Chapter 9.30 STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING GENERALLY*

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1 Chapter 9.30 STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING GENERALLY* *Cross references: Parking enforcement notice of violation, ; transportation,tit. 11; streets and rights-of-way,tit Stopping, standing or parking outside business or residence districts Officers authorized to remove vehicles Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places Parking not to obstruct traffic Parking in alleys Parking for certain purposes prohibited Parking adjacent to schools Parking on narrow streets Standing or parking on one-way streets Standing or parking on one-way divided roadways Stopping, standing or parking near hazardous or congested places Authority to prohibit parking during certain hours Parking during street cleaning and snow removal Parking time limits Parking for longer than 24 hours Vehicle license plates and registration Regulations not exclusive Applicability of chapter Parking method Designation of streets for angle parking Obedience to angle parking signs or markings Permits for loading or unloading Parking of trailers, travel trailers, motor homes or campers Parking vehicle with studded tires out of season Parking reserved for persons with disabilities Enforcement officers Notice of violation Impoundment of improperly parked vehicle as public nuisance Impoundment notice; moving impounded vehicle; interference with impoundment Conditions for release from impoundment Civil penalties for parking violations Appeals Owner of vehicle presumed responsible for violations Authority to void parking violation notice Convention visitor courtesy cards Mobility impaired parking permits Overweight vehicles; parking prohibited in residential districts Stopping, standing or parking outside business or residence districts. A. Upon any street outside of a business or residence district no person may stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main-traveled part of the street when it is practicable to stop, park or so leave such vehicle off such part of the street, but in every event an unobstructed width of the street opposite a standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles, and a clear view of such stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of 200 feet in each direction upon such street. B. This section shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or main-traveled portion of a street in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving such disabled vehicle in such position.

2 (CAC ; AO No ; AO No. 80-4) Officers authorized to remove vehicles. A. Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a street in violation of any of the provisions ofsection , such officer is authorized to move such vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the vehicle to a position off the paved or main-traveled part of such street. B. Any police officer is authorized to remove or cause to be removed to a place of safety any unattended vehicle illegally left standing upon any street, bridge or causeway or in any tunnel, in such position or under such circumstances as to obstruct the normal movement of traffic. C. Any police officer is authorized to remove or cause to be removed to a place of safety any vehicle when: 1. A report has been made that such vehicle has been stolen or taken without the consent of its owner; 2. The vehicle is found upon a street and the persons in charge of such vehicle are unable to provide for its custody or removal; 3. The person driving or in control of such vehicle is arrested for an alleged offense for which the officer is required by law to take the person arrested before a district court judge without necessary delay; 4. Such vehicle is parked in violation of provisions of this title; or 5. Such vehicle is parked in such a manner as to create a significant danger to the safety of persons or property. D. Any police officer pursuing a fleeing or evading person in a motor vehicle may remove and store, or cause to be removed and stored, any vehicle used in violation ofsection , from property other than that of the registered owner of the vehicle for the purposes of investigation, identification or apprehension of the driver if the driver of the vehicle abandons the vehicle and leaves it unattended. All towing and storage fees for a vehicle removed under this section shall be paid by the owner, unless the vehicle was stolen or taken without permission. 1. No vehicle shall be impounded under this section if the driver is arrested before the arrival of towing equipment or if the registered owner is in the vehicle. 2. For the purpose of this section, the term "remove and store a vehicle" means that the police officer may cause the removal of a vehicle to, and the storage of a vehicle in, a secure lot. 3. Nothing in this section is intended to change current statute and case law governing searches and seizures. (CAC ; AO No ; AO No. 80-4; AO No ; AO No ) Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places. Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device, no person may: A. Stop, stand or park a vehicle: 1. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street.

