§ 19-360. Parking meters.

(a)

The following length of time for parking a vehicle in a parking space and the amount of money charged for such length of time, respectively, for so using parking spaces, are hereby established:

(1)

Four (4) minutes for each nickel, eight (8) minutes for each dime, twenty (20) minutes for each quarter, with a two-hour maximum parking limit for parking meters installed in the following streets: Matamoros Street, Farragut Street, Hidalgo Street, Lincoln Street, Iturbide Street, Grant Street, Zaragoza Street, between Santa Ursula Avenue on the east and Santa Maria Avenue on the west and also including the 1500, and 1600 blocks of Water Street and on the following avenues all east of Santa Maria which include San Eduardo Avenue, San Dario Avenue, Santa Ursula Avenue, San Bernardo Avenue, San Agustin Avenue, Flores Avenue, Convent Avenue, Salinas Avenue, and Juarez Avenue.

(2)

Six (6) minutes for each nickel, twelve (12) minutes for each dime, and thirty (30) minutes for each quarter, with a ten-hour time limit, for all other parking meters installed west of Santa Maria Avenue, bounded by Santa Maria on the east, Hidalgo Street on the south, Santa Cleotilde on the west, and Moctezuma Street on the north.

a.

A parking meter permit contract may be obtained, one (1) per person, at the parking enforcement division office at a nonrefundable fee of forty dollars ($40.00) per parking meter space. To the extent that the imposition of any fee, requirement or other provision set forth in the division would be inconsistent with a controlling state or federal law, then this division shall be construed and applied in a manner that conforms with the applicable state or federal law. Contract may be approved as submitted or modified subject to the provision herein provided, unless it is determined that the application is incomplete or materially untruthful; or there exists any unresolved parking citations for any vehicles owned by the applicant. Permits are personal to the permit holder and may not be assigned or used by any other persons, will not authorize reserving parking meters spaces and will not guarantee parking space availability. Upon establishing a contract, a parking meter permit/tag will be issued to be displayed on the front of the vehicle's windshield visible to enforcement officers at all times. Upon written notification to the holder, a permit may be suspended or revoked if the parking official determines that it was issued by error, that the parking space is having unanticipated adverse effects upon vehicular or pedestrian traffic, or that the holder has not complied with any applicable term of the permit.

b.

A residential parking meter permit contract may be obtained, limit two (2) per residence, at the parking enforcement division office at a non-refundable yearly fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per permit. To the extent that the imposition of any fee, requirement or other provision set forth in the division would be inconsistent with a controlling state or federal law, then this division shall be construed and applied in a manner that conforms with the applicable state or federal law. Contract may be approved as submitted or modified subject to the provision herein provided, unless it is determined that the application is incomplete or materially untruthful; or there exists any unresolved parking citations for any vehicles owned by the applicant(s). Permits are personal to the permit holder and may not be assigned or used by any other persons, will not authorize reserving parking meters spaces and will not guarantee parking space availability. Proof such as utility bills, must be submitted while establishing a contract. A residential parking meter permit/tag will be issued to be displayed on the front of the vehicle's windshield visible to enforcement officers at all times. Upon written notification to the holder, a permit may be suspended or revoked if the parking official determines that it was issued by error, that the parking space is having unanticipated adverse effects upon vehicular or pedestrian traffic, or that the holder has not complied with any applicable term of the permit/contract.

(3)

Four (4) minutes for each nickel, eight (8) minutes for each dime, twenty (20) minutes for each quarter with a four-hour-maximum parking limit for all parking meters in city parking lots installed within the established parking meter zones.

a.

The Convent and Matamoros parking meter lot will be three dollars ($3.00) per hour combined with monthly leases at sixty dollars ($60.00) per space.

(4)

Four (4) minutes for each nickel, eight (8) minutes for each dime, twenty (20) minutes for each [quarter], with a four-hour maximum parking limit for parking meters installed in the following streets and avenues: Scott Street, Moctezuma Street, Washington Street, Victoria Street, Houston Street, between Santa Ursula Avenue on the east and Santa Maria Avenue on the west, also on the following avenues north of Houston Street which include San Eduardo Avenue, San Dario Avenue, Santa Ursula Avenue, San Bernardo Avenue, San Agustin Avenue, Flores Avenue, Convent Avenue, Salinas Avenue, and Juarez Avenue.

(b)

Said parking meters shall be operated in said parking meter zones every day between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Central Standard Time or other standard time established or proclaimed by the United States for an area including the city, except Sundays and holidays; provided however, that within the meaning of this section the term "holiday" shall include the following days only: the first day of January, the fourth of July, the first Monday in September, the twenty-fifth day of December, and the day designated and set aside by the President of the United States as a day of Thanksgiving and all other holidays observed by the City of Laredo.

(c)

Parking meters on Main Avenue and Davis Avenue between Hidalgo Street on the north and Zaragoza Street on the south, and all meters east of San Eduardo, between Moctezuma Street on the north and Iturbide Street on the south, were removed and are no longer operational.

(d)

Waiver of fees: The city manager may waive in whole or in part the parking fees provided for in this section for special events on a case by case basis when deemed in the best interest of the city.

(Ord. No. 97-146, § 1, 7-7-97; Ord. No. 2001-O-53, § 1, 2-26-01; Ord. No. 2003-O-064, § 1, 3-24-03; Ord. No. 2006-O-254, § 1, 10-16-06; Ord. No. 2008-O-051, § 1, 3-24-08; Ord. No. 2012-O-058, § 1, 4-16-12; Ord. No. 2012-O-142, § 1, 9-17-12; Ord. No. 2018-O-006 , § 1, 1-24-18; Ord. No. 2018-O-029 , § 1, 2-5-18)