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MEMORANDUM
TO: Jean Grafton, City Clerk
FROM: Paul E. Rosenthal, Esq. , City Attorney K1.,
DATE: August 27, 1997
RE: Revisions to Ordinance No. 97-16
At the August 19 City Commission meeting Commissioner Glass
requested that the following phrase be added to Section 168-3 . 1.A
of Proposed Ordinance No. 97-16: "and appropriately marked as
such" . Accordingly, please find enclosed a revised Ordinance No.
97-16 which incorporates the foregoing change. This revised
Ordinance should be substituted for the Ordinance distributed in
the last agenda packet. This change does not affect the title of
the Ordinance and no amendment is required to adopt the Ordinance
with this change.
encl.
cc: Ellis Shapiro, City Manager
Chief Ron Strosnider
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ORDINANCE NO. 97-16
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
PROHIBITING PARKING IN FIRE LANES AND
PROVIDING FOR REMOVAL OF VEHICLES IN VIOLATION
OF THE FOREGOING BY ADOPTING A NEW SECTION
168-3. 1 OF THE OCOEE CITY CODE; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OCOEE,
FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Commission of the City of Ocoee has
the authority to adopt this Ordinance pursuant to Article VIII of
the Constitution of the State of Florida and Chapter 166, Florida
Statutes.
SECTION 2 . A new Section 168-3 . 1 of Article I of Chapter
168 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Ocoee, Florida, is
hereby adopted as follows:
168-3 . 1 Parking in fire lane prohibited.
A. No person shall stop, park or leave standing any
vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon any highway
or street designated as a fire lane and appropriately
marked as such by the city Fire Chief or his designee.
B. Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing
upon a highway or street in violation of the foregoing
provisions of this section, the officer is authorized to
provide for the removal of such vehicle to the nearest
garage or to the storage area of any person, firm or
corporation who has contracted with the city, as provided
in § 165-9 of the Code.
SECTION 3 . Severability. If any section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any
reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and
independent provision and such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portion hereto.
SECTION 4. Codification. It is the intention of the
City Commission of the City that the provisions of this Ordinance
shall become and be made a part of the Code of Ordinances of the
City; and that sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered or
relettered and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "chapter" ,
"section" , "article" , or such other appropriate word or phrase in
order to accomplish such intentions; and regardless of whether such
inclusion in the code is accomplished, sections of this Ordinance
may be renumbered or relettered and the correction of typographical
errors which do not affect the intent may be authorized by the City
Manager, without need of public hearing, by filing a corrected or
recodified copy of same with the City Clerk.
SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become
effective immediately upon passage and adoption.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of
, 1997 .
APPROVED:
ATTEST: CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
Jean Grafton, City Clerk S. Scott Vandergrift, Mayor
(SEAL)
FOR USE AND RELIANCE ONLY BY ADVERTISED August 21 , 1997
THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA READ FIRST TIME August 19 , 1997
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY READ SECOND TIME AND ADOPTED
this day of , 1997 , 1997
UNDER AGENDA ITEM NO.
FOLEY & LARDNER
By:
City Attorney
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Agenda 8-19-97
Item VI A
Ocoee vte to ce4ee
125 N. Bluford Avenue — Ocoee, Florida 34761
RON STROSNIDER
Fire Chief
EMERGENCY 656-1313
BUSINESS 656-7796
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners
FROM: Ron Strosnider,Fire Chiefg✓ "
DATE: August 11, 1997
RE: TOWING OF VEHICLES IN FIRE LANES
Parking tickets have not proven a deterrent to violators. We feel that if certain streets and alleys were
marked Fire Lane, No Parking and Tow-away Zones in conjunction with Chapter 168-3.1 that violators
would reconsider parking in these zones. The attached Ordinance allows the City the right to tow vehicles
on City streets and highways designated as Fire Lanes. This Ordinance does not apply to private property.
The towing of vehicles in these zones would be in accordance with Chapter 165-9 of the City of Ocoee
Code.
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FOLEY & LARDNER
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
CHICAGO POST OFFICE BOX 2193 SACRAMENTO
JACKSONVILLE ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32802-2193 SAN DIEGO
LOS ANGELES 111 NORTH ORANGE AVENUE, SUITE 1800 SAN FRANCISCO
MADISON ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32801-2386 TALLAHASSEE
MILWAUKEE TELEPHONE(407)423-7656 TAMPA
ORLANDO FACSIMILE (407)648-1743 WASHINGTON D.C.
WEST PALM BEACH
Via Facsimile 656-1222
MEMORANDUM
TO: Chief Ron Strosnider
��FROM: Paul E. Rosenthal , Esq. , City Attorney , /
DATE: August 6, 1997
RE: Towing of Vehicles in Fire Lanes
Please find attached a proposed ordinance allowing the towing
of vehicles in fire lanes. This ordinance applies to vehicles on
streets and highways, not private property. It would be part of
Article I of Chapter 168 of the Code and other provisions therein
would be applicable to the enforcement of this new section.
Enclosure
cc: Mr. Ellis Shapiro (with enclosure)
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