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(A) Restrictions. No person with the exception of those persons who have been issued a disabled parking permit pursuant to F.S. § 320.0848 or 316.1958 shall park any vehicle in parking spaces reserved for handicapped or disabled persons, pursuant to F.S. Chapter 316 and the Florida Building Code as amended by Broward County. Parking access aisles, which are designated as no-parking zones, are similarly reserved for the use of persons who have disabled parking permits. Parking in such parking access aisles is subject to the same penalties that are imposed for illegally parking in parking spaces that are designated for persons who have disabilities.
(1) It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand, or park a vehicle within any parking space designated or marked for the disabled, unless the vehicle displays a disabled parking permit issued under F.S. § 316.1958 or 320.0848, and the vehicle is transporting the person to whom the displayed permit is issued.
(2) A vehicle that is transporting a person who has a disability and who has been granted a permit under F.S. § 320.0848(1)(d) may be parked for a maximum of 30 minutes in any parking space reserved for persons who have disabilities.
(B) Ticketing procedure. Vehicles parked in violation of this section will be ticketed by the Pembroke Pines Police Department or a parking enforcement specialist, said ticket to be affixed to the windshield of the offending vehicle.
(C) Towing of vehicles.
(1) Vehicles parked in violation of this section may be towed to any lawful parking space or facility or the operator or other person in charge of the vehicle must immediately remove the unauthorized vehicle from the parking space.
(2) A law enforcement officer or a parking enforcement specialist has the right to demand to be shown the person’s disabled permit and driver’s license or state identification card when a disabled parking placard is being utilized. If such a request is refused, the person in charge of the vehicle may be issued a citation for a violation of this section.
(D) The violation may not be dismissed for failure of the markings on the parking space to comply with the requirements of F.S. § 316.1955, if the space is in general compliance and is clearly distinguishable as a designated space.
(Ord. 1612, passed 8-6-08; Am. Ord. 1715, passed 5-2-12) Penalty, see § 72.99
(A) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device, it shall be unlawful to stop, stand, or park a vehicle on any street or highway within the city in such a way that the free flow of traffic is impeded, hindered, retarded or restrained.
(B) It shall be unlawful to stop a vehicle in the roadway to load or unload a passenger on any street or highway within the city in such a way that the free flow of traffic is impeded, hindered, retarded or restrained.
(Ord. 939, passed 11-28-90; Am. Ord. 1995, passed 8-17-22) Penalty, see § 72.99
In accordance with F.S. § 316.1967(6), the city hereby directs the Clerk of the Court and/or the Traffic Bureau Clerk to supply on a monthly basis to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Department a magnetically encoded computer tape reel or cartridge which is machine readable by the installed computer system at the Department, listing persons who have three or more outstanding parking tickets or one or more tickets for violations of F.S. §§ 316.1955 and 316.1956 or § 72.05 concerning parking in spaces designated for use by disabled persons.
(Ord. 1062, passed 1-5-94)
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand, or park a vehicle in violation of any posted “No Parking” sign.
(1) “No Parking” signs may designate a time period when standing, stopping, or parking a vehicle is prohibited.
(2) Standing, stopping, or parking a vehicle shall be prohibited in any parking lot, field, swale, or other parking areas provided by the city when the adjoining building or park is closed.
(B) “No Parking” signs may be placed on any municipal property which includes, but is not limited to, city center, swales, and municipal parks, at the discretion of the City Manager.
(C) All “No Parking” signs shall comply with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as amended.
(1) All no parking signs must be prominently placed at each driveway access or curb cut allowing vehicular access to the property, within five feet from the public right-of-way line.
(2) If there are no curbs or access barriers, the signs must be posted not less than one sign for each 25 feet of lot frontage.
(D) Law enforcement officers, police service aides, code compliance officers, and parking enforcement volunteers, are hereby authorized to issue parking citations to any vehicle illegally parked in violation of the section.
(1) Whenever any vehicle is found parked, stopped or standing in violation of any of the restrictions imposed by any ordinance of this city, or state statute, an authorized city representative shall issue a parking citation on a form to be approved by the Chief of Police.
(2) All parking citations shall be conspicuously affixed to the vehicle in violation.
(3) The citation shall notify the owner of the vehicle to pay the fine indicated on the citation within ten business days from the date of issuance at the place specified on the citation, and of the violator’s right to appeal.
(4) The owner of a vehicle shall be responsible for payment of any citations issued under this chapter and other parking violations to the extent imposed by F.S. § 316.1967, as amended.
(Ord. 1416, passed 9-4-02; Am. Ord. 1627, passed 12-17-08; Am. Ord. 1930, passed 8-7-19)
Appeals of citations given for violation of parking regulations pertaining to designated handicapped spaces shall be as provided for in § 70.02.
(Ord. 1398, passed 2-20-02)
The City of Pembroke Pines Veterans Parking Preference Program, as adopted by the City Commission pursuant to the City of Pembroke Pines Ordinance No. , shall be implemented at the direction of the City Manager or his/her designee. A copy of the Veterans Parking Preference ordinance shall be maintained in the City Clerk's office. The Veterans Parking Preference Program may be amended from time to time at the direction of the City Manager or his/her designee.
(Ord. 1940, passed 2-5-20)
(A) Definitions. As used in this section, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly otherwise requires:
ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE. A financial charge imposed on the registered owner or other legally authorized person or entity of a motor vehicle or vessel to cover the cost of enforcement, including parking enforcement, by the municipality when the vehicle or vessel is towed from public property.
MAXIMUM TOWING RATE. The maximum towing rate(s) established by Broward County from time to time.
TOWING BUSINESS. A business entity that provides towing and/or wrecker services for monetary gain within the city pursuant to a Towing Services Agreement who may impose and collect the administrative charge on behalf of the city and remit such charge to the city after it is collected.
TOWING SERVICES AGREEMENT. An agreement between the City of Pembroke Pines and a towing business that authorizes the towing business to provide services for private vehicles or vessels ordered towed by the city within the limits of the city and during designated periods of time.
(B) Towing services administrative charge. The City Commission hereby authorizes the imposition of an administrative charge upon the registered owner or other legally authorized person or entity in control of a vehicle or vessel when a vehicle or vessel is towed from public property.
(1) The administrative charge shall be equal to 25% of the maximum towing rate.
(2) As directed by the City Manager, or his or her designee, a towing business pursuant to a Towing Services Agreement may impose and collect the administrative charge on behalf of the City of Pembroke Pines and shall remit such fee or charge to the city upon collection but in no event later than five days from the date of collection.
(Ord 1969, passed 6-16-21)
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