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A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED: AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE AND PROHIBIT PARKING ON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF CHURCH STREET WITHIN THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
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BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro;
SECTION 1. That it shall be and is hereby declared to be unlawful to park a motor vehicle or any other vehicle of any kind or character upon the West side of Church Street from the intersection of Church Street and Matthews Avenue south to the intersection Church Street and Nettleton Avenue.
SECTION 2. That it shall be and is hereby declared to be unlawful to park a motor vehicle of any other vehicle of any kind of character upon the West side of Church Street from the intersection of Church Street and Matthews Avenue north to the north edge of the property of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., being a distance of 140 feet north of said intersection of Church Street and Matthews Avenue, for a period exceeding twelve (12) minutes at one interval.
SECTION 3. That it shall be and is hereby declared to be unlawful to park a motor vehicle or any other vehicle of any kind or character upon the West side of Church from the north edge of the property of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. north to the intersection of Church Street and Jackson Avenue at any time between the hours of eight o’ clock in the morning and six o’ clock in the evening for the following days of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
SECTION 4. The Chief of Police, or some person designated by him shall place and locate appropriately marked signs showing that parking is regulated and prohibited in said areas in accordance with the terms of this ordinance in the above described places and it shall be unlawful for any person to tear down or remove said signs or mutilate same without authority from the Chief of Police and by him only when acting under the instructions of the City Council.
SECTION 5. Violation of this ordinance shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each offense.
SECTION 6. It being found that the parts of Church Street hereinabove referred to are extremely narrow and that parking in the aforementioned locations endangers the lives and property of the citizens of this City and this ordinance being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and the same shall be in full force and effect immediately after its passage.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 18th day of February, 1952.