§ 55-424. Valet parking plan; modification of valet parking plan.

(a)

The director shall not issue a valet location license unless the city traffic engineer has first:

(1)

Approved a written valet parking plan for the valet client business, and

(2)

Issued a street occupancy permit.

(b)

The city traffic engineer shall, within a reasonable time, review the valet parking plan and either approve the valet parking plan, disapprove the plan, or approve the plan with terms, conditions, and restrictions that may be necessary to protect public health, safety, welfare or convenience. The city traffic engineer shall forward his or her approval, disapproval, or approval with conditions, terms, limitations, and restrictions to the director of excise and licenses. In the event that the city traffic engineer approves the valet parking plan with conditions, terms, limitations, or restrictions, the city traffic engineer shall attach the conditions, terms, limitations, and restrictions in writing to the approval along with a statement briefly describing why such conditions, terms, limitations, and restrictions are necessary to protect public health, safety, welfare or convenience.

(c)

The director shall make any terms, conditions, restrictions or limitations imposed by the city traffic engineer written conditions of the valet location license. The applicant shall have the right to contest the validity of such conditions in an administrative hearing, as provided in subsection 55-426(d).

(d)

Any valet operator may apply to the city traffic engineer for a modification of the valet parking plan approved at the time the valet location license was issued. Any approved modification of the valet parking plan shall be in writing and shall become a condition of the valet location license. The city traffic engineer may issue a temporary approval of the proposed modified valet parking plan pending consideration of the application. The city traffic engineer shall forward any modification of the approved valet parking plan as well as any temporary approval of modifications to the valet parking plan to the director.

(e)

In the event that the valet parking plan requests the use of existing parking meters in order to access the valet drop-off location, the identified parking meters will be designated as passenger loading zones only during the hours specified in the valet parking plan.

(f)

For valet parking operating anytime between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. the valet operator shall not be required to pay a fee, in addition to the valet location license fee, for use of up to two (2) parking metered spaces or forty (40) feet of right-of-way during the time that such parking meters or right-of-way are utilized as a passenger loading zone. For use of additional meters, the valet operator shall pay an annual meter fee equal to one-third of the actual maximum revenue lost from the use of each additional meter, based on the meter charges for the area.

(g)

For valet parking operating anytime between 6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., the valet operator shall pay an annual fee equal to one-third the actual maximum revenue lost from the use of each meter, up to two (2), based on the meter charges for the area. The operator shall pay an annual fee equal to the actual maximum revenue lost from the use of each additional meter over two (2), based on the meter charges for the area.

(h)

There shall be no more than one (1) valet location permitted per face block, provided, however, that more locations may be granted upon approval by the city traffic engineer. The applicant for any extra location must show a demonstrated need for such location that can not adequately be filled by existing valet locations and must show there will be no adverse impact on traffic or public safety.

(i)

Notwithstanding (h) above, hotels may have a valet location, regardless of the number of other valet locations on the face block. Hotels shall be allowed two (2) free spaces twenty-four (24) hours per day unless they have an off-street loading zone, driveway or porte-cochere. If a hotel demonstrates a need for extra spaces that can not adequately be filled by the off-street loading zone, driveway or porte-cochere or the two (2) free spaces, whichever is applicable, and demonstrates that there will be no adverse impact on traffic or public safety, the city traffic engineer may allow extra spaces. Extra spaces in excess of the two (2) free spaces and on-street spaces for locations with an off-street loading zone, driveway or porte-cochere shall be charged as specified in (f) and (g) above.

(Ord. No. 493-01, § 1, 6-18-01; Ord. No. 738-02, §§ 4—6, 9-16-02; Ord. No. 29-10, § 7, 1-11-10)