§ 66-402. Signage requirements.

(a)

No motor vehicle shall be booted on private property or a private parking area unless a sufficient number of signs are conspicuously posted and maintained by the owner of the property in the form, manner and location prescribed by the department of safety and permits and this article. No charge for the release of a motor vehicle that has been booted in excess of that which is contained in the signs required by this article shall be imposed. Such signs shall contain such information as the director of safety and permits shall prescribe in such rule including, but not limited to, the word "WARNING" and the booting fee shall be in letters not less than three inches high in the color red, and the following:

"CUSTOMER PARKING ONLY, ALL OTHERS WILL BE BOOTED, BOOTING FEE $90.00"

or

"PARKING FOR RESIDENTS AND GUESTS ONLY, ALL OTHERS WILL BE BOOTED, BOOTING FEE $90.00"

and the name of the booting service business with its business telephone to call to have the boot removed shall be in letters not less than one and one-half inches high in the color black, except the fee amount. The signs shall be rectangular and have a yellow background color, and the sign and lettering shall be made of light reflective material to assist in reading during evening hours.

(b)

No motor vehicle shall be booted unless a sufficient number of signs are conspicuously posted and maintained by the owner of the property as described in (a) above as follows:

(1)

One sign shall be posted on private property at each entrance to the parking area at each level of a multi-level parking garage and by the entrance door to each store or establishment facing the parking area.

(2)

Additional signs shall be posted in the parking area and at each level of a multi-level parking garage as follows:

1—20 parking spaces	2 signs
21—40 parking spaces	4 signs
41—60 parking spaces	6 signs
61—80 parking spaces	8 signs
81 or more parking spaces	One additional sign for each additional ten parking spaces.

 

(3)

The director of the department of safety and permits may require additional signs to be located on the premises.

(4)

The department of safety and permits shall approve the signs.

(5)

No sign shall be further than 50 feet and plainly visible from any area of the parking area in which vehicles are subject to booting.

(c)

The city may suspend or revoke any and all licenses or permits assigned to the business(es) served by the private property or the private parking area business that does not meet one or more of the requirements of this article. The director of the department of safety and permits or the director of the department that issues the permit or license is authorized to suspend the permit and license from one week to one year, or revoke the permit or license. An entity whose permit or license has been revoked shall not apply for a new permit or license for a period of one year.

(Ord. No. 19,838, § 1, 10-5-00)