Explanation
This ordinance enacts and amends Columbus City Codes to provide for changes in Title 2 - Administrative Code and Title 21 - Traffic Code.
With passage of Ordinance 2105-2013 on September 23, 2013, Columbus City Council approved a one-year car-sharing pilot program. The pilot was recommended by the Columbus Transportation and Pedestrian Commission, and received support from many civic associations, business associations and area commissions in the area proposed for the pilot. The Department of Public Service monitored the performance of the pilot and submitted Ordinance 2029-2014 recommending Columbus City Code be amended to allow the Director of Public Service to promulgate rules and regulations and administer annual permits to allow car-sharing service. That Ordinance was approved by Council on September 22, 2014.
The current Ordinance, 1189-2018, will establish the Division of Parking Services within the Department of Public Service. It also further defines and clarifies parking and car-sharing rules and regulations and establishes three new parking infraction fines. The list of Parking Infraction Fines and the changes to Title 2 and to Title 21 are included in the attachment to this Ordinance. The clarifications to the rules and regulations along with implementing the new parking infraction fines are to be effective as 30-day legislation. The establishment of the Division of Parking Services (sections 219.033 and 219.034) is not to be effective until December 16, 2018.
Title
To enact and amend various section of Title 2, Administrative Code, and Title 21, Traffic Code, of the Columbus City Codes to establish the Division of Parking Services and to further define and clarify parking and car-sharing rules and regulations.
Body
WHEREAS, a goal of the city of Columbus is to increase mobility options for its residents; and
WHEREAS, to further the goal of increased mobility options for its residents, Columbus City Council passed Ordinance 2105-2013 on September 23, 2013, which authorized and directed the Director of Public Service to implement a 12-month Car-Sharing Pilot Program; and
WHEREAS, undertaking the Car-Sharing Pilot Program enabled the City to receive constructive feedback from stakeholders, city staff, and local residents in an effort to increase mobility options; and
WHEREAS, the Car-Sharing Pilot Program has received continued and substantial support from residents, civic associations, business associations and area commissions since its launch in October, 2013; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 2029-2014 was passed by Columbus City Council on September 22, 2014 to enact new Sections 2101.58 and 2105.27 and amend Sections 2151.18 and 2155.05 of the Columbus City Codes to provide for the operation and regulation of car-sharing services by the Director of Public Service; and
WHEREAS, this Ordinance establishes the Division of Parking Services as a division of the Department of Public Service on December 16, 2018, with its primary duties as the administration, operation, enforcement, and management of public parking; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to enact the following sections of Columbus City Code: 219.034, 2151.25, 2151.26, and 2155.13; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend the following sections of Columbus City Code: 219.01, 219.033, 2101.58, 2105.16, 2105.21, 2105.27, 2150.01, 2150.02, 2150.04, 2150.10, 2151.09, 2151.18, 2151.21, 2155.01, 2155.04, 2155.05; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operations of the Department of Public Service to enact and amend Title 2 and Title 21 of City Code pertaining to the establishment of the Division of Parking Services and to further define and clarify operating rules of the car-sharing program; now therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That new Sections 219.034, 2151.25, 2151.26 and 2155.13 of the Columbus City Codes be and are hereby enacted, reading as shown on the attachment to this Ordinance.
SECTION 2. That Sections 219.01, 219.033, 2101.58, 2105.16, 2105.21, 2105.27, 2150.01, 2150.02, 2150.04, 2150.10, 2151.09, 2151.18, 2151.21, 2155.01, 2155.04 and 2155.05 of the Columbus City Codes be and are hereby amended, reading as shown on the attachment to this Ordinance.
SECTION 3. That existing Sections 219.01, 2101.58, 2105.16, 2105.21, 2105.27, 2150.01, 2150.02, 2150.04, 2150.10, 2151.09, 2151.18, 2151.21, 2155.01, 2155.04 and 2155.05 of the Columbus City Codes are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. That Sections 2151.25, 2151.26, 2155.13, 219.01, 2101.58, 2105.16, 2105.21, 2105.27, 2150.01, 2150.02, 2150.04, 2150.10, 2151.09, 2151.18, 2151.21, 2155.01, 2155.04, and 2155.05 of the Columbus City Codes enacted or amended in Sections 1 and 2 of this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period provided by law.
SECTION 5. That existing Section 219.033 of the Columbus City Codes is hereby repealed effective December 16, 2018, and that Section 219.033 of the Columbus City Codes as amended in Section 2 of this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after December 16, 2018.
SECTION 6. That new Section 219.034 of the Columbus City Codes as enacted in Section 1 of this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after December 16, 2018.