(a) Upon application and before any license required by this division shall be issued or renewed, it shall be the duty of the Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department to refer such application:
(1) To the Chief of Police, or the designee of the Chief, who shall cause an investigation to be completed to determine whether the applicant, or any of the applicant’s co-owners, officers, or partners, have been convicted of any offense involving fraud, robbery, or any crime involving car jacking or the theft of a motor vehicle, including the unauthorized driving away of a motor vehicle;
(2) To the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, which shall cause an investigation to be completed to determine whether any City property tax or income tax, or special assessment, is unpaid, outstanding, or delinquent; and
(3) To the Municipal Parking Department which shall verify the off-street parking location for the valeted motor vehicles and issue a report on any lost meter revenue as a result of the valet staging zone.
(b) The Chief of Police or the designee of the Chief, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, and the Municipal Parking Department shall provide their respective reports resulting from the investigations completed pursuant to Subsection (a) of this section to the Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department.
(c) A valet staging business license shall not be issued or renewed by the Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department unless:
(1) The Police Department has provided its written confirmation that the applicant does not have any conviction for offenses that are delineated in Subsection (a)(1) of this section; and
(2) The Office of the Chief Financial Officer has provided its written confirmation that the applicant is not in arrears for taxes or assessments that are delineated in Subsection (a)(2) of this section.
Codified by Ord. No. 28-19 (JCC 7/23/2019, Passed 9/10/2019, Approved 9/11/2019, Published 9/20/2019, Effective 10/1/2019); Amended by Ord. No. 2021-22 (JCC 6/29/2021, Passed 7/13/2021, Approved 7/14/2021, Published 8/10/2021, Effective 8/10/2021).
(a) Within 30 days of receipt of an application, the Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department Business License Center shall process the application and review any information concerning the applicant that was provided to the Department pursuant to Section 32-3-54(b) of this Code. The Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department Business License Center shall use such information in determining whether to approve or deny the license application.
(b) When making a determination whether to approve or deny a valet staging business license, the Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department Business License Center shall:
(1) Consider whether such person has previously operated in the City or in this state, or another city or state, under a valet staging business license or permit and has had such license or permit suspended or revoked, and the reasons therefore; and
(2) Review the number and location of valet staging permits issued by the Department of Public Works near the location where the person proposes to conduct valet staging.
(c) Upon payment of the fee and approval of the license application, including a renewal application, the Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department Business License Center shall issue a valet staging business license.
Codified by Ord. No. 28-19 (JCC 7/23/2019, Passed 9/10/2019, Approved 9/11/2019, Published 9/20/2019, Effective 10/1/2019); Amended by Ord. No. 2021-22 (JCC 6/29/2021, Passed 7/13/2021, Approved 7/14/2021, Published 8/10/2021, Effective 8/10/2021).
(a) Any person licensed under this division shall comply with any requirements of the Department of Public Works and the Police Department concerning the use of the curb lane on the City street for valet staging and permanent signage for the valet staging zone.
(b) The street signage that is erected by the Department of Public Works shall indicate that parking is restricted to valet staging use, including, but not limited to, the hours and days of the restriction and other necessary information as determined by the Department of Public Works.
(c) Upon the issuance by the Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department, and after receipt by the applicant, the valet staging business license shall be posted at all times by the licensee either:
(1) Inside the commercial building that the Annual Location Permit for Valet Staging or the Temporary Valet Staging Permit was issued to the owner or managing agent of, or a lessee business within; or
(2) When appropriate, and where the valet staging is being provided in a conspicuous location near the entrance of such commercial building, in a temporary, removable structure located near the valet staging zone.
(d) A person licensed to conduct valet staging or a valet parking attendant shall not erect or maintain any form of shelter or structure in the public right-of-way for use either by any valet parking attendant or by any patron of the service.
(e) A person licensed to conduct valet staging or perform as a valet parking attendant shall not erect or maintain a key box or other device for the storage of keys to motor vehicles attached to, or on, any City property.
(f) A person licensed under this article to conduct valet staging and approved to operate valet staging at an approved location shall provide sufficient valet parking attendants to promptly handle all customer drop-offs for valet parking and to prevent the congestion of motor vehicles at, and in the proximity of, the valet staging zone.
(g) Motor vehicles to be moved to and from an approved off-street parking location by a person licensed to conduct valet staging shall be received and returned only at a designated valet staging zone.
(h) Unless otherwise provided for in this article, any motor vehicle not staged at a designated valet staging zone shall be subject to all street parking regulations, the issuance of civil infractions, towing, and all other parking enforcement actions.
(i) A person licensed under this article to conduct valet staging shall require that all valet parking attendants park all dropped off motor vehicles at an off-street site that is approved by the Buildings, Safety Engineering, and Environmental Department, provided that, a motor vehicle may temporarily remain standing at a designated valet staging zone until moved to the off-street location.
(j) A person licensed under this article to conduct valet staging shall not operate during those days, or times of day, that are inconsistent with the days, or times of day, authorized by the Annual Location Permit for Valet Staging and permanent signage, or the Temporary Valet Staging Permit.
(k) A person licensed under this article to conduct valet staging at an approved valet staging zone shall not park a motor vehicle on any alley, street, or other public right-of-way prohibited by the Police Department under Chapter 46 of this Code, Traffic and Vehicles.
(l) For purposes of a Temporary Valet Staging Permit, the Police Department shall determine the proper location on the public street for valet staging.
Codified by Ord. No. 28-19 (JCC 7/23/2019, Passed 9/10/2019, Approved 9/11/2019, Published 9/20/2019, Effective 10/1/2019); Amended by Ord. No. 2021-22 (JCC 6/29/2021, Passed 7/13/2021, Approved 7/14/2021, Published 8/10/2021, Effective 8/10/2021).