All parking fees for hourly parking at a parking structure without a gate arm system shall be paid upon parking the vehicle before the user leaves the parking structure.

(f) Lost ticket. A user who does not have a time-stamped entry card to determine the hourly parking fees due and payable upon exiting any parking structure equipped with a gate arm system shall be assessed a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00).

(g) Limitation on hourly parking in parking structure. No vehicle shall remain in an hourly parking space within a parking structure for a period longer than seventy-two (72) hours without exiting the structure and re-entering the structure.

(h) Violations. It shall be unlawful for any person who does not otherwise hold a permit to park in a parking structure to park in any municipal parking structure without payment of the fees set forth herein and in the manner set forth herein.