3 2. On a sidewalk. 3. Within an intersection. 4. On a crosswalk. 5. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings. 6. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic. 7. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a street. 8. On any railroad tracks. 9. At any place where official signs prohibit stopping. 10. At any place immediately adjacent to a red painted curb except municipal transit buses and municipal transit support vehicles at designed municipal transit bus stops. 11. Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant or within 15 feet of a fire safety sprinkler, standpipe or other fire protection system control valve, whether such valve is mounted on a building or the ground. 12. Within a fire lane designated as such by posted signs. B. Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers: 1. In front of a public or private driveway. 2. Within 20 feet of a marked crosswalk. 3. Within 20 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign or traffic control signal located at the side of the roadway. 4. Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing. 5. Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station. 6. At any place where official signs prohibit parking, with the exception of fire lanes and handicapped parking areas. 7. At any place immediately adjacent to a yellow painted curb. 8. Within ten feet of a curbside mail box. C. No person may move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful. D. No person may park a vehicle on public property in a place not marked, designated or otherwise provided for parking, nor shall a vehicle be parked in a manner contrary to the indicated or conventional parking usage or mode in those areas where parking is permitted. (CAC ; AO No ; AO No ; AO No. 80-4; AO No ; AO No ; AO No (S), 14, ; AO No (S), 3, ) Parking not to obstruct traffic.

4 No person may park any vehicle upon a street other than an alley in such manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten feet from the center of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic. (CAC ; AO No ; AO No. 80-4) Parking in alleys. A. No person may park a vehicle within an alley in the central business traffic district or any business district except for the expeditious loading or unloading of freight or materials. B. No person may park a vehicle within an alley in such manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten feet of the width of the alley for the free movement of vehicular traffic. C. No person may stop, stand or park a vehicle within an alley in such position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property. (CAC ; AO No ) Parking for certain purposes prohibited. A. No person may park a vehicle upon a street, roadway, alley or municipal parking lot for the purpose of: 1. Washing of the vehicle when the person parking the vehicle is a dealer, garage, filling station, carwash or other motor vehicle business or its agent or employee. 2. Greasing, repairing or performing any work on the vehicle, except repairs necessitated by an emergency. 3. Displaying the vehicle for sale or hire in the regular course of the person's business as a dealer for sale or hire of vehicles. 4. Storing or parking, without being attended by an operator, the vehicle to be used by the person for hire to another person. 5. Commercial advertising. B. Subsections A.3 and A.5 of this section shall not apply to a motor bus, sightseeing vehicle, airline service vehicle or a taxicab as these vehicles are defined intitle 11. (CAC ; AO No ; AO No. 80-4) Parking adjacent to schools. A. The municipal traffic engineer is authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon either or both sides of any street adjacent to any school property when such parking would, in his opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous situation. B. When official signs are erected indicating no parking upon either side of a street adjacent to any school property as authorized in this section, no person may park a vehicle in any such designated place. (CAC ; AO No ; AO No. 80-4)

5 Parking on narrow streets. A. The municipal traffic engineer is authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon any street, when the width of the roadway does not exceed 26 feet, or upon one side of a street as indicated by such signs when the width of the roadway does not exceed 35 feet. B. When official signs prohibiting parking are erected upon narrow streets as authorized in this section, no person may park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign. (CAC ; AO No ) Standing or parking on one-way streets. The municipal traffic engineer is authorized to erect signs upon the lefthand side of any one-way street to prohibit the standing or parking of vehicles, and when such signs are in place no person may stand or park a vehicle upon such lefthand side in violation of any such sign. (CAC ; AO No ) Standing or parking on one-way divided roadways. If a street includes two or more separate roadways and traffic is restricted to one direction upon any such roadway, no person may stand or park a vehicle upon the lefthand side of such one-way roadway unless signs are erected to permit such standing or parking. The municipal traffic engineer is authorized to determine when standing or parking may be permitted upon the lefthand side of any such one-way roadway and to erect signs giving notice thereof. (CAC ; AO No ) Stopping, standing or parking near hazardous or congested places. A. The municipal traffic engineer is authorized to determine and designate by proper signs places in which the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles would create an especially hazardous condition or would cause unusual delay to traffic. B. When official signs are erected at hazardous or congested places as authorized in this section, no person may stop, stand or park a vehicle in any such designated place. (CAC ; AO No ) Authority to prohibit parking during certain hours. A. The traffic engineer is authorized to determine and designate by proper signs places in which stopping, standing or parking of vehicles during certain hours of the day would create a hazardous condition, would be inconsistent with desired traffic patterns or traffic loads, or parking patterns, or would cause unusual delay to traffic. B. When official signs prohibiting parking during certain hours of the day are erected as authorized in this section, no person may stop, stand or park a vehicle in any such designated place. (CAC ; AO No ; AO No (S), 15, )

