Ordinance No. 78-75 CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
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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.
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(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
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SIGNED: By the Mayor, this �,2 7 day of (219ij/ elo . , 1978.
MAYOR, CITY OF T GARD
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