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Council adopts ordinance tightening overnight parking permits for city lots
Summary
The Dalles City Council voted unanimously to amend municipal code chapter 6.02 to restrict overnight permits for heavy equipment, oversized vehicles and trailers, add city manager permit-revocation authority and shift appeal hearings to municipal court.
The Dalles City Council on April (meeting date not specified) approved General Ordinance No. 25-1413, an amendment to Dallas Municipal Code chapter 6.02 that restricts overnight parking permits in city-owned lots.
The ordinance prohibits issuing overnight permits for heavy equipment, oversized vehicles (generally over 22 feet) and trailers; gives the city manager authority to revoke permits for improper parking or failure to fit entirely within marked spaces; and moves appeal hearings from the city council to the municipal court. The ordinance passed on a voice vote with no recorded opposing votes.
City Attorney Jonathan (role used in meeting) and City staff described the changes as “housekeeping” to make enforcement clearer before the July 1 permit season. Staff said the change aims to preserve overnight parking spaces for typical passenger vehicles and to give staff a practical tool to resolve recurring problems — such as trailers parked across multiple stalls — without holding long council hearings.
Councilors asked for clarity about the word “trailers” in the staff summary; staff said the ordinance text ties to the code definition (chapter 6.04, traffic control) that includes commercial and recreational trailers (travel trailers, truck trailers, flatbed/utility trailers, etc.). Councilor Runyon and others pressed staff to ensure RVs and unattached trailers would be covered; staff confirmed the ordinance language and definitions in code capture those examples.
Councilors also confirmed that long-term construction or public-project vehicle needs would be accommodated through existing exceptions for city vehicles and by temporarily removing parking signs where needed, and that the municipal-judge appeal change aligns with other recent code updates.
The motion to adopt the ordinance was made and seconded (movers recorded in the meeting transcript) and carried. Staff indicated the ordinance would be implemented ahead of the next permit season.
Votes at a glance: General Ordinance No. 25-1413 — amended chapter 6.02 (overnight parking); motion passed unanimously by voice vote; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the minutes.
Ending: Staff said the new language will be used for the July permit cycle; if practical issues appear, council can revisit the chapter later.
