80-80 ORDINANCE NO. 80-80
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 26, "TRAFFIC", BY AMEND-
ING SECTION 26-78, "AMOUNTS OF PENALTIES" OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, BY
DELETING THE EXCEPTION FOR $2.00 FINES FOR OVERTIME
PARKING AND NOT PARKING BETWEEN DESIGNATED LINES IN ORDER
TO SET THE FINE FOR ALL PARKING VIOLATIONS AT $5.00 FOR
EACH VIOLATION; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Administration has determined that the ex-
ception for $2.00 fines for overtime parking and not parking between
designated lines shall be removed in order that the fines for all parking
violations shall be $5.00; and,
WHEREAS, such a change in fines for parking violations is com-
mensurate with neighboring cities; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida,
deems it to be in the best interests of the residents and citizens of the
City of Delray Beach, Florida, to make such increase,
NOW, THEREFORE,. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 26-78, "Amounts of Penalties" of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is hereby amended
to read as follow's:
The civil penalties shall be set out in the complaint and
parking ticket and shall be in the amount of five dollars
($5.00) for each violation; e~ee~-~-~e-e~ee-e~-~me
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an additional five dollar ($5.00) civil penalty shall be
imposed unless the amount designated on the complaint and
parking ticket is paid within five (5) calendar days from
the date said complaint and parking ticket was affixed to
such motor vehicle. (Code 1955, §25-66).
Section 2. That should any section or provision of this ordinance
or any portion thereof, any paragraph, sentence, or word be declared by
a Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remainder hereof as a whole or part thereof
other than the part declared to be invalid.
Section 3 That this ordinance shall become effective ten days
after passage on second and final reading.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final
reading on this the 16th day of December , 1980.
M A Y d R
ATTEST: LEON M. WEEKES
- / City Clerk
First Reading November 25, 1980
Second Reading December 16~ 1980