§ 12-141. Parking decals; issuance; misuse or failure to affix deemed a failure to pay.

(a)

The city council hereby establishes that decals may be issued to any purely personal use vehicles of a city resident who has a personal vehicle or vehicles that are subject to registration and licensing under state law and including their golf carts subject to permit under state law, but excluding rental vehicles and vehicles for hire, which has been the subject of payment of ad valorem tax to the city that will permit parking at all metered spaces within the city without further payment at the site of parking, as designated by resolution of city council. A person making application must produce a receipt for payment of ad valorem taxes for the vehicle within the city that year in order for the vehicle to receive a parking decal. A vehicle may receive one decal for each proof of payment under an administrative program established by the manager.

(b)

Decals shall be permanently displayed on automobiles and other motor vehicles by adhesive bonding to the inside rear windshield on the driver's side, or as affixed for the convenience of parking enforcement officials. Decals may not be affixed by taped adhesive to the inside of the vehicle, nor placed upon the dashboard or affixed in any other location by any other means. Decals may not be traded, sold or given away, and shall be removed upon expiration or sale of the vehicle.

(c)

It shall be unlawful to park with an expired decal in a metered space without paying at the parking site, transfer the decal to another vehicle or person, alter, deface, or misuse the decal or fail to permanently affix the decal as required by this section, and such violation is hereby deemed a failure to pay under section 12-133.

(d)

It shall be unlawful for any person to provide false, incomplete or misleading information regarding city residency to acquire a resident decal.

(Ord. No. 2016-62, 8-9-16)