6 Parking during street cleaning and snow removal. A. The traffic engineer is authorized to determine and designate by proper sign places in which stopping, standing or parking of vehicles would be prohibited during certain hours of the day for the purpose of removal of snow, ice, rocks, gravel, dirt, debris, litter or other accumulation upon public streets, alleys, sidewalks, places, municipal parking lot or other place where the municipality by law or written agreement has a legal duty to make such a removal. B. When official signs prohibiting parking during certain hours of the day are erected as authorized in this section, no person may stop, stand or park a vehicle in such a designated place. (CAC ; AO No ; AO No. 80-4) Parking time limits. A. The traffic engineer is authorized to determine places in which there is public demand or necessity for short-time parking and to designate such places by proper signs indicating the time limit for parking. B. When official signs are erected indicating time limit parking in places as authorized in this section: 1. Except as provided in subsection B.2 of this section, no person may stop, stand or park a vehicle in such designated place for a time longer than indicated on such signs. 2. No person may stop, stand or park a vehicle that displays a valid handicapped parking permit issued or approved by the traffic engineer in such designated place for a time longer than 1.5 times the maximum time indicated on such signs. (CAC ; AO No ; AO No. 95-6, 3, ) Parking for longer than 24 hours. No person may park a vehicle on any street, public way or municipally owned parking lot for a period of time longer than 24 hours, except from Friday noon until Monday noon. (CAC ; AO No ; AO No. 80-4) Vehicle license plates and registration. A. No person may park, stop or stand a motor vehicle on a street or within any area of the municipality used for public parking, if: 1. Valid registration license plates are not clearly legible, securely fastened to the outside of the motor vehicle and in compliance with the provisions of state law; 2. The motor vehicle bears painted, altered license plates, or any license plate other than those permitted or required under the law of the state in which the motor vehicle is required to be registered; 3. The license plates on the motor vehicle bear stickers, labels or emblems other than those permitted or required under the law of the state in which the motor vehicle is required to be registered; or

7 4. Currently valid registration month and year stickers are not affixed to the license plate on the motor vehicle in accordance with the law of the state in which the vehicle is required to be registered. B. Reduced penalty for motor vehicle with current registration. 1. If an enforcement officer can determine a motor vehicle, violating subsection A of this section is currently registered, the enforcement officer will issue a notice of violation under this subsection instead of under subsection A of this section, and the penalty for the violation shall be $ If a person violating subsection A of this section presents reliable evidence to the parking authority within 30 days after the date the citation issued under this section was issued that currently valid registration month and year stickers had been obtained for the vehicle prior to the violation, the penalty for the violation shall be reduced to $ Such reduction shall not apply to any late penalties or collection charges. C. Notices of violation of subsection A.4 of this section are subject to the following limitations: 1. A notice of violation of subsection A.4 of this section may not be issued because a motor vehicle bears expired registration month and year stickers, unless the violation occurs after the 15th day of the month following the month in which the registration month and year stickers expired. The parking authority shall cancel any notice of violation issued contrary to this subsection. 2. A notice of violation of subsection A.4 of this section may not be issued because a motor vehicle bears expired registration month and year stickers, if a notice of violation for the same violation has been issued for the same motor vehicle either (i) twice within the preceding 30 days, or (ii) once within the preceding three days. The parking authority shall cancel any notice of violation issued contrary to this subsection that is presented for cancellation within 30 days of the date of its issuance. D. An enforcement officer may immediately impound a motor vehicle parked, stopped or standing on a street or within any area of the municipality used for public parking if the motor vehicle (i) has no license plates displayed, (ii) has no registration month and year stickers displayed, or (iii) bears registration month and year stickers that have been expired for more than 12 months. E. A motor vehicle that is parked, stopped or left standing on a street or private property open to the public for travel or parking, and does not have current registration properly attached as required by subsection A of this section, shall be considered prima facie to not have a current emissions (I.M.) certification as specified insection A citation issued under subsection E of this section, may be dismissed by the parking authority if an I.M. inspection certificate, dated prior to the date of the violation, is provided within 30 days of the violation, and shall omit the scheduled penalty for the offense. Additionally, if the registered owner does not principally utilize and/or garage the vehicle within the municipality and provides the parking authority with proof of residency, shall omit the scheduled penalty for the offense. Such dismissals shall not apply to any late penalties or collection charges. 2. A motor vehicle ticketed for violating this section shall not be ticketed at the same time for both I.M. and registration violations. (CAC ; AO No ; AO No. 80-4; AO No ; AO No ; AO No (S); AO No (S), 16, ; AO No. 95-6, 4, ; AO No S, 3, ) Regulations not exclusive.

