§ 190-102. Municipally owned parking lots.

A. 

The City of Lockport will construct and maintain, at preselected sites in the City of Lockport, New York, municipally owned parking lots for the purpose of providing off-street parking facilities for passenger vehicles only.

B. 

The parking lots will be owned and operated by the City of Lockport under the following rules and conditions:

(1) 

The City of Lockport shall assume no liability, and shall be held harmless for any damage, including but not limited to theft and vandalism to property, or any injury or death to any person in the use of said lots.

(2) 

No vehicle shall be parked in said lot unless it bears an official sticker issued by the City of Lockport, New York, and said sticker is clearly visible in the lower left hand corner of the rear windshield.

(3) 

The fee for said official sticker shall be such monthly fee as is fixed by the Common Council; and shall be payable in advance in semiannual installments on January 1 and July 1 of each year.

(4) 

Said official parking sticker shall not be transferable or assignable to any person, nor shall any refund be payable for the nonuse of a facility.

(5) 

Any vehicle parked in said lot without an official sticker shall be towed away at the owner's expense and a citation shall be issued. Upon a finding of guilty for such offense, there shall be imposed a fine of $10.

(6) 

The Superintendent of Streets is hereby authorized to erect the proper and necessary signs in and about said lots; and is further authorized to establish administrative procedures for their maintenance.

(7) 

Upon approval of an application, a written permit for rental of a parking space shall be issued to the applicant, signed by the Parking Department, and shall be in a form provided by the Parking Department.