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08/09/2011 Ordinances 9309ORDINANCE NO. 9309 WHEREAS, The City is responsible for the regulation of use of and parking on City streets; and WHEREAS, City streets are being used by businesses as their official location for the purposes of storage of trailers, picking up and dropping trailers, loading and unloading trailers and transferring materials between trailers; and WHEREAS; these activities create concerns with traffic safety, property damage, and the use of the streets for purposes that the City historically has regulated and restricted, and BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA: SECTION 1. Section 22 -92 of the Grand Island City Code is amended to read as follows: §22 -92. Truck and Trailer Parking Prohibited (q)—It shall be unlawful for any person to park a truck or trailer with a licensed capacity over five tons, or any truck which individually or in combination with a trailer exceeds 21 feet in length or seven feet in width, upon any street or alley for a period of more than one hour unless such vehicle is, after the expiration of such period, actually delivering or collecting goods, wares, merchandise or materials, or waiting an opportunity to so load or unload materials and providing the driver is present therewith; or except when such trailer is parked in connection with and in aid of the ongoing performance of construction upon or reparative service to or on property in the City block in which such trailer is parked. Any vehicle in violation of this section is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and is subject to immediate removal and impoundment. (b) This section shall not be construed as permitting the parking of any vehicle in any zone where parking is otherwise prohibitedor restricted by this chapter, or as extending the time of parking where such is now restricted to a shorter period than herewithin allowed. SECTION 2. The foregoing section of Chapter 22 as existing prior to this amendment, and any ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, are repealed. Approved as to Form d August 8, 2011 a City Morney ORDINANCE NO. 9309 (Cont) SECTION 3. The validity of any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof. SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage and publication in pamphlet form within fifteen days as provided by law. Enacted: August 9, 2011. Attest: Qa�` 0-a RaNae Edwards, City Clerk -2- Approved as to Form n August 8, 2011 13 City Attorney