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AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING PARKING ON A PORTION OF EAST 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 passage and adoption of this Ordinance, no person, firm or corporation shall park, stop or leave standing any vehicle of any kind whatsoever on either side of East Street form its intersection with Washington Avenue on the south to its intersection with Monroe Avenue on the north.
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 street, and it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporations 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 greatly increased traffic in the vicinity of the new Post Office building on East Street, the parking of vehicles on the portion of East Street described above creates a traffic jam and hazard and resulting injury to persons or property and this Ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the public peace and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 6th day of August, 1962.