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O-20-008

ORDINANCE

CHANGING THE STARTING TIME OF THE OVERNIGHT PARKING TIME LIMIT

RESTRICTION IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS

CITY OF NASHUA

In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty

The City of Nashua ordains that Part Il “General Legislation”, Chapter 320 “Vehicles
and Traffic”, Article XIII “Night Parking” Section 320-78 “Parking time limits” of the Nashua
Revised Ordinances, as amended, be and hereby is further amended by deleting the struck-
through language and adding the new underlined language as follows:

“320-78. Parking time limits.

A.

(B)

Except in the locations described in Subsection B-as-hereinafter- provided, it

shall be unlawful for an operator of any vehicle to park the vehicle for a period
longer than two hours between 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m., daily, on any public
way in the City where overnight on-street permit parking is not allowed. It shall
be unlawful for an operator of any vehicle to park the vehicle for any time period
between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m., daily, without a permit on the
public ways where overnight on-street permit parking is allowed.

It shall be unlawful for an operator of any vehicle to park the vehicle for a period
longer than two hours between 2:00 a.m, and 6:00 a.m.. daily:

(a) in any metered space: or
(b) in any nonmetered space on:

[1] Clinton Street:
2| Lowell Street;
[3] Orange Street, between Canal Street and Lowell Street: or

[4] Canal Street. between Main Street and Lowell Street

unless the operator has a overnight on-street parking permit and is parked in a
location where overnight on-street permit parking is allowed.

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BC. Anyone violating this provision shall be fined a minimum of $25. If such fine is
not paid within seven days, the fine shall increase by $10, to $35.
GD. Residences within the City of Nashua who have overnight guests occasionally

may call the Parking Department and ask for temporary relief from the overnight
ban when their guests must park on city streets.”

This ordinance shall become effective upon passage.

LEGISLATIVE YEAR 2020
ORDINANCE: O-20-008

PURPOSE: Changing the starting time of the overnight parking time limit
restriction in certain locations

ENDORSERS: Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons
Alderman Patricia Klee

COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENT: Committee on Infrastructure
FISCAL NOTE: Possible loss of some revenue from overnight parking tickets.

ANALYSIS

This legislation changes the starting time of the general restriction on overnight parking in
certain locations, starting the two-hour restriction at 2 a.m. instead of midnight.

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O-20-009

ORDINANCE

RELATIVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT

CITY OF NASHUA

In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty

The City of Nashua ordains that Part I “Administrative Legislation”, Chapter 5
“Administration of Government”, Part 2 “Board of Aldermen”, Article III “Rules and Order of
Business”, Section 5-14, “Order of Business”, of the Nashua Revised Ordinances, as amended,
be hereby further amended by deleting the struck-through language and adding the new
underlined language, as follows:

“A. The order of business for regular meetings of the Board of Aldermen shall be as follows:

(9a) A period not to exceed 15 minutes for the acceptance of orally presented
communications or comments from the public or others relative to resolutions,
ordinances, or communications to be accepted in Subsection A(9b) upon which
final action is expected to be taken at the meeting. If there is a reasonable
expectation by the President of the Board that final action shall be taken on such
an item not on the agenda, the President shall allow comment on that item of
business.

(9b) Communications requiring final approval by the Board of Aldermen, including

but not limited to awards of contracts and expenditure of funds;

(16} | Communications, to include a period not to exceed 15 minutes for the acceptance
of orally presented communications or comments from the public or others;

B. Meetings of standing committees of the Board of Aldermen shall include the following:

(1) Public comment at the beginning of the meeting, which comments shall be

germane to the meeting’s agenda fora period not-te-exeeed five (S}- minutes per
presentation:

(2) Public comment at the end of the meeting, for a period not to exceed fve{5}
fifteen (15) minutes per presentation; and

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(3) Remarks by the aldermen.
Cc. Public comment allowed in A and B above shall be conducted as follows:

(1) Speaker must sign-in prior to the start of the meeting to indicate intent to speak
during public comment:

(2) Speaker may not speak until recognized by the presiding officer:

B) Speaker shall identify him or herself by name and addresses when beginning to
speak.

