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AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING PARKING ON AIRPORT ROAD; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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BE IT ORDAIEND 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 either side of Airport Road from its intersection with Highway 63 (East Nettleton Avenue) to the City Limits.
Section 2: The Chief of Police or some person designated by his 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 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 Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) with each violation continues to be a separate offense.
Section 4: In addition to the penalties provided in Section 3 above, any vehicle which remains parked in violation of this Ordinance for more than thirty minutes may be towed away on order of the Police Department and the towing charges assessed against the owner and/or driver of such vehicle.
Section 5: It is found and declared by the City Council that the parking of vehicles on Airport Road has resulted in traffic hazards, particularly in view of its use by large trucks serving the industries thereon located, said roadway being of insufficient width to permit such parking and still allow proper vehicular traffic, and this Ordinance being necessary for the preservation of public peace and safety and emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 2nd day of March, 1964.