[Ord. No. 39, § 1]
Wherever in this article the following terms are used, they
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section,
unless otherwise expressly provided, or unless a different meaning
is reasonably and clearly apparent from the language or context:
Any person employed, authorized or empowered by the city
to supervise or otherwise attend to the use and operation of any municipal
parking area.
Any land, premises or area, other than a public way, now,
or hereafter owned or leased by the city, and designated by the city
as a municipal parking area.
The stopping, standing or leaving of a vehicle, within a
municipal parking area, whether occupied or not, for any purpose and
for any period whatsoever.
Any mechanical device, not inconsistent with the provisions
of this article, and placed or erected on any municipal parking area
for the regulation of parking. Each parking meter installed shall
indicate by proper legend the parking time established by this article
and when operated shall at all times indicate the balance of legal
parking time permitted and at the expiration of such period shall
indicate illegal or overtime parking.
Any space within a municipal parking area, adjacent to a
parking meter which is duly designated for the parking of a single
vehicle by painted lines or other markings adjacent to or adjoining
each parking meter.
Any space within a municipal parking area on which parking
meters are not installed, and which is duly designated for the parking
of a single vehicle by painted lines or other markings.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a street or highway, except
devices propelled by human power or driven by animals and except vehicles
the overall size of which, including the load thereof, shall exceed
seven feet in width and 20 feet in length.
[Ord. No. 39, § 1; Ord. No. 29, 8-11-1967, § 10]
It shall be lawful to park vehicles upon municipal parking areas
during the hours and upon the terms, conditions and provisions of
this article.
[Ord. No. 480, § 1; Ord. No. 516, § 1; Ord.
No. 532, § 1; Ord. No. 42, 11-29-1967; Ord. No. 48, 2-28-1968; Ord.
No. 704, § 1, 5-13-8.1992; Ord. No. 811, § 1, 10-9-1996; Ord.
No. 931, § 1, 7-8-2004; Ord. No. 951, § 1, 3-8-2005]
The several municipal parking areas shall be numbered and known
as follows:
(a)
The area bounded on the east by North Pearl Street, on the south
by Melville Street, on the west and north by other land of various
owners, including the City of Pittsfield, shall be numbered and known
as Municipal Parking Area No. 1.
(b)
The area bounded on the south by East Street, on the west by Willis
Street and on the north and east by other land of various owners shall
be numbered and known as Municipal Parking Area No. 2.
(c)
The area bounded on the east by First Street, on the south by land
of various owners and Fenn Street, on the west by Pearl Street and
other land of various owners, and on the north by Eagle Street shall
be numbered and known as "Municipal Parking Area No. 3."
(d)
The area bounded on the west by North Street (formerly the Showplace
Theater), on the north, east, and south by other land of various owners,
shall be numbered and known as "Municipal Parking Area No. 4."
(e)
The area bounded on the east by McKay Street, on the south by other
land of various owners, and on the north and west by Depot Street,
including the McKay Center Parking Garage, shall be numbered and known
as Municipal Parking Area No. 5.
(f)
The area bounded on the north by Summer Street, on the east by other
land of various owners, on the south by Columbus Avenue and on the
west by other land of the City of Pittsfield, including the Columbus
Avenue Parking Facility, shall be numbered and known as "Municipal
Parking Area No. 7."
(g)
The area bounded on the west by South Street (currently the Pittsfield
Visitor's Center Parking Lot), on the north, east, and south by other
land of various owners, shall be numbered and known as "Municipal
Parking Area No. 6."
(h)
The area bounded on the west by Seymour Street, on the north, east,
and south by other land of various owners but within the block of
land between Madison Avenue and Linden Street, shall be numbered and
known as "Municipal Parking Area No. 8."
(i)
The area bounded on the east by Seymour Street, on the south by Madison
Avenue, on the north and west by other land of various owners, shall
be numbered and known as "Municipal Parking Area No. 9."
(j)
The area bounded on the west by Seymour Street, on the north, east,
and south by other land of various owners but within the block of
land between Madison Avenue and Kent Avenue, shall be numbered and
known as "Municipal Parking Area No. 10."
(k)
The area located south and west of the Airport Terminal Building
built in 1968 (named the "West Parking Lot") owned and bounded by
lands owned by the Pittsfield Municipal Airport Commission, shall
be numbered and known as "Municipal Parking Area No. 11."
(l)
The area located south and adjacent to the Airport Terminal Building
built in 1968 (named the "South Parking Lot") owned and bounded by
lands owned by the Pittsfield Municipal Airport Commission, shall
be numbered and known as "Municipal Parking Area No. 12."
[Ord. No. 39, § 1]
The parking of any vehicle on a municipal parking area under
the terms and provisions of this article shall be under a temporary
license, permit or privilege which shall be revocable at the will
and option of the City. It shall not constitute or render the City
or any of its officers, agents, servants or employees the bailee or
custodian of such vehicle or any property therein.
[Ord. No. 39, § 1]
By parking a vehicle on a municipal parking area, the owner
and operator thereof shall assume all risk, responsibility and liability
for any theft thereof or of property therein, and for any loss or
damage thereto or to any property therein, caused by or resulting
from any cause whatever, and the exercise of the license, permit or
privilege of parking a vehicle on a municipal parking area under the
terms and provisions of this article shall constitute and operate
as a release and discharge of the City from any responsibility, obligation
or liability for the theft thereof or of any property therein, and
for any loss or damage thereto or to any property therein, caused
by or resulting from any cause whatever.
