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AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING PARKING ON A PORTION OF THORN 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 or either side of Thorn Street from its intersection with Highway 18 (Lake City Avenue) South to its intersection with East Main Street.
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 forgoing street, 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 this provision 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 the parking of vehicles on the described portion of Thorn Street, which is a part of Highway 63, has resulted in traffic hazards 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 4th day of March, 1963.