§ 32-30. Civil penalty for illegal parking within the right-of-way of U.S. 1.

(a)

No person may park, stand or stop a vehicle within the right-of-way of U.S. 1 in such a way that a violation of Fla. Stat. § 337.406(1) occurs.

(b)

The noncriminal civil penalty for a violation of Subsection (a) of this Section is $20.00. A law enforcement officer or parking enforcement specialist who discovers a vehicle parked in violation of Subsection (a) of this Section may issue a ticket in the form used by the City for parking violations to the driver or, if the vehicle is unattended, attach the ticket to the vehicle in a conspicuous place. The liability for payment of the ticket is pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 316.1967. Penalties collected under this Section may be remitted to the City's general fund.

(c)

In the case of violators parked in violation of Subsection (a) of this Section for a period of six (6) continuous hours or more, the law enforcement officer or parking enforcement specialist, in addition to charging the owner and/or operator with the noncriminal violation set forth in Subsection (b) of this Section; may have the vehicle towed and impounded by an operator qualified under the City's towing ordinance, at the owner's expense. The cost of such towing and impoundment shall be a lien against the vehicle. In the event that a court of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit determines that the noncriminal violation charged was invalid.

(1)

The vehicle shall be immediately released without charge and the lien provided for in this section automatically extinguished; or

(2)

If the owner or operator has paid the cost of towing and impoundment, the amount paid shall be refunded from the City's general fund.

(Code 1999, § 11-6.5)