Ordinance 18-26

This ordinance amends Title 15, “Vehicles and Traffic,” of the Bloomington Municipal Code and comes forth at the request of City staff and the Traffic Commission. The ordinance makes the following changes: It changes the current time allowed for the transportation and traffic engineer or chief of police to make temporary, experimental or emergency traffic regulations from 90 to 180 days, and the time for such changes to be recommended to the common council from 60 to 120 days. It implements several changes in stop intersections, multi-stop intersection, speed limits, parking limits, traffic calming locations and bus zones, as such changes have been implemented on a temporary basis pursuant to 90-day orders and have been shown to be effective. It changes the current practice of obtaining Common Council approval for each change in accessible parking. Instead, the Transportation and Traffic Engineer, or his or her designee, will approve those changes in accordance with Americans with Disabilities Act regulations and with the Public Rights of Way Accessibility Guidelines, as amended. And finally, it makes several changes to BMC 14.40.020, including authorizing the Parking Services Director instead of the Board of Public Works to modify parking fees for special events and to charge a daily rate of no more than $10.00 a day for parking when equipment is not working, and to allow people with non-reserved monthly permits to park for any 12-hour period per day instead of the current 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. time period. Note: This ordinance was amended by Am 01 (with an amendment) and Am 02 on December 19, 2018. Am 01, as amended, made a technical correction to Section 7. Am 02 added Section 17 to delete a section of the Bloomington Municipal Code that prohibits anyone with outstanding debts owed to the City from obtaining a garage or lot permit.