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ORDINANCE NO. 1611
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, ;; '" ' " '.`' ,'" ;•j;
AMENDING ARTICLE IV, STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING,
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„„-^• OF CHAPTER 22, RELATING TO TRAFFIC, OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER FLORIDA
1962, TO ADD A NEW DIVISION 3 ESTABLISHING A SCHEDULE ...' . '•'' ::':`,.. -'
OF FINES AND PENALTIES FOR ALL PARKING} TICKET
VIOLATIONS AND THE PROCEDURE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT
THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR -- ..'
PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH TO THE ;.
EXTENT OF SUCH CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR THE
SEPARABILITY OF THE PROVISIONS HEREOF; DECLARING
THAT A PUBLIC EMERGENCY EXISTS AFFECTING THE
HEALTH SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS OF
THE CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE
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WHEREAS, the present traffic code of the City of Clearwater does
not specify fine amounts for specific charges, in particular parking ticket
charges; and
WHEREAS, similar problems have arisen in both Dade and Hillsborough
Counties resulting in rulings that.parking tickets were invalid for lack of
penalty provisions; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists within the City of Clearwater in
that it id immediately necessary to provide specific penalties for parking
violations in order that the City of Clearwater may have an enforceable
Parking code thereby Preserving the health safety and welfare of the citizens
of the City of Clearwater;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY`
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Article IV, Stopping, Standing and Parking, of Chapter
22, Traffic, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Clearwater, Florida,
1962, is hereby amended to enact a new Division 3 thereof to read as follows:
Division 3. Fines, penalties and procedures.
Section 2z-131. Fines.
(1) All overtime parking, whether metered
or unmetered $2.00
(2) All improper parking, including but not
limited to taking two spaces, left side to curb,
parallel in diagonal space, diagonal in parallel
space, backing into space, more than maximum
allocated distance from curb $3.00
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(3) Double parking $5.00
(4) No parking zone, including but not limited
to parking without permit, parking near fire
plug, in reserved space, in alley, on sidewalk,
near railroad, near intersection, in driveway,
loading zone, over curb in parkway $5.00
(5) Motor running--no attendant $5.00
(b) Keys in ignition $5.00
(7) Any other violations listed in Divisions 1 and
2 of Article IV of Chapter 22 of the Code of
Ordinances $5.00
Section 22-132. Warning letters and penalties.
Warning letter, in the form heretofore approved by the County
Court, shall be mailed to the registered owner of vehicles when
one (1) ticket has been unpaid for a period of three (3) days.
The original fine due shall be doubled upon the mailing of the
warning letter. Warning letters shall be mailed on a weekly
basis.
Section 22-133. Warrants.
Warrants, in the form heretofore approved by the County Court,
for the arrest of Pinellas County owners of vehicles who have
failed to pay double the amount of the original fine on parking
violations within the ten (10) day period specified in the warning
letter, shall be issued by the Clerk of Court. These warrants
shall be issued on a weekly basis. Bond shall be set on such
warrants at double the amount of the original fine. Bond on such
warrants shall be made returnable in accordance with instructions
from the Traffic Division of the Court.
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
to the extent of such conflict are hereby repealed.
Section 3.' Should any part or provision of this ordinance be declared
by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the same shall not affect
the validity of the ordinance as a whole, or any part thereof other than the
part declared to be invalid.
Section 4. It is hereby found, determined and declared that this
ordinance is necessary and urgently needed for the preservation of the health,
safety and welfare of the citizens and inhabitants of the City of Clearwater;
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force and effect immediately upon its passage.
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CLEAWATER SUN
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1l001e The undersigned authority personally appeared W. Paul Harris, who on
oath says that he le the >turlaeu Manager at the Clearwater Sun, a daily newspaper
published at Clearwater in Pinellas County, rloridai that the attached copy of
advertisement, being a .... No4ce,•of•Pass4ge
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said newspaper In the Issues of ..... Apr1i„ 4, x,9,76 ........
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Aftfant further says that the said Clearwater Sun is a newspaper published at
Clearwater, in said Pinellas County, Florida, and that the said newspaper has
heratotore been continuously published in said Pinellas County, Florida, each day and
has been entered at second class mail matter at the post office in Clearwater. In said
Pinellas County, Florida, for a period of one year next precedin first publication of
the attached copy of advertisements and afflant further a at a has neither paid
nor prornleed'any person, firm at corporation any disco obat ommi on or refund
for the purpose of securing this advertisement for p ca o n ilea d new aper.
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