Ord G-17(17-46) ORDINANCE NO. 0-17
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE RELATING TO TRAFFIC AND REGULATING THE USE OF PUBLIC STREETS
AND HIG~¥AYS OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION,
REGULATION AND CONTROL OF THE USE OF PARKING METERS AND PARKING t~ETER ZONES; DEFINING
PA~KING METER ZONES; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMF~T AND PENALTY FOR VIOLATION ~{EREOF Ahq]
PROVIDING THAT INVALIDITY OF PART SHALL NOT AFFECT _~ VALIDITY OF RD~AD~ER.
'~q~IEAS an emergency exists in the City of De!ray Beach, Florida, due to the
congestion of traffic in certain areas and the need of adequate regulation of parki.ng
of vehicles in certain areas, and
~WH~REAS it is necessary for public safety that an ordinance providing for meter
parking and regulations connected therewith be passed as an emergency ordinance to
become effective immediately upon its passage on first reading:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the. City of De!ray Beach,
Flori da, a s follows:
SECTION 1. That all those streets and parts of streets in the City of Delray
Beach, Florida, upon which parking meters may hereafter be installed
and upon which proper signs shall be erected designating such area for meter parking
are hereby designated and established as parking meter zones.
SECTION 2. The Mayor, City Manager or Chief of Police shall provide for in-
stallation of meters, including curb or street marking lines,
regulation and operation thereof, and shall cause said meters to be maintained in
good workable condition. Meters shall be placed upon the curb next to individual
par'king places and meters shall be so constructed as to display a signal showing
legal parking upon deposit therein of the proper coin, or coins, of the United States
as indicated by instructions on s aid meter, and for a period of time conforming to
the parking limits of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, said signal to remain in
evidence until expiration of said parkir~ period so designated, at which time a change
of signal or some other mechanical operation shall indicate expiration of said parking
period.
SECTION 3. When any vehicle shall be parked next to a parking meter, the owner
or operator of said vehicle shall park within the area designated
by the c~rb or street marking lines as indicated for parallel or diagonal parking
and upon entering said parking space shall immediately deposit in said meter one or
more. five cent coins of the United States, and/or one or more one cent coins of the
United States as indicated by instructions on said meter. It shall be unlawful for
any person to fail to park withir~ said designated area, or fail or neglect to so
deposit the proper coin, or coins. Said vehicle ~hall be considered as ~lawfully
parked tf it remains in said space when said parking meter displays a signal showing
such illegal parking. It shall be unlawful for any person to cause or permit any
vehicle registered in his name to be unlawfully parked as set o~t in this section.
SECTION ~. It shall be unlawful to deposit or ca~se to be deposited in any
parking n~ter, any slug, device or a metallic substitu~ for a coin
of the United States.
SECTION 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to tamper with, open, wi]fully
break or destroy any parking meter.
SECTION 6. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police and other police officers
of the City of Delray Beach to take the parking meter number and the
State vehicle Tag Number of all vehicles which shall be parked in violation of the
provisions of this ordinance and to place on said vehicle a tag showing such violations.
The person guilty of such violation may take such ticket to the office of the Chief
of Police of DeLray Beach and pay to the officer in charge the sum of ~ . 50 for such
violation, and in such event no warrant for the arrest of the individual will be issued.
S,,ch payments must be made within 24 hours from the time the offense is committed and the
tag placed on such vehicle, or the Chief of Police and other p&lice officers are hereby
directed to make complaint therefor in the Municipal Court of the City of Delray Beach,
Florida
SECTION 7. Any person violating the provision of this ordinance shall be
punished by a fine not to exceed $ lO0.O0.
SECTION 8. The fee required to be deposited ii~ said ~eters is he~-eby levied
as a police regulation and inspection fee to cover the cost of
providing parking spaces parking meters and i~stallation and mainte.~ance thereof,
the cost of regulation and inspection, operation, control and use of the parking
meter spaces and zones created herein, for the regulation and control of traffic
moving in and out of, and parking in, said parking spaces and zones so created, and
for the cost of any resultant traffic administration expense.
SECTION 9. If any section, provision or part thereof in this ordinance shall
be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent
jurisdiction, then such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance
as a whole, or any section, provision or part thereof not so adjudged invalid or
unconstitutional.
SECTION lC. Sections l, 2, 3, &, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of this ordinance shall become
a part of the City Code of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, and
shall be added thereto as Section 31 (a), and each of said numbered sections shall
become a paragraph of said code under said Section 31 (a).
SECTION ll. This is an emergency ordinance and shall take effect immediately
upon its passage on first reading.
PASSED on first mhd final reading Ln Regular Session on this the 2~d day of
December, 19&6.
President of~l~y Council
Mayor
ATTEST: ~~..~. ~. ~
City Clerk