HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity of Tamarac Ordinance O-1978-023Introduced by:
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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
ORDINANCE NO. 0 - 7�
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 77-36, CITY CODE,
CDT= 15, MCl7M VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, ARTICLE II,
DIVISION 1. GENERALLY, SECPTCN 1 -T, PROVIDINCr
FOR PARKING RESTRICTICNS IN THE DFDICATFD PUBLIC
RIGHT -OF WAY AREAS AND THE FNFORCIIViENT THEREOF, AND
REPEALING SUBSECrICN 6 OF SECTION 2 OF ORDINANCE 77-6;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CCJNFLICT; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE: AND PROVIDING AN EFFFCTTVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Tamarac, Florida,
is desirous of amending Section 1 of Ordinance 77--36, City Code Chapter 15,
Motor Vehicles and Traffic, which provides for parking restrictions in the
dedicated public right -of --way areas and the enforcement thereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY ODUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: Section I of Ordinance 77-36, Section 15-4 of
Chapter 16 of the City Diode, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, shall read as
follows:
Sec. 15--4. A: Parking Restrictions - Public Ri ts-bf:WaX
There shall be no vehicular parking in the paved
portions of the dedicated public right-of-way areas within the
limits of the City during the hours between 2:00 a.m. and
6:00 a.m., except those vehicles commnly designated as
emergency vehicles. This prohibition shall apply seven (7) days
a week.
B. Enforcement Thereof
1. Enforcement. Any unauthorized person parking
in conflict with Sec. 15-4A is guilty of a traffic in -fraction.
2. Ticketing Procedure. Vehicles parked in violation
of this section shall be ticketed by the Tamarac Police Department,
said ticket to be affixed to the windshield of the offending vehicle.
The owner or operator of said vehicle shall appear at the Tamarac
Police Department within seventy-two (72) hours and pay a penalty
in accordance with the following schedule.
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3: Penalty. A charge of $5.00 shall be
assessed for the first violation of this section. Any repeat
violation by the same owner, however, shall be assessed as
follows:
(a) Second violation $10.00
(b) Third violation $15.00
(c) Fourth violation $20.00
(d) Fifth violation and each
violation thereafter $25.00
4. Refusal to accept and sign Citation ®r
"Notice to Appear". Any person who willfully refuses to accept
and sign a citation or "Notice to Appear" issued pursuant to this
section shall be guilty of a separate violation and that person
may be arrested by any law enforcement officer of the City of
Tamarac.
5. Failure or'refusal to Pay penalt . It shall
be unlawful for any person to refuse or fail to pay any penalty
assessed for a violation of this section and that person shall be
guilty of a separate violation. A fine of not more than Five
Hundred ($500.00) Dollars shall be assessed against any person
who shall refuse or fail to pay a penalty assessed for violation
of this Ordinance.
SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby bepealed to the extent of such
conflict.
SECTION 3: Should any section or provision
of this Ordinance or any portion thereof, or any paragraph, sentence or word
be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision
shall not effect the validity of the remainder hereof as a whole or any part
hereof other than the part declared to be invalid.
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This Ordinance shall become
effective immediately upon its final passage.
PASS® FIRST READING this day of gAd , 1978
PASSED SECOND READING this Z- (o day of 42,ULj 1978
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK 7
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I RELY CERTIFY that I have
approved the form and correct-
ness of this ORDINANCE.
CITY ATTO
RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE
MAYOR W. FALCK dug
'vjM H. MASSARO
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CAM I. M. DISRAELLY
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