6196-97ORDINANCE NO. 6196-97
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA; CREATING SECTION 30.054 IMPOSING
CERTAIN PARKING RESTRICTIONS WITHIN STREET
RIGHT-OF-WAY IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, AND
PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS; CREATING SECTION 30.055,
DEFINING "INOPERATIVE VEHICLE" AND PROHIBITING
THE KEEPING, STORING, PARKING, OR ALLOWING TO
REMAIN ON PUBLIC PROPERTY OF INOPERATIVE
VEHICLES FOR LONGER THAN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS;
CREATING SECTION 30.056, PROHIBITING THE PARKING
OF VEHICLES UPON PUBLIC PROPERTY OR STREET
RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISPLAYING
FOR SALE; CREATING SECTION 30.057, PROVIDING FOR
ENFORCEMENT OF SECTIONS 30.054-30.056;
RENUMBERING SECTIONS 30.054 THROUGH 30.057 AS
SECTIONS 30.058 THROUGH 30.064; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, it is advisable to amend certain sections of the Code of Ordinances
regarding streets, sidewalks, and right-of-way, in order to impose certain parking
restrictions within street right-of-way in residential areas in order that the attractiveness of
those areas be preserved and that safe and unimpeded traffic circulation through
residential neighborhoods be promoted, to prohibit placement of inoperative vehicles
upon public property, to prohibit placement of vehicles upon public property for sale
display purposes, and to provide for enforcement of said parking provisions; now,
therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 4. Section 30.054, Code of Ordinances, is created to read:
Sec. 30.054 Parking restrictions within street right-of-way in residential areas.
(1) Restrictions upon parking within public street right-of-way. Subject to the
exceptions provided in subsection (2) below, the following vehicles shall not be parked or
stored such that any portion of the vehicle is located on any public street right-of-way
directly contiguous to a residentially zoned property:
(a) Any boat or boat trailer;
(b) Any hauling trailer;
(c) Any travel trailer, motor home, or camping trailer;
(d) Any semitrailer truck or cab;
(e) Any commercial vehicle.
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(2) Exceptions. The parking restrictions set forth above shall not apply to:
(a) A commercial vehicle or a semitrailer truck or cab during the actual
performance of a service at the premises at which it is parked;
(b)' Loading, unloading, or cleaning of vehicles other than semitrailer
trucks or cabs, provided such act is fully completed within six hours and provided such act
does not occur at the same location more than four times in the same month,
(c) ' The restrictions set forth above shall be enforced as of the effective
date of Ordinance No. 6183-97 regardless of the date when the parking subject to said
restrictions commenced, and such parking shall not be deemed an allowable
nonconforming use within the meaning of the Land Development Code.
Section 2. Section 30.055, Code of Ordinances, is created to read:
Sec. 30.055 Inoperative Vehicles on Public Property.
(1) Definition. "Inoperative vehicle" means a vehicle that is in a state of
disrepair and incapable of being moved under its own power, or a vehicle that is
incapable of being operated lawfully on the streets of the state. A vehicle shall be
deemed inoperative if a current registration tag, also known as a license plate, of a kind
required under state law as a condition of operation upon the public streets is not affixed
thereto, or if one or more parts which are required for the operation of the vehicle are
.' missing, were dismantled, are inoperative, or are not attached to the vehicle as designed.
(2) Prohibition. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, store, park, or allow
to remain any inoperative vehicle on public property, including street right-of-way, longer
than twenty-four hours.
Section 3. Section 30.056, Code of Ordinances, is created to read:
Sec. 30.056 Display of Vehicles for Sale on Public Property.
It shall be unlawful to park a vehicle upon public property, including street right-of-
way, for the purpose of displaying such vehicle for sale.
Section 4. Section 30.057, Code of Ordinances, is created to read:
Sec. 30.057 Enforcement.
In addition to any other means of enforcement provided in the Code of
Ordinances, a police officer, traffic infraction enforcement officer, or code enforcement
inspector certified as a parking enforcement specialist is hereby authorized to issue traffic
court parking citations for violations of sections 30.054, 30.055, and 30.056.
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,Section 5. Sections 30,054 through 30.057, Code of Ordinances, are renumbered
-to Sections 30.058 through 30.061.
Section 6, This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED ON FIRST READING As AMENDED' _ October 7, 14g7
PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL October 16, 1997
READING AND ADOPTED
10 JOAAA4
Rita Garvey, Mayor to ssioner
Approved as to form: Attest:
Leslie K. Dougail- i s Cynt i E. 'Goudeau
Assistant City Attomey City C erk
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