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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 S 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
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AND
ADOPTED
this
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day
of
, 1997.
APPROVED:
CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
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S. Scott Vandergrift,
FOR USE AND RELIANCE ONLY BY
THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
AP~RO~D AS TO FO~~ILEGALITY
thlS day of Jt!f k?(If 1997
ADVERTISED August 21 , 1997
READ FIRST TIME Augus t 19, 1997
READ SECOND TIME AND ADOPTED
SePT6'1h B~~ ~ , 1997
UNDER AGENDA ITEM NO. V A
FOLEY %}J~R II 1LJJ
By: -6/dAJ f~
city Attorney
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