[Ord. No. 39, § 1]
Any person, including, but not limited to the owner, operator
or occupant of any vehicle, going in, on, upon, over or across any
municipal parking area, whether on foot or in a vehicle, for or in
connection with any purpose authorized or permitted under this article,
shall, by virtue of such act, assume all risk, responsibility and
liability for injuries to his person, or for death, resulting from
any cause whatsoever; and the exercise of the license, permit or privilege
of being on such municipal parking area under the terms and provisions
of this article shall constitute and operate as a release and discharge
of the City from any responsibility, obligation or liability for any
personal injuries, for death, or for any and all losses, claims or
damages arising or resulting from or in consequence of such injuries
or death.
[Ord. No. 39, § 1; Ord. No. 52, 5-22-1968, § 1; Ord. No. 198, § 1, 9-25-1973; Ord.
No. 946, § 1, 1-11-2005]
No vehicle, except those vehicles of the City and vehicles of
residents as permitted by the City under a temporary permit which
shall be revocable at the will and option of the City, shall be parked
on any municipal parking area during the hours from 12:00 a.m. to
7:00 a.m. daily. Every vehicle entering a municipal parking area,
at any time, shall enter such parking area only for the purpose of
parking, with the exception of emergencies, repairs and delivery vehicles.
No vehicle while on any portion of any municipal parking area shall
travel in excess of 10 miles per hour.
[Ord. No. 39, § 1; Ord. No. 204, § 1; Ord.
No. 294, § 1; Ord. No. 315, § 1; Ord. No. 341, § 1; Ord. No. 420, § 1; Ord. No. 480, § 1; Ord. No. 516, § 2; Ord. No. 532, § 1; Ord. No. 467, § 2, 11-18-1983; Ord. No. 1043, § 1, 8-10-2010; Ord. No. 1206, § I, 6-12-2018]
The number of hours that a vehicle may be parked upon the various
municipal parking areas shall be reviewed by the Traffic Commission
and approved by the City Council. A violation of this section shall
be deemed to have occurred if a motor vehicle bearing a specific registration
plate number is found to be parked in excess of the designated parking
period, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through
Friday, in the same parking space or a space within the same municipal
parking area in which the vehicle was parked at the time the registration
was recorded, except when the motor vehicle has a City-issued temporary
parking permit allowing them to park in a free parking space.
[Ord. No. 39, § 1]
The owner or operator of a vehicle parking the same within a
parking meter space upon a municipal parking area shall immediately
deposit in the parking meter for such space the required coin of the
United States for the maximum legal parking period, or for any permitted
subdivisions thereof, as indicated or shown on the meter; and if so
required he shall set the mechanism in motion.
[Ord. No. 39, § 1; Ord. No. 204, § 1; Ord.
No. 294, § 1; Ord. No. 315, § 1; Ord. No. 341, § 1; Ord. No. 420, § 1; Ord. No. 480, § 1; Ord. No. 516, § 3; Ord. No. 532, § 1; Ord. No. 467, § 2, 11-18-1983; Ord. No. 952, § 1, 3-22-2005; Ord. No. 1042, § 1, 8-10-2010]
(a)
The fee for the use of a parking meter space upon the various municipal
parking areas shall be as determined by the Traffic Commission.
(b)
Monthly parking rates, per space, effective July 1, 2010:
(1)
McKay Street, Lot 5, overnight resident permit parking: $20.
(2)
McKay Street, Lot 5A, permit parking (7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.):
$35.
(3)
McKay Garage, rooftop, Lot 5B (7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.): $25.
(4)
McKay Garage, covered, Lot 5D (7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.): $35.
(5)
McKay Garage, covered, Lot 5C, reserved permit parking (7:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m.): $70.
[Ord. No. 39, § 1; Ord. No. 294, § 1; Ord.
No. 480, § 1; Ord. No. 532, § 1; Ord. No. 467, § 2, 11-18-1983]
[Ord. No. 467, § 2, 11-18-1983]
After public hearings, the traffic commission shall adopt the regulations necessary for Sections 13-84 to 13-88. Said regulations shall take effect seven days after publication which shall be done as soon as possible by the traffic commission.
[Ord. No. 471, § 1, 11-18-1983]
[Ord. No. 39, § 1]
It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to tamper with,
open, break, injure or destroy any parking meter upon a municipal
parking area, or for any person to deposit or cause to be deposited
in such meter any slug, device or metallic substance, or any other
substitute for the coins required for the operation of such meter;
or to do any other thing or act which will render such meter inoperative.
[Ord. No. 39, § 1; Ord. No. 109, 12-9-1969, § 1]
Vehicles parked upon municipal parking areas shall be parked
within the limits of parking spaces or parking meter spaces. Backing
into such parking spaces or parking meter spaces is hereby prohibited.
[Ord. No. 39, § 1]
The ignition keys shall be removed and the hand brake or emergency
brake shall be applied by the owner or operator of every vehicle parked
upon a municipal parking area.
[Ord. No. 39, § 1]
No pets or animals shall be left in or upon any vehicle parked
upon a municipal parking area.
[Ord. No. 39, § 1]
Officers of the police department of the city, under the direction
of the chief of police, are hereby charged and entrusted with the
duty of enforcing the provisions of this article.
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Editor's Note: Ord. No. 236, approved 9-19-1975, repealed § 13-95,
which contained penalty provisions and was derived from Ord. No. 39
and Ord. No. 28.
