Ordinance 2016-15 ORDINANCE NO. 2016-15
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE,TEXAS,AMENDING
ARTICLE VI (STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING) OF CHAPTER
110 (TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES) OF THE WYLIE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, CREATING SECTION 110-189 RESIDENT ONLY
PARKING PERMIT AREAS; PERMITTING PARKING IN CERTAIN
AREAS BY PERMIT ONLY DURING THOSE TIMES SET FORTH IN
THIS ORDINANCE; ESTABLISHING AN OFFENSE; PROVIDING FOR
A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE;
PROVIDING FOR REPEALING, SAVINGS AND. SEVERABILITY
CLAUSES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE
CAPTION HEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas ("City Council") has
investigated and determined that it is in the best interest of the City of Wylie, Texas ("Wylie")to
establish resident only parking permit areas(the"Permit Area"); and
WHEREAS, The City Council wishes to alleviate chronic levels of non-resident parking
along streets with adjacent residential properties by establishing the Permit Area; and
WHEREAS, the City Council further finds that it is a reasonable exercise of its police
power to prohibit the stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle in the Permit Area; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WYLIE,TEXAS:
SECTION 1: FINDINGS INCORPORATED. The findings set forth above are
incorporated into the body of this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2: Article VI (Stopping, Standing, and Parking) of Chapter 110 (Traffic and
Vehicles) of the Wylie Code of Ordinances is amended by adding Section 110-189
(Resident Only Parking Permit Areas)to read as follows:
Section 110-189.—Resident only parking permit areas
(a) Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the
meanings ascribed in this subsection, unless the context of their usage clearly
indicates another meaning:
City Engineer means the City Engineer of the City of Wylie,or their designee.
Designated Permit Area means a contiguous area of a single family residential
use containing not less than ten single-family residential lots, upon which the city
council imposes a requirement for a parking permit under this section. Where
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(Traffic And Vehicles)Of The Wylie Code Of Ordinances
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there are less than ten single family residential lots on the entire length of the
street, then the entire length of the street may be considered for a designated
permit area.
Guest Permit means a permit issued by the city pursuant to this section to a guest
of a resident located within a designated permit area for display on a vehicle
owned or used by a guest which is parked or left standing within the designate
permit area.
Resident means a person whose place of residence or property is located in the
city as to render him or her eligible for procurement of a parking permit under this
section.
Resident Permit means a permit issued by the city pursuant to this section to a
resident or property owner within a designated permit area for display on a
vehicle owned or used by such resident or property owner which is parked or left
standing within the designated permit area
(b) Parking Regulations within a Designated Permit Area
a. Except as provided in subsection (b), no vehicle shall be parked in a
Designated Permit Area between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
on weekdays, Monday through Friday, without displaying a valid
resident permit or guest permit.
b. Non-permitted vehicles may be parked for no more than two (2)
contiguous hours in the same location.
(c) Exemptions
a. A motor vehicle that is owned by or operated under contract to a utility
when used in the construction, operation, removal or repair of utility
property or facilities or engaged in authorized work in the designated
permit area by the City.
b. A motor vehicle that is identified as owned by or operated under
contract to a federal, state or local governmental agency and being
used in the course of official government business.
c. Motor vehicles that are stopped temporarily for loading or unloading
passengers or goods.
d. Motor vehicles that are used in transporting individuals, equipment,
and goods necessary for making improvements and repairs, providing
labor, and performing other services at a location within the designated
permit area.
e. The designated permit area shall not be effective on weekdays that
Wylie East High School is not in session.
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(d) Resident permits
a. All residents of a designate permit area who register with the city
engineer, or his/her designee, shall be issued, free of charge, one
resident permit for each motor vehicle owned and kept by the resident
at the premises located within the designated permit area. The
residential parking permits must be placed in the lower left-hand
corner of the rear window of the motor vehicle.
b. Each permit issued to a resident will be assigned to a specific vehicle,
and will only be valid for the particular vehicle to which it is assigned.
No permit may be transferred to any other individual or used for a
different vehicle other than the one to which the permit is assigned.
c. Two temporary guest permits will automatically be issued, free of
charge, for each residential lot situated within the designated permit
area.
d. All residents applying for a permit or permits must use the application
developed by the city engineer.
e. The city engineer shall, upon receiving a completed application, issue
a resident permit to any individual that is eligible for the permit. An
individual is eligible to obtain a permit of the individual:
i. Owns a motor vehicle; and
ii. Resides within the designated permit area.