8 The provisions of this chapter imposing a time limit on parking shall not relieve any person from the duty to observe other and more restrictive provisions prohibiting or limiting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles in specified places or at specified times. (CAC ; AO No ) Applicability of chapter. The provisions of this chapter prohibiting the standing or parking of a vehicle shall apply at all times, or at those times specified in this chapter or as indicated on official signs, except when it is necessary to stop a vehicle to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device. (CAC ; AO No ) Parking method. A. Two-way roadways. Except as otherwise provided in this section, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a two-way roadway shall be so stopped or parked with the righthand wheels parallel to and within 18 inches of the righthand curb or edge of the roadway. This subsection shall not apply to roadways located in a residence district as defined bysection B. One-way roadways. Except when otherwise provided in this section, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a one-way roadway shall be so stopped or parked parallel to the curb or edge of the roadway, in the direction of authorized traffic movement, with its righthand wheels within 18 inches of the righthand curb or edge of the roadway, or its lefthand wheels within 18 inches of the lefthand curb or edge of the roadway. (CAC ; AO No ; AO No (S)) Designation of streets for angle parking. A. The municipal traffic engineer shall determine upon which streets angle parking shall be permitted and shall mark or sign such streets, but such angle parking shall not be indicated upon any federal aid or state street within the municipality unless the state department of transportation and public facilities has determined that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic. B. Angle parking shall not be indicated or permitted at any place where passing traffic would thereby be caused or required to drive upon the left side of the street. (CAC ; AO No ; AO No. 80-4) Cross references: Traffic administration,ch. 9.06; traffic signs, signals and markings,ch. 9.14; streets and rights-of-way,tit Obedience to angle parking signs or markings. On those streets which have been signed or marked by the traffic engineer for angle parking, no person shall park or stand a vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway indicated by such signs or markings. (CAC ; AO No )

