A.    The following monthly and annual lease rates shall be established (effective 4/1/95):

    1.    City Lot No. 3    $25 per space per month or $275 per year

    2.    City Lot No. 6    $40 per space per month or $440 per year

    3.    City Lot No. 10    $25 per space per month or $275 per year

    4.    City Lot Nos. 2, 4, 5, 9    $25 per space per month or $275 per year

    5.    Jackson Street from 2nd Street to 3rd Street    $0 (to county)

    6.    Jackson Street from 5th Street to 7th Street    $25 per space per month or $275 per year

    B.    The Columbus police department by and through the parking enforcement division is authorized to administer and develop a leasing program to implement the provisions of this section. Payments for leases are due at the Columbus police department, parking enforcement division, on a monthly basis with payments due on or before the first of each month. The board of public works and safety may accept at its discretion, monthly payments from employers who deduct the parking fee from employees payroll or if payment is made by automatic withdrawal or electronic transfer. No refunds will be made for cancellation of leased parking spaces.

    If payment is made for a full year in advance, the annual lease rate shall apply. Any payments for any part of one year shall use the monthly rates.

    C.    The following fines shall be imposed for overtime parking violations in the two hour parking zone, three hour parking zone or the short term parking zone:

    1st violation in a calendar year    $0

    2nd violation in a calendar year    $5

    3rd violation in a calendar year    $10

    4th violation in a calendar year    $15

    5th and subsequent violations in a

    calendar year    $25

    If the violator fails to pay said fine within seventy-two hours of the violation, such violator shall pay an additional five dollars as a late penalty and such payment shall not eliminate or replace the parking fine owed.

    D.    A ten dollar fine shall be imposed for each violation in the freight curb loading zone or the city bus loading zone. If the violator fails to pay said fine within thirty days of the violation, such violator shall pay an additional ten dollars as a late penalty and such payment shall not eliminate or replace the parking fine owed. The same fines shall be effective for all city bus loading zones in all areas of the city.

    E.    A twenty-five dollar fine shall be imposed for each violation in the leased parking zone. If the violator fails to pay said fine within thirty days of the violation, such violator shall pay an additional ten dollars as a late penalty and such payment shall not eliminate or replace the parking fine owed. Each day that a vehicle is parked illegally shall constitute a new violation.

    F.    Reserved.

    G.    The cost for each permit for the use of a parking space by a construction vehicle shall be five dollars per week day per parking stall.

    H.    All fines and fees collected hereunder shall be paid to the clerk-treasurer and deposited in the parking fund. (Ord. 97-40 § 4 (part), 1997; Ord. 95-4 § 7, 1995)