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City Council Meeting Minutes April 5, 2005 Page 6 of 12 Deputy City Manager Julie Boyd reported that the City Staff has been working with the Downtown Business Association to add-day parking for business owners and employees, and to help assure two hour customer parking is available during the day. The DBA has requested the City take a more active role in enforcing the two hour parking limit, including increased patrols, increased fines, and penalties for people who ignore their parking tickets. The ordinance would increase the minimum parking fine assessed by the municipal court from $10.00 to $20.00, with a maximum of $500.00, to be set by the judge. Following the mailing of a notice by the court clerk to a vehicle owner with three unpaid parking tickets, the ordinance would permit the court to enforce payment of the traffic fines with three different methods: 1) Issuance of a Show Cause Order; 2) Vehicle towing and impoundment, and 3) Collection through a civil judgment. Currently, if tickets are unpaid, the court clerk sends a letter to the owner of the vehicle and the municipal judge must direct any enforcement action. The new ordinance would allow the court clerk to initiate enforcement action, in the case of more than three outstanding tickets, removing this burden from the court and handling it administratively. City Attorney Sam Light made corrections to the ordinance: Page 2, Subsection C, the phrase "under this title" should be deleted. He noted the first reading of the Ordinance was March 17 and not April 5. He noted a parking violation is a non-criminal offense, and the ordinance pursues other options for compliance. Mayor Sisk opened the public hearing and requested public comments, and hearing none, closed the public hearing. MOTION: Council member Brown moved for approval of Ordinance No. 1466, Series 2005, with the following amendments: Page 2, Section C, the phrase "under this title" is deleted, and the first reading of the ordinance be changed to March 17. Council member Keany seconded the motion. Roll call vote was taken. The motion passed by a vote of 7-0. ORDINANCE No. 1467, SERIES 2005 - AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE VACATION OF THE CITY'S INTEREST IN CERTAIN RIGHT-OF-WAY ADJACENT TO 101 WEST SPRUCE STREET IN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE - 2nd reading - public hearing (advertised Daily Camera 3/29/05) - continued to 4/19/05 Mayor Sisk requested a City Attorney introduction. City Attorney Light read Ordinance No. 1467, Series 2005. Mayor Sisk explained public notice was sent to the Daily Camera. However, it was not published and public notice requirement has not been met. Staff