(e) Designated Permit Area
a. Palmdale Drive from East Brown Street to Glendale Drive
b. Jamestown Drive from Anson Parkway to Palmdale Drive
c. Glendale Drive from Anson Parkway to Palmdale Drive
SECTION 3: ENFORCEMENT: No person shall stop, stand or park a motor vehicle in
a designated permit area for a period greater than two hours between the hours of 7:00
a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, without displaying a valid parking permit.
The Police Chief, or his/her authorized representatives, is authorized to issue citations
and/or remove or cause to be removed any material or vehicle obstructing the area in
which stopping, standing, or parking is prohibited at the expense of the owner of such
material or vehicle. The City shall not be responsible or liable for any damage to any
vehicle or personal property removed from the area where stopping, standing, or parking
is prohibited and shall not be responsible for any damage resulting from the failure to
exercise the authority granted under this Ordinance.
SECTION 4: SAVINGS/REPEALING CLAUSE. All provisions of any ordinance in
conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent they are in conflict; but
such repeal shall not abate any pending prosecution for violation of the repealed
ordinance, nor shall the repeal prevent a prosecution from being commenced for any
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violation if occurring prior to the repeal of the ordinance. Any remaining portions of said
ordinances shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5: SEVERABILITY. Should any section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent
jurisdiction, it is expressly provided that any and all remaining portions of this Ordinance
shall remain in full force and effect. Wylie hereby declares that it would have passed this
Ordinance, and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact
that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared
unconstitutional or invalid.
SECTION 6: PENALTY PROVISION. Any person violating this Ordinance shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined a sum of not
more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Each continuing day's violation or separate
act under this Ordinance shall constitute a separate offense. The penal provisions
imposed under this Ordinance shall not preclude Wylie from filing suit to enjoin the
violation. Wylie retains all legal rights and remedies available to it pursuant to local,
state and federal law.
SECTION 7: AMENDMENTS. For clarity in reading amendments to the Wylie Code of
Ordinances, any language intended to be added to the code may be underscored in the
amending ordinance, and any language intended to be deleted from the code may be
placed in brackets and stricken through. These markings, when used, and the deleted
portions shall be removed when amendments are printed in the code. The amended
provisions as set forth in this Ordinance have also been renumbered for ease of reading.
SECTION 8: EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be effective upon its passage
and publication as required by law.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas,
this 23rd day of August, 2016.
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Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Chad Engbrock,
publisher of C & S Media, dba The Wylie News, a newspaper regularly published in
Collin County, Texas and having general circulation in Collin County, Texas, who being
by me duly sworn, deposed and says that the foregoing attached:
City of Wylie
Ordinances 2016-15 and 2016-17
was published in said newspaper on the following date(s), to -wit:
August 31, 2016
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Ordinance
No. 2016-15
An Ordinance of the
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Texas,
anien:ding Article
(stopping, standing,
nd parking), of Chap- ,
ter 10 '(tralfic „ and
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vehicles) of the Wylie .1
Code Of Ordinances, I
creating section 110-
189 . resident only
parking peril* ','areas;
permitting parking" in
certain areas by per-
mit !Drily. during, those I
tinieS'Set. frthiiithis
Ordinance; establish- I
ing an offense; provid-
ingfor, a penalty fur the
violatinnof this
Ordi-
nance;; providing for„,
1' repealing, savings- and'
severability clauses;
providing for .an effec-
tive. date of this. Ordi-
nance; and providing
for the publication of
the caption hereof.
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Ordinance
No. 2016-17
Ordinance of the:,
City of Wylie, Texas,
amending section 110-
173 (a) (10) (stopping,
standing, or parking
prohibited ' in certain
. places) of.'-'' article
,".(Stniiping, ' i. ' Standing; .'.
' .aiid"parking).of chapter
,110 (traffic and vehi-
I des) of the Wylie Code '
Of OrdinanCeS; prohib-
iting: parking Stopping ',
[or -standing of a vehicle
along the south side �f
InduStrial Court froth -1
illirmingham street to a '..,.
point 240 feet west, and
on the east and west)
. sides of Century Way
1from .- State • Highway
78 to a point 400 feet :
south; establishing an
''offense; -I 'Providing-. for '-
"a 'penalty.for the viola-: • ,
! tion of this Ordinance;
providing for - repeal-'
ing,. savings and sever: .
'ability clauses; proVid-
1 ing for an effective date ,
1- of this Ordinance; ,and",
providing 'for.the pub i
lication of the caption
hereof.
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