HomeMy WebLinkAboutD-2671-23 VERSION A - Parking Amendment SPONSOR(S): Councilor Worrell
This Ordinance, as amended, was prepared by Benjamin J. Legge, City Attorney, on August 7, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. It may have been
subsequently revised. However, no subsequent revision has been reviewed by Mr. Legge for legal sufficiency or otherwise.
ORDINANCE NO. D-2671-23
(AS AMENDED)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA,
AMENDING CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE 5, SECTIONS 8-2, 8-37, 8-47, AND 8-48
OF THE CARMEL CITY CODE.
Synopsis: Ordinance regulating the parking of motor vehicles on City streets.
WHEREAS, the City, pursuant to Indiana Code § 9-21-1-3, within the reasonable exercise of its police
power, may by ordinance regulate vehicular parking;
WHEREAS, the City has previously regulated vehicular parking within its corporate limits, such
regulation being codified, in part, under Carmel City Code §§ 8-37, 8-47, and 8-48; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City now finds that it is in the interests of public safety and
welfare to amend the regulation of parking of motor vehicles on City streets.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana,
as follows:
Section 1. The foregoing Recitals are fully incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 2. The following, Carmel City Code Section 8-2 is hereby added and shall read as follows:
Ҥ 8-2 Sign Placement Discretion.
Where this Chapter provides authority for the City of Carmel, through the City of Carmel Board of Public
Works and Safety, the City Engineer, and/or the Street Commissioner, to locate and/or install signs pursuant
to any restriction(s) set forth under this chapter, the City of Carmel Board of Public Works and Safety,
City Engineer, and/or the Street Commissioner shall take relevant factors into consideration when
determining the location and/or installation of said sign(s), including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) The Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
(b) Sign visibility.
(c) Pedestrian and motorist safety.
(d) The capacity and level of congestion on a City street or property.
(e) Impact on businesses, residences, and neighborhoods, including, but not limited to, the
aesthetic, financial, and useability impact.
(f) Legislative intent when the Council implementing the restriction.”
Section 3. The following subsections of Carmel City Code Section 8-37(a) are hereby amended and
added, and shall read as follows:
Ҥ 8-37 Fifteen-Minute Loading Zones.
(a) Fifteen-minute loading/unloading zones are established at the following locations:
(9) The spaces on the east side of Monon Blvd., south of 2nd Street SW to West Elm Street between
8am and 5pm.
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SPONSOR(S): Councilor Worrell
This Ordinance, as amended, was prepared by Benjamin J. Legge, City Attorney, on August 7, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. It may have been
subsequently revised. However, no subsequent revision has been reviewed by Mr. Legge for legal sufficiency or otherwise.
(18) The spaces on the north side of 1st Street SW, from Monon Blvd. to 3rd Ave SW between 8am
and 5pm.
(19) Up to ten parking spaces on Monon Blvd., from West Elm Street to W Walnut St, with no more
than one per every four designated parking spaces, between 8am and 5pm, where fifteen-minute
loading/unloading zones signs, or an equivalent thereof, have been installed by the City of Carmel at
the direction of the City Engineer.”
Section 4. The following subsection of Carmel City Code Section 8-47 is hereby added and shall read
as follows:
Ҥ 8-47 No Parking Areas.
(a) No person shall park a vehicle at any time in the following locations:
(72) On either side of Rolling Hill Drive until December 31, 2023, and, at any time thereafter, on either
side of Rolling Hill Drive from the intersection of Rolling Hills Drive and 146th Street to a point 300
feet south of said intersection.
(73) On Monon Blvd. between 1st Street SW and Main Street.
(74) On the south side of Elm Street between Veterans Way between Monon Blvd.
(75) The first space on the south side on Main Street west of 1st Ave SE.”
Section 5. The following subsections of Carmel City Code Section 8-48 are hereby amended and shall
read as follows:
Ҥ 8-48 Limited Parking Areas.
(c) Three-hour parking zones between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday only,
are established on the following City streets:
. . .
(39) The first three spaces on the north side of Main Street west of 4th Avenue SW
(40) The first two spaces on the north side of Main Street west of 3rd Avenue SW.
(41) The spaces on the south side of Main Street between 3rd Avenue SW and 4th Avenue SW.
(42) The first seven spaces on the south side of Main Street west of the Monon Trail.
(43) The first seven spaces on the north side of Main Street west of the Monon Trail.
(44) The spaces on the north side of Main Street between the Monon Trail and 1st Avenue SW.
(45) The first eight spaces on the south side of Main Street west of 1st Avenue SW.
