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AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING PARKING ON PORTIONS OF FLINT STREET AND PATRICK 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 described street:
1. The west side of Flint Street form West Nettleton Avenue to Thomas Street.
2. Both sides of Patrick from Matthews Avenue to Creath Avenue.
Section 2: This prohibition shall not apply to any portion of the area described that has been widened onto the parkway so as to permit parking off of the normally traveled portion of any such street.
Section 3: The Mayor, or some person designated by him, is hereby directed to place and locate appropriate signs reading “NO PARKING” and other proper language at appropriate places on the foregoing street or streets and it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to tear down, remove or mutilate such signs.
Section 4: 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 day a violation continuous to be a separate offense.
Section 5: It is found and declared by the City Council that steadily increasing traffic in and around the portion of the streets described above has caused serious traffic jams at such locations which are hazardous and injurious to persons or property and this Ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the 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 16th day of November, 1964.