File #: ORD-48:012    Version: 1 Name: Policy regarding parking meter zones
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/4/1948 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 10/4/1948
Title: AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO TRAFFIC AND REGULATING THE USE OF PUBLIC STREETS, HIGHWAYS, ROADS, ALLEYS, PUBLIC WAYS, PUBLIC PARKS, PUBLIC PARKING LOTS AND PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS; PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, SUPERVISION, REGULATION AND CONTROL OF THE USE OF PARKING METERS, DEFINING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PARKING METER ZONES UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS, HIGHWAYS, ROADS, ALLEYS, PUBLIC WAYS, PUBLIC PARKS, PUBLIC PARKING LOTS AND PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE ENFORCEMENT HEREOF AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF SAME. (NOTE: THIS ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED BY ORD-51:012 ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1951; ORD-60:2896 ON JUNE 6, 1960)
Indexes: Parking & Traffic, Policy - creation/amendment
Related files: ORD-60:2894, ORD-51:012, ORD-60:2896
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AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO TRAFFIC AND REGULATING THE USE OF PUBLIC STREETS, HIGHWAYS, ROADS, ALLEYS, PUBLIC WAYS, PUBLIC PARKS, PUBLIC PARKING LOTS AND PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS; PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, SUPERVISION, REGULATION AND CONTROL OF THE USE OF PARKING METERS, DEFINING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PARKING METER ZONES UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS, HIGHWAYS, ROADS, ALLEYS, PUBLIC WAYS, PUBLIC PARKS, PUBLIC PARKING LOTS AND PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE ENFORCEMENT HEREOF AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF SAME. (NOTE: THIS ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED BY ORD-51:012 ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1951; ORD-60:2896 ON JUNE 6, 1960)
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of Jonesboro, Arkansas:

SECTION 1.

(a) The word “vehicle” shall mean any device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported upon a highways, except a device which is operated upon the rail or tracks.

(b) A Parking Meter Zone shall include any public street, avenue, road, alley, public way, public parks, public parking lot, and other public places herein and hereafter designated by the City Council as a parking meter zone.

(c) The word “person” shall mean and include any individual, firm, co-partnership, or corporation.

(d) The word “operator” shall mean and include every individual who shall operate a vehicle as the owner thereof, or as an agent, employee, or permittee of the owners.

(e) A parking meter space shall be defined for the purpose of parallel parking, as a space 22 feet in length more or less along the curb, and for the purpose of diagonal parking, as a space 11 feet more or less along the curb, marked by appropriate lines in the street and with a parking meter set in place adjacent thereto.

SECTION 2. The following streets, avenues and public places, are hereby designated as Parking Meter Zones:

(a) Main Street from Matthews...

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