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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11267ORDINANCE NO. 11,267 AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE PLANNING, DESIGNING, LOCATION, FINANCING, ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT, USE, MAINTENANCE AND OPERA- TION OF OFF - STREET PARKING FACILITIES; CREATING A MUNICIPAL PARKING AUTHORITY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. The Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, hereby determines and declares that excessive curb parking of motor vehicles on roads and streets within the City of Little Rock aA.0 tho lack of adequate off - street parking facilities create congestion, obstruct the free circulation of traffic, diminish property values, and endanger the health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of the City of Little Rock; that the provision of conveniently located public off-street automobile parking facilities is therefore necessary to alleviate such conditions. SECTION 2. Definition of Parking Facilities. For the purposes of this ordinance, public off"street automobile parking facilities are defined as accommodations procured or provided, or both, by public authority for the parking of motor vehicles off the street or highway, and open to public use with or without charge. Parking facilities may consist of lots, garages, or other structures and accessories; they may be surface facilities or facilities above or below the ground. SECTION 3. Creation of Parking Authority, There is hereby created a 'Little Rock Municipal Parking Authority for the purp'se of establishing, operating or causing tM be operated, public off-street automobile parking facilities. The parking authority shall consist of five (5) members and shall be appointed by the City Manager and approved by the City Board of Directors. Said members shall be qualified electors residing within the City and cannot hold any elective office of the city, county, or state. The members of the authority shall be appointed for terms of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years, respectively, so that the term of one member shall expire each year of ter the creation of this 000 -�7 M 2 .r authority. Upon the termination of office of each member, his successor shall be appointed in like manner for a term of five (5) years and shall serve until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified. The members of the authority shall receive no compensation for their services. SECTION 4. Authority to Establish Parking Facilities. The parking authority herein created shall have joint jurists diction with the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, in the planning, designation, location and financing of parking facilities and the concurrence of the said Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, shall be required before the Parking Authority shall proceed to execute, accomplish, fulfill, or pursue the establishment of any parking facility. The Parking Authority, subject to the concurrence and approval of the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, may act alone or in cooperation with other parking facilities, or with any federal, state or other local public agency in the financing, acquisition and ownership of property, construction, alteration, enlargement, use, maintenance, and operation or leasing out for operation of parking facilities and services to the extent that such facilities and services are concurred in by the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas. The Parking Authority and the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, shall designate the location, size and general specifications for needed parking facilities and make same known to the public. It is the intent of the City of Little Rock and the Parking Authority that all such facilities as are needed shall be owned and operated by private citizens or entities. If, however, private citizens or entities fails within a reasonable period of time as fixed by the Board of Directors, to provide and operate such facilities as the Parking Authority and the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, prescribe, then the parking facilities, with the approval of the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, may be owned, operated, leased out, or 3- sold, or any combination thereof, by the Parking Authority. SECTION 5. Planning for Parking Facilities. The parking authority shall co:- operate with other planning agencies for the formulation of a master plan and may adopt a master plan for automobile parking facilities as a guide for the future provision of parking facilities, properly integrated with present and pro- posed parking facilities, subject to alteration as necessary, and including a program of construction and method of financing. SECTION 6. Design of Parking Facilities. The parking authority is hereby authorized to so design and locate offs- street parking facilities as to best serve the public purpose for which such facilities are intended. Such facilities may consist of lots, improved or unimproved; single or multilevel garages; other structures and accessories. SECTION 7. Financing of Parking Facilities. After the master plan of parking facilities has been adopted by the authority, . such facilities, when approved as provided in Section 4 hereof, may be financed by the issuance of revenue bonds in accordance with the authority granted by Act 468 of the 1949 Acts of the Arkansas General Assembly. SECTION 8. Acquisition of Property and Property Rights. For the purpose of this ordinance the parking authority is hereby authorized to acquire private or public, real or personal property and property rights, above, at or below the surface of the earth necessary for off - street parking facilities, by purchase, eminent domain, gift, lease or otherwise. SECTION 9. Construction of Parking Facilities. The parking authority is hereby authorized to construct or cause to be construct•» ed, or otherwise acquire, public off - street parking facilities above, at or below the surface of the earth, including buildings, structures, equipment, entrances, exits, fencing and other accessories necessary for the safety or convenience of persons using the facilities. The contracts for any of the above are to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder in the same manner as contracts are now authorized by law. M w 4 .. SECTION 10. Records and Reporting. The parking authority shall maintain proper accounting and financial records of all transactions and provide and file an annual financial statement with the City Clerk. SECTION 11. Employees. The parking authority is hereby authorized to employ such persons as it deems necessary in further ance of its duties hereunder. The employees herein authorized shall be chosen by the Civil Service Commission in the manner . now required by -law. SECTION 12. Severabilitg. •.If any section -) provision, or paragraph of this ordinance -shall be declared invalid, such invalidity shall not be construed to affect the'portions not so affected. SECTION 13. Re eal. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. PASSED: April 2, 1962 ATTEST: / APPROVED: ad City Clerk M or.