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HomeMy WebLinkAbout023015 ORD - 07/29/19971 ORDINANCES AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI CHAPTER 53 - TRAFFIC, 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, BY INCREASING FEES SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTIONS (1), (2), (3), AND (6); AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Chapter 53 - Traffic, 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, is amended by increasing fees in Subsections (1), (2), (3), and (6) 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 as 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 eighty eighty-five dollars ($ 84970085.00) for use of parking lanes and loading zones and ninety_ five dollars ($9070095.00) 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 or meter rental permits, the covering of parking meters, preparation of a traffic handling plan, and secretarial time for processing of billings. (2) For occupancy of parking lanes and curbside loading zones, assessment of charges of one and one-half cents ($0:01-3-50_011) a square foot per day (minimum charge of two dollars and twenty-five cents ($2.25) per day) for occupancy of metered parking spaces, one and one-half cents ($0:0i-3-50,015) a square foot per day (minimum charge of one dollar ($1.00) per day) for occupancy of p,$5000121 bak July 10, 1997 (2.16pm) NICkUfJLMEU 7) MS5000 121 bak July 10, 1997 (2:16pm) unmetered parking spaces, and two and sevenn ne-tenths cents ($ 0:0270.029) a square foot per day (minimum charge of two dollars twenty-five cents ($27092,25) per 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 restrictions and reservation of parking at meter spaces which are to be hooded, no more 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" as used in this section shall be defined as any portion of the paved street totally dedicated for curbside parking, measured from the face of curb to a point eight (8) feet into the street from the face of the curb. (3) For occupancy of traffic lane and sidewalk/alley space, there would be an assessed charge of three And two-tenths cents ($0:934203/) a square foot per day (minimum charge of five dollars twenty-five cents ($5435.25) per day) and three and two tenths cents ($0440.032) a square foot per day (minimum charge of two dollars twenty-five cents ($27002.25) a 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 (or 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 access, the contractor would be assessed for the full right-of-way of the alleyway. "Sidewalk" as used in this section 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. (4) A contractor shall be limited to no greater than one-third of the paved width of any street adjacent to the building for which a construction permit has been issued, in accordance with the provisions of section 2101.1 of the building code. Requests for full closure of the street for any period of time exceeding eight (8) continuous hours of occupancy of the street in excess of the one-third width maximum limit shall be directed to the city council for consideration of approval. (5) Charges for metered parking space occupancy are applicable to weekdays only. Assessments applicable to occupancy 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. 3 (6) Whenever parking meters and their support pipe must be removed, there will be a charge of twenty-€rvesix dollars twenty-five cents ($25:0026.25) for the first meter removed and six dollars trve,dyseventy-five cents ($6456.75) for each additional meter. (7) All of the above charges shall be collected by the department designated by the city manager and paid in full before the permit is issued or amended, based upon the planned duration of the construction project. At the discretion of the city manager, or such officers or employees of the city designated by the city manager, 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 is 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 basis: a. 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 amended and that there are no other payments due the city. b. No refunds shall be made until the occupied space is totally cleared in full compliance with the conditions set in the permit. (8) The city manager, or such officers or employees of the city designated by the city manager, may revoke a permit issued hereunder if any of the permit holder's barricading, signing, channelization, warning or 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 city manager, or such officers or employees of the city designated by the city manager; provided, that the permit holder, or person named as responsible for the activity in the permit, shall first be notified of the failure or defect and be given a reasonable time, such length of time to be determined by the city manager, or such officers or employees of the city designated by the city manager, and not to exceed twenty-four (24) hours; to correct same before such permit is revoked. (9) At least forty-eight (48) hours advance notice shall be provided to the department designated by the city manager before issuance of permit MS5000 121 b91c July 10, 1997 (2:16pm) 4 SECTION 2. Publication will be made one time in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi by publishing the caption stating in substance the purpose of the ordinance. This ordinance will be effective upon publication. MS5000 121 bak July 10, 1997 (2:16pm) 5 alLat the foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on this the day of \ .L: LL1 , 1997, by the following vote: J n Loyd Neal Betty Jean Longoria Jaime Capeloii John Longoria Melody Cooper _ Edward A. Martin Alex L. Garcia, Jr. � Dr. David McNichols Arnold Gonzales the foregoing ordinance was read for the second time and passed on this the Lt. Loyd Neal Jaime Capelo Melody Cooper Alex L. Garcia, Jr. Arnold Gonzales , 1997, by the following vote: eat Betty Jean Longoria John Longoria Edward A. Martin Dr. David McNichols PASSED AND APPROVED, this the a�Fti day of ATTEST: City Secretary APPROVED: /° A DAY OF 1� O1NF11 day of i Qy , 1997. THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI , 1997. JAMES R. BRAY, JR., CITY ATTORN Y By: Michael L. Scanlon Assistant City Attorney MS5000 121 bak July 10, 1997 (2: I6pm) State of Texas County of Nueces } } PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ss: Ad # 1490740 PO # Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Darrell G. Coleman, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is Vice - President and Chief Financial Officer of the Corpus Christi Caller -Times, a daily newspaper published at Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally circulated in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria and Webb Counties, and that the publication of, NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. 023015 which the annexed is a true copy, was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller -Times on 4TH day(s) of AUGUST, 1997. ONE (11 Time(s) $42.68 ,01111111111/0 F HARA, r&/i.. • Vice -President and Chief Financial Officer Subscribed and sworn to before me this y(s) of AUGUST, 1997. c1Wot t all*,QM.r.Time4. Monday, August 4, 1997 \ " 1 41. NO OF P ORDINANCE NO. ,++ 5 Amending the Code of Ordi- nances, City of Corpus Christi Chapter 53 - Traffic, Section 53-195 - Procedures for Occu- pancy of Public Right -of -Way (owedng of parkng metas and rendering of curb space unusable) and eptabii$Nng (Merges during construction or repair of buildings, by horses inpp fees specified in S). This ordinance (1), (2), (3), aid pee eahand °approved` eeleyWhe City Council of the City of Cor- pus Christi on the 291h Yr of ,may, .1997. 5TH Notary Public, Nueces County, Texas CONNIE HARALSON Print or Type Name of Notary Public My commission expires on 5/14/01.