(46) The first 6 spaces on the north side of Main Street east of 1st Avenue NW.
(47) The spaces on the south side of Main Street between 1st Ave SW and Rangeline Road.
(48) The four spaces on the north side of Main Street west of 1st Avenue NE.
(49) The ten spaces located on the west side of Rangeline Road in front of the Nash Building.
(50) The five spaces located on the west side of Rangeline Road in front of the 918 S. Rangeline Road
building.
(51) On both sides of Community Drive to a point 555 feet south of the intersection of Community
Drive and 146th Street.
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SPONSOR(S): Councilor Worrell
This Ordinance, as amended, was prepared by Benjamin J. Legge, City Attorney, on August 7, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. It may have been
subsequently revised. However, no subsequent revision has been reviewed by Mr. Legge for legal sufficiency or otherwise.
(d) No person shall Park a motor vehicle within a roadway segment, located within the City’s corporate limits and
within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of any Carmel -Clay School property, from 7:00 a.m. EST to 5:00
p.m. EST, Monday through Friday, while Carmel-Clay Schools are in session, and where “No Parking or Idling”
signs, or an equivalent thereof, have been installed by the City of Carmel.
(1) All requests for the City to install or remove applicable signs under subsection (d) shall be made by the
Department of Engineering to the City of Carmel Board of Public Works and Safety for its review and
approval.
. . .
(e) Notwithstanding the above, the provisions of subsection (d) shall not apply to any vehicle which properly
displays a valid Resident Vehicle Sticker, Temporary Guest Parking Permit or a valid Merchant Vehicle Sticker
issued pursuant to subsection (d).
(f) No vehicle shall be parked:
. . .
(3) On either side of Range Line Road from Main Street north to 8th Street for more than two hours
between 6:00 a.m. EST and 5:00 p.m. EST, Monday through Saturday only, excepting for any vehicle which
properly displays a valid Merchant Sticker issued pursuant to subsection (f)(3);
. . .
(g) Notwithstanding the above, the provisions of subsection (f) shall not apply to vehicles which properly display
a valid Resident Vehicle Sticker issued to a person who resides at an address which abuts any of the following City
streets or street segments:
(1) Lincoln Court;
(2) Lexington Boulevard between its intersection with Lincoln Court and its intersection with Concord
Court;
(3) Lexington Boulevard from its merge with Lincoln Court to its intersection with Altam Avenue;
(4) Reserved;
(5) 1st Avenue S.E. between its intersection with 5th Street S.E. and its intersection with 6th Street S.E.;
(6) Atherton Drive from its intersection with Crescent Drive to its intersection with Autumn Drive;
(7) Kimbrough Lane from its intersection with Crescent Drive to its intersection with Atherton Drive;
(8) Autumn Drive from its intersection with Crescent Drive to its intersection with Atherton Drive.
(h) Except as provided by Carmel City Code Section 8-37(a)(19), a three-hour parking zone between the hours
of 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. is hereby established on both sides of Monon Blvd., from West Elm Street to W
Walnut St, where three-hour parking zone signs, or an equivalent thereof, have been installed by the City of
Carmel at the direction of the City Engineer.
(i) No vehicle, except for a vehicle owned or controlled by the City, shall be parked in the south parking lot of
Carmel City Hall at any time between 10:00 p.m. EST on Friday evening until 6:00 a.m. EST on Saturday
morning.
(j) No vehicle shall be parked on either side of the following streets at any time between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00
p.m. on any date on which a professional golf tournament is being held at the Crooked Stick Golf Course,
located within the City's corporate limits:
. . .
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SPONSOR(S): Councilor Worrell
This Ordinance, as amended, was prepared by Benjamin J. Legge, City Attorney, on August 7, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. It may have been
subsequently revised. However, no subsequent revision has been reviewed by Mr. Legge for legal sufficiency or otherwise.
(k) A one-hour parking zone, Monday through Friday only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., is
established for the City parking lot located at the southeast corner of 1st Avenue NE and 1st Street NE.
(l) A two-hour parking zone, Monday through Friday only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., is
established for the City parking lot located at the southeast corner of 1st Avenue NE and 1st Street NE.
(m) A one-hour parking zone, Monday through Saturday between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., is
established for the parking lot located behind the Lion’s Club building located at 141 East Main Street, the
same being generally east of 1st Avenue S.E., south of East Main Street, west of Bryn Mawr Lane, and north
of 2nd Avenue S.E. However, parking may be further restricted in this lot during certain Lion’s Club meetings
and events, at which times the public parking signs located in the lot shall be masked in a manner approved by
the Carmel Police Department for the duration of the meeting or event only.
