File #: ORD-51:012    Version: 1 Name: Amend Ordinance 772 concerning parking violations
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 9/17/1951 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 9/17/1951
Title: AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 772 (OF OCTOBER 4, 1948) TO CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF THE PENALTY FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS, SAID ORDINANCE NO. 772 BEING AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO TRAFFIC AND REGULATING THE USE OF PUBLIC STREETS, HIGHWAYS, ROADS, PUBLIC PARKING LOTS AND PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS; PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, SUPERVISION, REGULATION AND CONTROL OF THE USE OF PARKING METERS, DEFINING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PARKING METER ZONES UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS, HIGHWAYS, ROADS, ALLEYS, PUBLIC WAYS, PUBLIC PARKS, PUBLIC PARKING LOTS AND PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE ENFORCEMENT HEREOF AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF SAME
Indexes: Parking & Traffic, Policy - creation/amendment
Related files: ORD-48:012
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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 772 (OF OCTOBER 4, 1948) TO CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF THE PENALTY FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS, SAID ORDINANCE NO. 772 BEING AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO TRAFFIC AND REGULATING THE USE OF PUBLIC STREETS, HIGHWAYS, ROADS, PUBLIC PARKING LOTS AND PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS; PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, SUPERVISION, REGULATION AND CONTROL OF THE USE OF PARKING METERS, DEFINING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PARKING METER ZONES UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS, HIGHWAYS, ROADS, ALLEYS, PUBLIC WAYS, PUBLIC PARKS, PUBLIC PARKING LOTS AND PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE ENFORCEMENT HEREOF AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF SAME
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS:

SECTION 1. Section 12 of Ordinance No. 772 is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Section 12. It shall be the duty of the police officers of the City, acting in accordance with the instructions issued by the Mayor to report:

(a) The number of each parking meter which indicates that the vehicle occupying the parking space adjacent to such parking meter is or has been parking in violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance.
(b) The State License on such vehicle.
(c) The time of day or night the officers detected such vehicles parked in violation to the provisions of this ordinance.
(d) Any other facts, a knowledge of which is necessary to a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending such violation.

Each such policeman shall also attach to such vehicle a notice to the owner or operator thereof that such vehicle has been parked in violation of a provision of this ordinance and instructing such owner or operator to report at the office of the City Collector of Jonesboro, Arkansas, in regard to such violation. Each such owner or operator may, within 24 hours, of the time when such notice was attached to such vehicle, pay to...

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