Parking Ordinance Placed On Second Reading

FARMINGTON — Farmington City Council placed an ordinance to regulate on-street parking on second reading at its June 8 meeting. The ordinance will be used to replace the city’s 20-year-old parking ordinance.

Details of the ordinance include: The city can prohibit parking at all times on certain streets by posting a No Parking sign on the street.

The police chief has authority to designate streets or portions of streets as No Parking areas and authority to post temporary No Parking signs for special events.

People are prohibited from using city streets, highways or alleys to park their vehi- cles for long periods of time. Vehicles cannot be left on a public street for more than 72 consecutive hours. Cars also cannot be parked on the street for maintenance or repair, except for emergency situations.

Commercial vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers having a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more cannot be parked or left on a city street, highway or alley.

A recreational vehicle or non-self-propelled vehicle can only be parked on city streets 24 hours before a recreational trip and 24 hours after a trip for purposes of loading and unloading.

Dumpsters and Portable On Demand (PODs) storage units cannot be placed on city streets, highways or alleys at any time.

A person who violates any provisions of the ordinance will be fined $50 for the first offense. For a second offense within one year, the penalty is $100 and for a third offense in the same year, a person would receive a fine of not more than $500.

Anyone with questions or comments about the proposed ordinance can contact City Hall, 267-3865.