9 Permits for loading or unloading. A. The traffic engineer is authorized to issue special permits to permit the backing of a vehicle to the curb for the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise or materials subject to the terms and conditions of such permit. Such permits may be issued either to the owner or lessee of real property or to the owner of the vehicle and shall grant to such person the privilege as therein stated and authorized in this section. B. It is unlawful for any permittee or other person to violate any of the special terms or conditions of any such permit. (CAC ; AO No ) Cross references: Traffic administration,ch. 9.06; stopping for loading or unloading,ch. 9.32; business licenses and regulations,tit. 10; transportation,tit. 11; streets and rights-of-way,tit Parking of trailers, travel trailers, motor homes or campers. A. No person may park a trailer, pole trailer or semitrailer on any street of the municipality for a period longer than two hours at any one time. B. The municipal traffic engineer may designate streets in a business district on which no person may stop, park or allow a trailer, pole trailer or semitrailer to stand between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. C. No person may park a travel trailer, motor home or camper upon a municipal street or any other municipally owned or controlled property for the purpose of residing therein, whether temporarily or not, except in areas that are designated for that purpose by the department of cultural and recreational services or other municipal agency having such authority. (CAC ; AO No ; AO No. 80-4; AO No. 86-2; AO No ) Parking vehicle with studded tires out of season. A motor vehicle may not be parked, stopped or left standing on a street or within any area of the municipality used for public parking from May 15 through September 1, if equipped with any studded tire or any protuberance of any material other than rubber which projects beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire, except as provided for undersection or emergency order of the state. (AO No (S), 17, ; AO No S, 4, ) Parking reserved for persons with disabilities. A. No person may stop, stand or park a motor vehicle in parking reserved for a person with disabilities, whether such parking space is on public or private property, unless: 1. The person operating the vehicle has a special permit issued or approved by the traffic engineer; 2. The person operating the vehicle has parked the vehicle for the purpose of transporting a person who has a special permit issued or approved by the traffic engineer and the person who has the special permit actually exits or enters the vehicle;

10 3. The vehicle displays a special license plate issued to a person with a disability and is operated by or used for the purpose of transporting a person with a disability; or 4. The motor vehicle displays a special license plate or permit issued to persons with disabilities by another state, province, territory, or country, and is being operated by or used for the purpose of transporting a person with a disability. B. Any regularly sworn police officer, as defined in Alaska Statutes, may enforce this section within any public or private parking area by issuing a citation pursuant tosection , or within any public parking area by causing the vehicle to be immediately removed as provided bysection C.4. Only a person who owns or controls a private parking area containing parking reserved for a person with a disability may cause a vehicle parked in violation of this section to be removed and towed as provided insection E. (AO No ; AO No ; AO No ; AIM ; AO No ; AO No. 95-6, 7, ; AO No , 1, ; AO No , 1, ) Enforcement officers. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the provisions of chapters 9.30, 9.32 and 9.34 may be enforced by any police officer as defined insection (AO No ; AO No ; AO No (S); AIM 33-83; AO No ; AO No , 2, ) Notice of violation. A. A vehicle parked, stopped or standing in violation of a provision ofchapter 9.30, 9.32 or 9.34 is a public nuisance. Upon discovery of a vehicle parked, stopped or standing in violation of a provision ofchapter 9.30, 9.32 or 9.34, a police officer shall issue a notice of violation as authorized bysection , and deliver it to the operator of the vehicle or affix it to the vehicle if it is unattended at the time of issuance. The notice of violation shall identify the vehicle, the nature of the violation and the means of resolving it. B. If the violation is not resolved then, no later than 20 days after the date of the notice required by subsection A of this section, the traffic engineer shall cause an additional notice of the violation to be issued and mailed to the registered owner. (AO No (S); AIM 33-83; AO No ; AO No (S), 18, ; AO No , 3, ) Cross references: Stopping, standing and parking,ch. 9.30; stopping for loading, unloading,ch. 9.32; parking meter zones,ch Impoundment of improperly parked vehicle as public nuisance. A. No person shall allow, maintain or permit a public nuisance to exist. B. A vehicle which has been the object of four or more unresolved citations for parking, stopping or standing in violation of this title is a public nuisance subject to abatement by immediate impoundment by a police officer. This section shall not affect the independent authority of a police officer to impound a vehicle as provided insection C. A police officer is authorized to impound a vehicle which is found to be parked, stopped or standing in violation of any section of chapters 9.30, 9.32 or 9.34 when the traffic engineer has

