Item R2
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CONSIDER
ADOPTION OF COUNTY ORDINANCE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN that on
Wednesday, September 19, 2001, at 3:00 PM at the Marathon
Government Center, 2798 Overseas Highway, Marathon, Monroe
County, Florida, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, intends to consider the adoption of the following County
ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROHIBITING PARKING ON COUNTY ROADS DURING
CERTAIN TIMES FOR THE PURPOSES OF STREET CLEANING; PROVIDING
THAT PARKING PROHIBITION FOR STREET CLEANING PURPOSES IS NOT
EFFECTIVE UNTIL OFFICIAL SIGNS STATING THE PARKING PROHIBITION
HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR THIRTY DAYS; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL
ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION
INTO THE MONROE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
Pursuant to Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes, notice is given that if a
person decided to appeal any decision made by the Board with respect
to any matter considered at such hearings or meetings, he will need a
record of the proceedings, and that, for such purpose, he may need to
ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record
includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be
based.
Copies of the above-referenced ordinance are available for review at the
various public libraries in Monroe County, Florida.
Dated at Key West, Florida, this 22nd day of August, 2001
(SEAL)
DANNY L. KOLHAGE, Clerk of the Circuit Court
and ex officio Clerk of the Board of County
Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida
Publication dates:
Reporter 8/30 - 9/6
Citizen 8/31 - 9/7
Keynoter 9/1 - 8
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Board of County Commissioners
ORDINANCE NO
- 2001
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROHIBITING PARKING ON COUNTY
ROADS DURING CERTAIN TIMES FOR THE PURPOSES OF STREET
CLEANING; PROVIDING THAT PARKING PROHIBITION FOR STREET
CLEANING PURPOSES IS NOT EFFECTIVE UNnL OFFICIAL SIGNS
STAnNG THE PARKING PROHIBITION HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR
THIRTY DAYS; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES
INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION
INTO THE MONROE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1.
a) The operator of a motor vehicle may not park the motor vehicle on
the shoulder of any County roadway during the time and date that official
signs prohibit parking for the purposes of cleaning the road and the road
shoulders.
b) The prohibition on parking for street cleaning purposes is not
effective on any County road, or section thereof, until the County Public Works
Division has posted the County road, or a section of the road, with official signs
that read substantially as follows:
NO PARKING ON THE (for example. Third Tuesday) OF EACH
MONTH BETWEEN THE HOURS OF AND
FOR STREET CLEANING. VEHICLES IN VIOLATION MAY BE
TICKETED OR TOWED.
Section 2.
a) After the no-parking signs described in section one have been in place for
30 days, the operator of a motor vehicle parked in violation of section one may be issued
a County parking ticket by a law enforcement officer or parking enforcement specialist,
either in person or by placing the parking ticket on the motor vehicle, as provided by
law. Responsibility for the payment of the parking ticket is as provided by general law.
b) If the operator of the vehicle parked in violation of section one refuses to
move the motor vehicle, or the motor vehicle is inoperable, a law enforcement officer
may have the motor vehicle towed and stored at the owner of the motor vehicle's
expense pursuant to Sec. 11-7, Monroe County Code.
Section 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or provision of this ordinance is
held invalid, the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected by such invalidity.
Section 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed to the extent of said conflict.
Section 5. The provisions of this ordinance shall be included and incorporated in the
Code of Ordinances of the County of Monroe, Florida, as an addition or amendment thereto, and
shall be appropriately renumbered to conform to the uniform numbering system of the Code.
Section 6. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon receipt of official notice
from the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida that this ordinance has been filed
with said Office.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida,
at a regular meeting of said Board held on the day of , 2001.
Mayor George Neugent
Commissioner Charles McCoy
Commissioner Murray Nelson
Commissioner Dixie Spehar
Commissioner Nora Williams
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
By
Deputy Clerk
Mayor/Chairperson
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