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Ordinance No. 78-75 CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON ORDINANCE NO. 78- AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10.28 PARKING OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF TIGARD BY ADDING PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ZONES AILD TEMPORARY LOADING ZONES. THE CITY OF TIGARD ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: The City Council finds that the Municipal Code of the City of Tigard as it now exists does not provide a mechanism for regulating the use of public streets in connection with construction and demolition of buildings or with certain temporary loading and unloading needs of commercial establishments ,and construction projects. Section 2: In response to the deficiency in the City code identified in Section 1 above the following addition to the Municipal Code is made, to be designated §10.28.138 Construction Zones and Temporary Loading Zones: 10.28.138 Construction Zones and Temporary Loading Zones. (a) Provision for Permits. Any person who finds it necessary to park a motor vehicle for actual construction or maintenance work or who finds it necessary to block off a parking space or spaces along the curb in a zone in which parking is controlled, shall be entitled to a construction zone permit. Any person who finds it necessary in connection with the conduct of a commercial enter- prise or in the construction of a building, to park e, a motor vehicle or to block off a parking space or spaces along the curb for such work shall be entitled to a temporary loading zone permit. Application for a construction zone permit or a temporary loading zone permit shall be made in writing to the chief of police upon a form to be provided by him showing such information as he may request. The chief of police shall make such investigation as he deems necessary and, if Yee i s satisfied that the applicant has a reasonable need for the permit, the chief of police shall issue a construction zone permit or a temporary loading zone permit. (b) Term of Permit. The term of a permit issued by the chief of police pursuant to subsection (a) above shall be established by the chief of police and entered upon the permit but in no event shall a permit be issued for a period to exceed one year. ORDINANCE NO. 78- � I (c) Fees. The fee for a construction zone permit or a temporary loading zone permit shall be $24 for one year or $2 for each month or portion of a month for periods of less than one year. The fee shall ie paid to the chief of police at the time of application. In the event the need for the permit terminates before the end of the term allowed by the permit as issued, the applicant shall be entitled to a retuund in the amount of the charge that would have been made for the unused term of the permit. (d) Display of Permit. Before any person shall use a parking space in such a way as to require the issuance of a construction zone or temporary loading zone permit he shall obtain the construction permit or temporary loading zone permit, and at all such times as the vehicle or vehicles shall be parked in the place authorized by such a permit, the permit shall be displayed in such a way as to permit one observing the vehicle from the outside to read it. If the vehicle is equir ped with a sunvisor above or beside the windshield on the driver's side, the permit t shall be displayed on the sunvisor, which shall be turned down so as to expose the permit toward the outside of the vehicle. (e) The purpose of this section is to permit use of the public streets for parking in circumstances ' in which parking would otherwise be prohibited or limited as to time pursuant to the ordinances of the City of Tigard. PASSED: By vote of all Council members present after being readtwo times by number and title only this day of !IlDur'r�l 1978. RECORDER, CITT OF TIGARD j; SIGNED: By the Mayor, this �,2 7 day of (219ij/ elo . , 1978. MAYOR, CITY OF T GARD ORDINANCE NO. 78-