§ 12.56.090 — Parking meter rates

12.56.090 - Parking meter rates.

The international bridges director is hereby authorized to establish parking meter fees upon any drive, roadway, city-owned or controlled parking lot or parking facility, or any other area where the parking space is subject to a parking meter. The following fees are hereby established for public parking at any parking meter that is governed by this section: A. A rate to be established by the international bridges director in an amount set forth in the city's budget, which includes any applicable sales tax. The maximum duration of parking at any meter shall be established by the international bridges director and shall not exceed ten hours. B. In establishing the foregoing rates, the International Bridges Director shall consider the cost of providing the service, the prevailing private market parking rates in the immediate vicinity of the meter, the needs of patrons of nearby businesses and other premises to have access to the use of meter parking, and shall also consider relevant traffic mobility and engineering issues as applicable. C. The International Bridges Director is authorized to increase the rate established in subsection 12.56.090 A. to at least eighty cents and no more than one dollar in order to include the third party transaction actual cost for the provision of credit or debit card processing services for any time up to the first hour of each transaction for parking at parking meters. For any subsequent time beyond the first hour of the same transaction, the rate established in subsection 12.56.090 A. will apply.

(Ord. 15157 § 10, 2002) (Ord. 17043, 12-23-2008; Ord. No. 17690, § 23, 12-6-2011; Ord. No. 17847, § 2, 8-7-2012, eff. 9-1-2012; Ord. No. 18228, § 2, 8-19-2014)