11 determined that such a violation threatens the public health, safety or welfare and therefore justifies immediate impoundment. D. An impoundment authorized by this section may be accomplished either by seizing the vehicle and removing it to a place of safety, or by immobilizing the vehicle in place by use of an impoundment boot or similar mechanical device approved by the traffic engineer. E. A vehicle initially impounded by immobilization in place may be impounded later by seizure and removed to a place of safety if not released from in-place impoundment by 5:00 p.m. of the day the vehicle was initially impounded in place. (AO No (S); AIM 33-83; AO No ; AO No. 95-6, 5, ; AO No , 4, ) Impoundment notice; moving impounded vehicle; interference with impoundment. A. A notice of impoundment shall be placed on a vehicle which has been impounded pursuant to this title. B. Unless authorized by the traffic engineer to do so, it is unlawful for any person to remove an impoundment notice from a vehicle upon which it has been posted. C. Unless authorized by the traffic engineer to do so, it is unlawful for any person to move a vehicle after it has been posted with an impoundment notice. D. Unless authorized by the traffic engineer, it is unlawful for any person to tamper with, damage, attempt to remove, or remove, an impoundment boot or similar mechanical device approved by the traffic engineer, which has been placed on a vehicle to impound the vehicle undersection E. A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000.00, by imprisonment up to 30 days or by both such fine and imprisonment. (AO No (S); AIM 33-83; AO No. 95-6, 6, ) Conditions for release from impoundment. A vehicle that has been impounded underchapter 9.20, 9.32 or 9.34 shall be released from impoundment only to the registered owner or the owner's legal representative: A. Upon a successful appeal of the impoundment under Section ; or B. Upon payment of each of the following: 1. The civil penalty for each violation that was a cause of the impoundment, and that has not been successfully appealed undersection ; 2. Each unpaid civil penalty for a violation by the registered owner of the vehicle of a provision ofchapter 9.30, 9.32 or 9.34, which violation is not subject to further appeal; and 3. The impoundment administrative fee, and any towing and storage charges arising from the impoundment. (AO No. 95-6, 8, )

12 Civil penalties for parking violations. A. A person who violates a provision of this Code pertaining to parking, standing or stopping shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount to be established by regulation in accordance with Chapter B. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a person who violates any of the following provisions shall be subject to the applicable civil penalties stated below: TABLE INSET: Anchorage Municipal Code Provision Civil Penalty A.11., A.12., $ A., and each tire, per tire on private property First violation Second violation Third and subsequent violation on public property First violation Second violation Third and subsequent violation A. as to rear plates A. as to front plates B , overweight vehicle parking in urban residential area All other provisions of Anchorage Municipal Code 9.30, 9.32 or 9.34 not otherwise addressed above C. A person who fails to resolve a notice of violation under chapters 9.30, 9.32 or 9.34 within the time stated on the face of the notice shall be subject to a civil penalty in the amount of $15.00 in addition to any other penalty provided by law. Failure to resolve a notice of violation within 30 days of the date after imposition of this civil penalty may result in a collection fee of up to 40 percent. A notice of violation is resolved by payment of the amount due under this section on the earlier of: 1. The date the payment is received by the Anchorage Parking Authority; or 2. The legible postmark date on a payment the Anchorage Parking Authority receives by mail. (AO No (S); AIM 33-83; AO No S, 5, ; AO No , 1, ; AO No , 2, ) Appeals. A. The registered owner of a vehicle which has been issued a citation for unlawful parking, stopping or standing, or which has been impounded as provided insection , may appeal that action to the parking authority by filing a notice of appeal with the parking authority no later than 30 days after the date of the violation or impoundment to which the appeal

