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Home My WebLink About990-07 Parking • IIIIIII III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1IIIIIIII Hill till Ill! 2007178101 Rcpt: 1137953 Rec: 27.00 ORDINANCE NO. 990-07 DS: 0.00 I T: 0.00 10/25/07 Dpty Clerk AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA, REPEALING ORDINANCE 299 AND ORDINANCE 980-07 ESTABLISHING PLACES ON NON-PARKING; PROVIDING METHODS OF PARKING;.REGULATING THE SALE OF OR FROM VEHICLES; REGULATING LOADING ZONES; REGULATING PARKING IN AREAS MARKED FOR DISABLED PERSONS; PROVIDING ' PENALTIES THEREFORE- AND AUTHORIZING CITATIONS AND COLLECTIONS OF SAME; AUTHORIZING PENALTY AMOUNT CHANGES BY RESOLUTION; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. JED PITTFIAN, PASCO COUNTY CLERK 10:47 1 1am 1 f SECTION 1. NO PARKING. 10/25/07 OR BK 76PG 4 It is unlawful to permit any vehicle to stand or park in any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a la enforcement officer or traffic control device: 1. In any intersection; 2. Ina crosswalk; 3. Upon any bridge or viaduct or the approach thereto; 4. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet of a point of the cur immediately opposite the end of a safety zone; 5. Within thirty feet of a traffic signal, beacon, or sign on the approaching side; 6. Within twenty feet of any intersection or crosswalk; 7. At any place where the parked or standing vehicle will reduce the usable width of the roadway for moving traffic to less than eighteen feet; 8. Within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant; 9. At any place where the vehicle would block the use of a driveway; 10. Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad grade crossing; 11. Within twenty feet of the driveway entrance to any fire department station and on th side of the street opposite the entrance to any such station within seventy-five feet of such entrance when property sign posted; 12. On any sidewalk or creating any obstruction of the sidewalk; 13. At any place where official signs prohibit parking or establish time limits for such parking; and 14. Parking spaces for mobility handicapped person. SECTION 2. DISABLED PARKING. It is unlawful for any person to unlawfully use a license plate, an exemption-parking permit, or a temporary exemption-parking permit issued to persons with disabilities. As used herein, "unlawful use" of a license plate, exemption parking permit, or a temporary exemption parking permit issued to persons with disabilities means the use or display of suci license plate, exemption parking permit, or temporary exemption parking permit by an operator or other person in charge of a motor vehicle other than by the person to whom it was duly issued; provided, that, a person who is chauffeuring a disabled person shall be allowed, without need for an identification parking permit or a special license plate, momentary parking in any "parking bj disabled permit only" public or private parking spaces, for the purpose of loading or unloading such disabled person.No penalty shall be imposed upon the driver for such momentary parking. SECTION 3. PARKING VEHICLES ON STREETS FOR PURPOSES OF`SALE. It is unlawful for any person to park any vehicle displayed for sale upon _any city owned o operated lot, garage or other property or street or for any person to stop, stand or park on an. street or city owned or operated parking lot, garage or other property, any vehicle for the purpos of vending, displaying or advertising goods, services or any place of business. Record and Return to: City Clerk's Office 5335 8th Street Zephyrhills, FL 33542 0RBK7P71 PG 414 2 of3 SECTION 4. LOADING ZONES. It is unlawful for a vehicle to stop, stand, or park for a period of time longer than is necessary for the loading or unloading of passengers, not to exceed three minutes, and for the driver to stop, stand, or park, before the entrance to any public building, any freight carrying vehicle for a period of time longer than is necessary to load, unload and deliver materials, not to exceed thirty minutes. SECTION 5. ALLEYS. It is unlawful for any person to park any vehicle within such a manner or under any conditions as to leave less than ten feet of width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic, and no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle within an alley in such a position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property. SECTION 6. CAB STANDS,BUS STANDS. It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle other than a bus, taxicab or for-hire automobile to stop, stand or park in an officially designated bus, taxicab or for-hire automobile stand, except that the operator of any passenger vehicle may temporarily stop in any such stop or stand for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the loading or unloading of passengers. SECTION 7. PARKING AT CURB. It is unlawful for any vehicle to be parked with the left side of said vehicle next to the curb; except on one-way streets, and it shall be unlawful to stand or park any vehicle in a street other than parallel with the curb and with the two right wheels of the vehicle within twelve inches of the regularly established curb line, except that upon those streets that have been marked for angle parking, vehicles shall be parked at the angle to the curb indicated by such marks. On those streets without curbs where parking is permitted, vehicle shall be parked with no more than twelve inches of the vehicle extended onto the pavement. SECTION 8. PENALTY. (a) Any person, firm, or corporation violating any provision of this ordinance shall be fined not less than Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00), nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each offense; and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during.or'on which a violation occurs or continues. (b) If the penalty amount is not paid to the city within fourteen (14) days, of the infraction the penalty amount shall be increased by Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) every seventh day, subsequent to the aforementioned fourteenth day. If a citation is not satisfied within 30 days from the date of issuance,the City may institute Court action for failure to pay. (b) The City of Zephyrhills Police Department and/or a the City Code Enforcement Officer(s) shall be authorized to issue citations for violation(s) (c) Penalty amounts to be cited^by the City of Zephyrhills Police Department and/or Code Enforcement as immediately above stated may be modified by the City Council by Resolution. (d) Any person who receives a handicapped parking violation citation under this ordinance but possesses a valid handicapped parking placard issued by the appropriate authority may, upon presentation of the citation and the placard at the Police Department within the initial time limit specified on the citation, have their fine reduced by 50 percent. SECTION 9. REPEALER. Any ordinance or part of any ordinance, in conflict herewith is hereby repealed to the extent of any conflict. 2 OR BK 7671 PG 415 3 of 3 SECTION 10. SEVERABILITY. It is declared to be the intent of the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills, Florida, that if any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or provision of this Ordinance shall be declared invalid, the remainder of this Ordinance shall be construed as not having contained said section, subsection, sentence, clause, or provision and shall not be affected by such holding. SECTION 11. INCLUSION IN CODE. The provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made part of the Code of the City of Zephyrhills, Florida. The sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered or re-lettered and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "section", "article" or such other appropriate word or phrase in order to accomplish such. SECTION 12. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall become effective upon passage on the third reading and signing by the Mayor. The. o or ng.OfQiance No. 990-07 was read and passed on the first reading in an open and regular meeting of.tie' City Council of the City of Zephyrhills, Florida, on this 24th day of Septembbr''007./ ,Attest: ��'�'.✓ Linda D-. Boat�i, City Clerk Kenneth V. Compton, Council President . Q , The foregoing Ordinance No. 990-07 was read and passed on the second reading, following a public herrirggt, ,i an open and regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills, Flori�a, on•this 8:,. l of October, 2007.`� Li1Tda D.. oan,City Clerk Kenneth V. Compton, Council President The eforegbmg Ordii nce No. 990-07 was read and passed on the third reading, following a publicHegr• ii.41.open and regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills, Florida, on this 22nd day of October, 2007. Attes, —� �/• �--� Linda ,';BoaQity Clerk Kenneth.V. Compton, Council President The foreg g Ordinance No. 990-07 was approved by me this 22nd day of October, 2007. Cliff uffi , Ma Approved as to le and legal content seph A. Poblick, City Attorney 3