(4) One person speaks at a time.

(5) Each speaker is limited to speaking once per public comment period and is
limited to five (5) minutes during the first public comment period and three (3)
minutes during the second comment period:

(6) ~~‘ The presiding officer may allow questions at the presiding officer’s discretion:

(7) Prior to or at a meeting. members of the public may submit written comments to

the full Board of Aldermen or the committee by email or paper copy. It is the

responsibility of the member of the public to have enough paper copies and such
copies shall be handed to the clerk for distribution prior to the start of the meeting.
Written comments may be accepted as correspondence but shall not be read in to
the record,

(8) Excessive repetition and irrelevant remarks are discouraged:

(9) Remarks shall be civil: rude or profane remarks are prohibited; and

(10) The presiding officer has authority to terminate the remarks of any speaker when

such remarks do not adhere to this ordinance or other applicable law.”

All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed,

This legislation shall take effect following its passage.

LEGISLATIVE YEAR 2020

ORDINANCE: Q-20-009
PURPOSE: Relative to Public Comment
ENDORSERS: Alderman-at-Large Richard A. Dowd

Alderman-at-Large Ben Clemons

COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENT: Personnel/Administrative Affairs Committee
FISCAL NOTE: None.

ANALYSIS

This ordinance provides rules of order for public comment at regular Board of Aldermen
meetings.

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31. CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE This contract shall be governed exclusively by the laws of
the State of New Hampshire and any claim or action brought relating to this contract, the
work performed or contracted to be performed thereunder, or referable in anyway thereto
shall be brought in Hillsborough County (New Hampshire) Superior Court Southern
Judicial District or in the New Hampshire 9th Circuit Court—Nashua and not elsewhere.

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O-20-010

ORDINANCE

CLARIFYING THAT COIN DEALERS ARE NOT SECONDHAND DEALERS
CITY OF NASHUA

In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty

The City of Nashua ordains that Part II “General Legislation”, Chapter 220
“Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers”, Section 220-2 “Definitions” of the Nashua Revised
Ordinances, as amended, be and hereby is further amended by deleting the struck-through
language and adding the new underlined language as follows:

Ҥ 220-2 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

COMMODITY METALS - Any metal traded on the commodity market that sells for
$0.50 per pound or greater, including, but not limited to, gold, silver, platinum, brass,
copper, copper alloy, aluminum, stainless steel, rhodium, palladium, titanium and
magnesium. Commodity metals shall not include numismatic coins, currency and
precious metal coins and ingots.

PROPERTY - Anything of value, including but not limited to jewelry, watches, clocks,
diamonds or other precious stones or gems, gold, silver, platinum, other precious metals
or commodity metals, musical instruments and equipment, cameras, furs, fur coats or
other kinds of wearing apparel, televisions, DVD players, videocassette recorders and
other electronic equipment, tools, computers and computer equipment, firearms, auto
accessories and office and store fixtures and related equipment. Property shall not include
secondhand furniture, ez-books-, numismatic coins, currency and precious metal coins

and ingots.
SECONDHAND DEALER ~

A. Any person, firm, partnership or corporation whose business is the retail buying,

selling, buy-back, exchanging, dealing in or dealing with secondhand articles and

- property. Secondhand dealers are regulated according to New Hampshire Revised
Statutes Annotated Chapter 322.

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B. However, the definition of “secondhand dealer” shall not apply to any person,
firm, partnership, or corporation who does not purchase secondhand articles
directly from the general public-_or whose primary business is the purchase and
sale of numismatic coins, currency and precious metal coins and ingots.”

This ordinance shall become effective upon passage.

ORDINANCE:
PURPOSE:

ENDORSERS:

COMMITTEE

ASSIGNMENT:

FISCAL NOTE:

LEGISLATIVE YEAR 2020

0-20-010
Clarifying that coin dealers are not secondhand dealers

Alderman-at-Large David C. Tencza

Personnel /Administrative Affairs Committee

None.

ANALYSIS

This legislation amends several of the definitions in the “Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers”
chapter of the ordinances to clarify that coin dealers will not be considered secondhand dealers

under the ordinances.

Approved as to form:

Office of Corporation Counsel

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