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Home My WebLink About18573-A ORD - 11/29/1984AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY DELETING SECTION 53-195, PROCEDURE FOR COVERING PARKING METERS AND ESTABLISHING CHARGES DURING CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR OF BUILDINGS AND SECTION 53-196, PROCEDURES FOR RENDERING CURB SPACE UNUSABLE, ESTABLISHING CHARGES DURING CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR OF BUILDINGS, AND SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR A NEN SECTION 53-195, PROCEDURES FOR OCCUPANCY OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY (COVERING OF PARKING METERS AND RENDERING OF CURB SPACE UNUSABLE AND ESTABLISHING CHARGES DURING CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR OF BUILDINGS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinances be amended by deleting Section 53-195, Procedure for Covering Parking Meters and Establishing Charges During Construction or Repair of Buildings, and Section 53-196, Procedure for Rendering Curb Space Unusable, Establishing Charges During Construction or Repair of Buildings, in their entirety and substituting therefor a new Section 53-195, Procedures for Occupancy of Public Right -of -Nay (Covering of Parking Meters and Rendering of Curb Space Unusable) and Establishing Charges During Construction or Repair of Buildings, to read as follows. Sec. 53-195. Procedures for Occupancy of Public Right -of -Way (Covering of Parking Meters and Rendering of Curb Space Unusable) and Establishing Charges During Construction or Repair of Buildings When coverage of parking meters is required or public right-of-way is rendered unusable for the express use of contractors for the erection, construction or repair of buildings, on those arterial and collector through streets s defined in Section 53-251 of the City Code and upon all streets in the Central Business District, the following procedure and charges shall apply 1. There shall be a permit fee/service charge of $25.00 for use of parking lanes and loading zones and $35.00 for use of traffic lanes, sidewalks -and alleys levied against the contractor. Such charge will be used to offset the cost in preparation of street closure a meter rental permits, the covering of parking meters, preparation of a traffic handling plan, and secretarial time for processing of billings. For occupancy of parking lanes* and curbside loading zones, assessment of charges of 1.356/sq ft/ day 18573 IF (minimum charge of $2.25/day) for occupancy of metered parking spaces, 0.65/sq ft/day (minimum charge of $1.00 day) for o cupancy of unmetered parking spaces, and 1.22/sq ft/day (minimum charge of $2.00/day) for occupancy of commercial loading zones. Charges would be based on the width of right-of-way occupied from the barricading equipment or barriers in the roadway to the face of curb or edge of pavement (in the case of curbless streets) For temporary restrictionsand reservation of parking at meter spaces which are to be hooded, noe than five (5) metered spaces would be permitted to be hooded at any one time by an applicant. Such parking reservation would be expressly limited to bulk loading/unloading activities and parking of construction vehicles integral to the construction activities. *"Parking lane" in this case shall be defined as any portion of the paved street totally dedicated for curbside parking, measured from the face of curb to a point 8 ft into the street from the face of the curb. 3 For occupancy of traffic lane and sidewalk./alley space, there would be anassessed charge of 1.55/sq ft/day (minimum charge of $500/day and 0 35/sq ft/day (minimum charge of $2.00/day), respectively Charges would be based on the width of right-of-way occupied in the traffic lane or between the face of the curb edge of pavement) and right-of-way line (property line). In the case of alley space, if all or part of the alleyway is blocked such as to prevent any vehicle the contractor would be assessed for the full right-of-way of the alleyway *"Sidewalk" in this case shall be defined as any portion of the street between the curb or the lateral line of the roadway and the adjacent property line, all or a part of which is intended for the use of pedestrians. A contractor shall be limited to no greater than one-third (1/3) of the paved width of any street adjacent to the building for which a construction permit has been issued, accordance with the provisions of Section 2101.1n of the Building Cade. Rofgv time for eed1oeighof c8)e c000000ous any hurs period occupancy of exceedingthe street in excess of the one-third width maximum limit shall bedirected to the City Council for consideration of approval. 5 Charges for metered parking space occupancya re applicable to weekdays only. Assessments applicable to o upancy of unmetered parking spaces will be assessed for construction occupancy of metered parking spaces on weekends. Any fraction of a day shall be charged as a full day. 6. Whenever parking meters and their supportpipe ut removed, there will be a charge of do00first for the first meter removed and $4.00 for each additional meter. All of the above charges shall be collected by the Division of Traffic Engineering and paid in full before the penult 1s issued or amended, based upon the planned duration of the construction project. At the discretion of the Traffic Engineer, monthly payments may be paid by the Contractor if the construction project is planned for duration beyond one month. When the right-of-way space covered under the permit is not occupied for the full period of time for which the permit 1s issued and for which the fees have been paid, the City will refund a portion of the fees paid to cover the unoccupied period of time on the following bases: The City will refund to the applicant on a daily basis for the number of days the space covered by the permit was not occupied; provided the charge for the unoccupied days was paid in advance when the permit was issued or mended and that there are no other payments due the City No refunds shall be made until the occupied space is totally cleared in full compliance with the conditions set in the permit. 8. The Traffic Engineer may revoke a permit issued hereunder if any of the permit holder's barricading, signing, channelization,w e ing other traffic control procedures or the traffic control equipment used at the construction site do not comply with the requirements of the City's "Manual on Uniform Barricading Standards or Practices" or with those special requirements imposed by the Director or Traffic Engineering, provided, that the permit holder, or person named a responsible for the activity in the permit, shall first be notified of the failure a defect and be given a e onable time, such length of time to be determinedby the Director of Traffic Engineering and not to exceed twenty-four (24) hours, to correct same before such permit is revoked. At least forty-eight (48) hours advance notice shall be provided to the Department of TrafficEngineering before issuance of permit That the foregoing ordinance �WIq�read fore, first time and p ed to its nd reading on this the'"/�il. day of `�µ``rr r.[,r�v✓ 19 by the following vote Luther Jones /..: Leo Guerrero Betty N. Turner / Dr. Charles W. Kennedy David Berlanga Sr. / Joe McComb Welder Brown / Frank Mendez Mary Pat Blavik That the foregoing ordinance read for dq time and qa�s ed to its third reading on this the day of /.fatten A/w , 19 , by the following vote. / Luther Jones Betty N. Turner David Berlanga, Sr. a Welder Brawn Or. Charles W. Kennedy Joe McComb Frank Mendez Mary Pat Slav,. That the fare$$��((g ordln ma 1 d far the [herd timeend passed finally on this the .�yMt day of psU bea 10599, by the followsnr 00te Luther Jones/ Leo Guerrero Betty N. Turner / , . Dr. Charles W. Kennedy David Berlanga, Sr. Joe McComb Welder Brown �.. Frank Mendez -�j Mary Pat Slavik PASSED AND APPROVED, this the ayday of )i/QaM)4LV , 19 MAYOR j7/ THE CI i' DF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS ATTEST Ciileetary APPR VEO I OAY OF ,tsve.wir r Istel J BRUCE YCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY BYAsty Attorney 18573of