13 pertains. B. A hearing conducted pursuant to this section shall be conducted in accordance withchapter 3.60, except that an appeal from an impoundment pursuant tosection shall be heard within two municipal working days after filing the appeal. C. For purposes of this section only, the term "filing" is defined as completion of a violation appeal form and timely delivering such form in person, by mail or by facsimile transmission. (AO No (S); AIM 33-83; AO No ; AO No (S), 19, ) Cross references: Anchorage parking authority,ch Owner of vehicle presumed responsible for violations. It shall be presumed that the registered owner of a vehicle which is found to be stopped, parked or standing in violation of this Code has been so operated by the registered owner thereof or has been operated by another person with the consent of the registered owner, the vehicle to which a citation pertains being a public nuisance for which the registered owner holds legal responsibility. That presumption may be rebutted by presentation of satisfactory evidence that the vehicle was being operated by another person at the time of the violation without the consent of the registered owner and beyond the control of the registered owner. (AO No (S); AIM 33-83; AO No ) Authority to void parking violation notice. A. If the parking authority determines that a notice of parking violation has been improperly issued, it may rescind that notice by writing the word "void" on its face. A record shall be maintained for all actions taken pursuant to this section. The parking authority may invoke this section upon a finding that one of the following conditions existed at the time the notice was issued: 1. The parking meter was broken or malfunctioning at the time of the violation. 2. The vehicle bore a handicapped parking notice issued pursuant tosection The vehicle had a convention visitor notice issued pursuant tosection The parking violation notice was improperly executed by the police officer. 5. Other good cause. (AO No (S); AIM 33-83; AO No , 5, ) Convention visitor courtesy cards. Parking citations will not be issued for expired parking meter violations incurred with a vehicle which has a valid convention visitor courtesy card displayed on the front window. The police department is authorized to issue such cards to convention visitors. The card shall be valid only for the duration of the convention, and dates indicating such duration must be entered on the card prior to its issuance. (AO No (S); AIM 33-83)

14 Mobility impaired parking permits. A. Mobility impaired parking in the central business district (CBD) may be utilized on a permit parking basis only in accordance with the standards in this subsection. 1. For purposes of this section, the term "mobility impaired" means to suffer from impaired physical mobility because of the total or partial loss of use of one or more limbs, extremities or major joints. In most cases such impairment results when the limb is missing (e.g., because of birth defect or amputation), or when the limb is intact but the person cannot move it because of paralysis caused by disease (e.g., polio, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy or stroke) or trauma (e.g., paraplegia or quadriplegia) or because of immobility of the joint (e.g., degenerative arthritis), or when the limb is movable but the person cannot always control or coordinate its motions (e.g., because of cerebral palsy, epilepsy, post-polio syndrome or Parkinson's disease). The term "mobility impaired" includes temporary impairment from surgery or other medical treatment which results in mobility impairment. 2. A person seeking a mobility impaired parking permit must: a. Obtain a handicapped parking permit under AMCR or a handicapped license or handicapped transportation permit under AS or AS (d). b. Apply to the parking authority for issuance of a mobility impaired parking permit for use of metered or two-hour free zone parking spaces in the central business district. c. Provide evidence of employment or other evidence of frequency of use in the central business district. d. Provide medical evidence (i.e., a current physician's statement) documenting that his mobility impairment results in a requirement for this special permit. Permits shall not be granted to disabled individuals whose disability does not result in mobility impairment. e. Provide such other information as the parking authority may require. 3. A mobility impaired parking permit may be used by the permittee only. The permit must be displayed in the front window of the vehicle. The permit will only apply to parking between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday except municipal holidays. 4. Renewable mobility impaired parking permits are issued for calendar months only and may be discontinued by the permittee or the parking authority upon one month's notice for any reason. Permits shall not be transferable. 5. A mobility impaired permit may be invalidated if: a. The permittee discontinues regular use of parking in the central business district; b. The permit is used by persons other than the permittee; or c. The permit expires. B. A permit issued under this section shall entitle the permittee to park in any on- or off-street metered space, as provided insection , or two-hour space, as provided insection , without additional payment and without time restrictions other than those applicable to the permit. C. The parking authority shall set the fees for permits pursuant to subsection B.2. Permit fees shall be payable in advance with a frequency of not less than one-month

15 increments. Qualifications for eligibility shall be reviewed annually. This program is independent of any other parking permit or group discount program. (AO No ) Overweight vehicles; parking prohibited in residential districts. A commercial vehicle having more than two axles, or any combination of vehicles or trailers having a GVWR of 11,000 pounds or more, is prohibited from parking on any street in a residential district, unless actively engaged in loading or unloading of cargo, or a permit in writing has been issued by the traffic engineer and is attached to the vehicle at a place that is clearly legible from the outside of the vehicle. (AO No (S), 20, )