HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity of Tamarac Ordinance O-1980-108Introduced by: Temp. # 818
REV. 10/9/80
CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE CREATING SECTION 15-3A OF THE TAMARAC CITY CODE
PERTAINING TO MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC BY ESTABLISHING A
TICKETING PROCEDURE AND PENALTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH
-ARTICLE I OF CHAPTER 15; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PRO-
VIDING REPEALER; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY OF INVLAID
PROVISIONS AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC,_FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: Section 15-3A of.the Tamarac City Code is hereby created and
$hall read as follows:
Section 15-3A - Enforcement:
(1)VI� ONN, Any unauthorized person parking in conflict with sections
15-1 or 15-2 of the City Code shall be guilty ofa traffic infraction.
(2)TICKETING PROCEDURE. Vehicles parked in violation of this article
shall be ticketed by the police department, said ticket to be affixed to the
windshield of the offending vehicle. The owner or operator of said vehicle shall
appear at the police department within seventy-two (72) hours and pay a penalty
in accordance with the schedule established in paragraph (3) of this section.
(3)PENALTY. A charge of five dollars ($ 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 . . . . . . . . . . $2 5.00
(4) REFUSAL ,TO. ACCEPT .AND, SIGN ,CITATION OR 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.
(5)FAILURE OR REFUSAL -TO PAY PENALTY. 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 dollars ($500.00) shall be assessed against any person
who shall refuse or fail to pay a penalty assessed for violation of this section.
SECTION 2: Specific authority is hereby granted to codify this
ordinance.
SECTION 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 4: Should any section or provision of this ordinance or
any portion hereof or any paragraph, sentence or word be declared by a Court
of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remainder hereof as a whole or any part hereof other than the
part declared to be invalid.
SECTION 5: This ordinance shall become effective upon its final
passage.
PASSED, FIRST READING this ?-'Ztay of ,1980.
PASSED, SECOND READING this�day of�
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have
approved the form and correctness
of this ORDINANCE
MAYOR:
CITY ATTORNEY DISTRICT
DISTRICT
DISTRICT
DISTRIC1
YOR
RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE
2.