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AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING PARKING ON PART OF EAST WASHINGTON AVENUE; PROVIDING FOR 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 South Side of East Washington Avenue from Carson Street to East Washington Avenue’s intersection with East Matthews Avenue.
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 South Side of the aforesaid 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 $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 this street, the parking of vehicles on the South Side of East Washington Avenue from Carson Street to East Washington Avenue’s intersection with East Matthews Avenue, creates a traffic hazard and resulting injuries to persons and property and this Ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist and this Ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 7th day of March, 1967.