(n) Notwithstanding the above, the provisions of subsection (l) shall not apply to any vehicle which properly
displays a valid merchant vehicle sticker issued pursuant to this subsection. Merchant vehicle stickers shall,
upon request, be issued hereunder by the Carmel Police Department for any vehicle registered to or lawfully
controlled and driven by a person who is employed by a merchant located within one mile of the parking lot
identified in subsection (l) above. A merchant vehicle sticker shall authorize the vehicle to which it is issued
to park in the parking lot identified in subsection (l) above while the registered owner or operator thereof is at
work within the City’s corporate limits, and for 30 minutes before and after such person’s work shift. Merchant
vehicle stickers shall be issued at no cost and are not transferable.
(o) A two-hour parking zone between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday only,
is established on the north side of Main Street from a point 227 feet east of the intersection of Main Street and
Rangeline Road to a point 930 feet east of the intersection of Main Street and Rangeline Road.
(p) Three-hour parking zones in the following areas from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.:
(1) Seven spaces on the west side of Veterans Way between Monon Green Blvd and Red Truck Road.
(2) Nine spaces on the east side of Veterans Way between Monon Green Blvd and Red Truck Road.
(3) Nine spaces on the south side of Red Truck Road between Rangeline Road and Veterans Way.
(4) Ninety-six spaces in the parking lot bordered by Monon Green Blvd on the north and Veterans Way
on the west.
(q) Three-hour parking zones are established on the following City streets:
(1) The first eight spaces on the west side of Monon Blvd. south of 1st Street SW.
(2) The spaces on the east side of Monon Blvd. north of 2nd Street SW.
(3) The first six spaces on the west side on Monon Blvd. south of 2nd Street SW.
(4) The first four spaces on the north side of Elm Street east of 3rd Avenue SW.
(5) The first three spaces on the south side of Elm Street west of Monon Blvd.
(6) The first three spaces on the west side of Veterans Way north of Elm Street.
(u) Except as otherwise set forth under this Section, the Carmel Street Department shall post appropriate signs
or markings setting forth the parking limitations under Section 8-48 and indicating that said locations are “tow
away” zones.”
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SPONSOR(S): Councilor Worrell
This Ordinance, as amended, was prepared by Benjamin J. Legge, City Attorney, on August 7, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. It may have been
subsequently revised. However, no subsequent revision has been reviewed by Mr. Legge for legal sufficiency or otherwise.
Section 6. All prior ordinances or parts thereof inconsistent with any provision of this Ordinance
are hereby repealed, to the extent of such inconsistency only, as of the effective date of this Ordinance, such
repeal to have prospective effect only. However, the repeal or amendment by this Ordinance of any other
ordinance does not affect any rights or liabilities accrued, penalties incurred or proceedings begun prior to the
effective date of this Ordinance. Those rights, liabilities and proceedings are continued and penalties shall be
imposed and enforced under such repealed or amended ordinance as if this Ordinance had not been adopted.
Section 7. If any portion of this Ordinance is for any reason declared to be invalid by a court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance
so long as enforcement of same can be given the same effect.
Section 8. The remaining portions of Carmel City Code Sections 8-37, 8-47, and 8-48 are not
affected by this Ordinance upon its passage.
Section 9. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage
and signing by the Mayor and such publication as required by law.
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SPONSOR(S): Councilor Worrell
This Ordinance, as amended, was prepared by Benjamin J. Legge, City Attorney, on August 7, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. It may have been
subsequently revised. However, no subsequent revision has been reviewed by Mr. Legge for legal sufficiency or otherwise.
PASSED by the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana, this ____ day of ________, 20___,
by a vote of _____ ayes and _____ nays.
COMMON COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF CARMEL
___________________________________ __________________________________
Jeff Worrell, President Laura D. Campbell, Vice-President
___________________________________ __________________________________
Kevin D. Rider Timothy J. Hannon
___________________________________ __________________________________
Sue Finkam Anthony Green
___________________________________ __________________________________
Miles Nelson Adam Aasen
___________________________________
Teresa Ayers
ATTEST:
___________________________________
Sue Wolfgang, Clerk
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana this ____ day of
_________________________ 20___, at _______ __.M.
____________________________________
Sue Wolfgang, Clerk
Approved by me, Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana, this _____ day of
________________________ 20___, at _______ __.M.
____________________________________
James Brainard, Mayor
ATTEST:
___________________________________
Sue Wolfgang, Clerk
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