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AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING PARKING ON PORTIONS OF PATRICK STREET AND RAINS STREET; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
Section 1: From and after the passage and adoption of this Ordinance, no person, firm or corporation shall park, stop or leave standing, any vehicle of any kind whatsoever on the following streets and locations:
(a) On either side of Patrick Street beginning with the Frolic Footwear Parking Lot and proceeding North to Highway One.
(b) On the West side of Rains Street from its intersection with Matthews Avenue on the North to its intersection with Oak Avenue on the South and on the East side of Rains from the intersection of Matthews 150 feet South.
Section 2: The Chief of Police or some person designated by him is hereby directed to place and locate appropriate signs reading “NO PARKING” at appropriate places along the foregoing streets, and it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to tear down, remove or mutilate such signs.
Section 3: Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined in any sum not to exceed $15.00 with each day a violation continues to be a separate offense.
Section 4: It is found and declared by the City Council that due to the great increased traffic in the vicinity of these two locations, the parking of vehicles on the portion of Patrick Street described and the portion of Rains Street described above creates a traffic hazard and resulting injuries to person and property and this Ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the public peace and safety, an emergency is hereby declared and this Ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 17th day of January, 1966.