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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.