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STAFF REPORT
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
CITY STAFF REPORT
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June I2, 2000
AGENDA ITEM: Modification to Parking Ordinance
DATE: .June 6, 2000
SUBMITTED BY: David E. Thompson, Director of Public Safety/Chief of Police
BACKGROUND: After previous. discussion by the City Commission relative to
marking curbs for parking enforcement, the Director of Public
Safety and the City Manager were directed to bring back a
recommendation for changes in the City Code.
To allow the Police Department to enforce "No Parking"
prohibitions on curbing, the appropriate language was inserted into
the existing code under 21-19 and 21-25. Please see the attachment.
The underlined phrases are the recommended additions to the code.
Section 21-19 prohibits parking in specifically marked areas, and we
added language to include official markings on a curb.
Section 21-25 authorizes members of the Department of Public
Safety to remove vehicles, and the additional language under
Section 21-25 (2) will allow the police to tow vehicles parked where
it is prohibited by official markings on the curb.
Please note that the vast majority of parking in Atlantic Beach is
marked by signs. There are very few curbs that are appropriately
constructed such that curb-level markings would be feasible, and the
enforcement of some parking laws requires above-grade signs to be
erected. Although these changes will allow the City the option of
marking the curbs in some areas, we can expect signs to continue to
be the dominant mechanism for identifying "No Parking" areas.
RECOMMENDATIONS: To direct the City Attorney to prepare the wording and appropriate
paperwork for the recommended ordinance changes.
ATTACHMENTS: Sections 21-19 and Section 21-25 ecommended language
REVIEWED BY CITY MANAGER:
AGE A ITEM NUMBER:
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June 12, 2000
.Sec. 21-19. Compliance with signs prohibiting parking required.
When a sign prohibiting parking is erected or a curb is
officially marked to prohibit parking, no person shall park a vehicle
in such a designated place.
(Ord. No. 75-82-3; § 4, 4-12-82)
Sec. 21-25. Removing and impounding.
Members of the department of public safety of the city are hereby
authorized to remove and shall cause to be removed any vehicle from
any street or alley or right-of-way within the city to a public garage
or other place of safety under circumstances enumerated in this
article:
(1) When a vehicle is left unattended:
a. On a sidewalk;
b. In front of a public or private driveway upon
complaint;
c. Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
d. Within an intersection;
e. On a crosswalk; or
f. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or
obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would
obstruct traffic.
(2) When any vehicle is left unattended at any place where
official signs or markings on the curb prohibit parking,
stopping or standing;
(3) When any vehicle is left unattended upon any street or
right-of-way for a period of time longer than seventy-two
(72) hours;
(4) When a vehicle upon a street or alley is so disabled as to
constitute an obstruction to traffic, or the person in
charge of the vehicle is, by reason of physical injury or
condition, incapacitated to such an extent as to be unable
to provide for its custody or removal;
(5) When any vehicle is left unattended upon a street or alley
and is so parked illegally, or the vehicle constitutes an
obstruction to normal movement of traffic.
(Ord. No. 75-82-3, § 10, 4-12-82}
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June 12, 2000
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