Lawn Parking_9749-07 Amend Chapter 14 - New Article 8

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Substitute Bill No. 17-07 Addressing Public Safety Parking Regulations Page 4 Use: The purpose or activity for which land, buildings or structures are designed, arranged, or intended or which land, buildings or structures are occupied or maintained. Ordinance Addressing Residential Public Safety Parking Regulations Page 4 Yard: An open space, unobstructed to the sky, extending fully across the lot while situated between the front lot line, side lot line or rear lot line and the established front building line, side building line or rear building line. Sec. 14-42 Parking Prohibited in Residential Lawn Areas. a) It shall be unlawful to park a motor vehicle in a front yard, in a side yard, or in a rear yard which abuts a street of a lot zoned for a residential use or dwelling, except that parking shall be permitted on ahard-surfaced driveway or approved parking space. b) Parking of any motor vehicle in violation of the regulations set forth in this Article is deemed a public nuisance. Sec. 14-43 Parking Prohibited on Sidewalks or Curb Areas? a) It shall be unlawful to park a motor vehicle over any part of a sidewalk or curb that is parallel to the street adjacent to a lot. b) Any portion of a motor vehicle which protrudes over or onto a sidewalk or curb shall be considered a violation of this section. Sec. 14-44 Penalties and Enforcement Procedures; Abatement of Public Nuisances. a) Citation for Violation and Abatement of Public Nuisance: Any person violating any section of this Article shall be issued a citation by members of the South Bend Police Department or the Department of Code Enforcement subjecting the violator to the following penalties: 1St violation $100.00 fine 2°d violation $250.00 fine 3`d violation $350.00 fine The City Attorney's Office is further authorized to seek f nes not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) for chronic violation of this Article by repeat offenders. The Office of the City Attorney is authorized to abate any public nuisance which is created and maintained 2 Indiana Code § 9-21-16-5 prohibits the stopping, standing or pazking on a sidewalk, in front of a driveway, within an intersection, within 15' of a fire hydrant, on a crosswalk, within 20' of a crosswalk at an intersection, within 30' of a stop sign ,within 50' of a railroad crossing, within 20' of a driveway entrance to a fire station, upon a bridge or any place where official signs aze posted.