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AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING PARKING ON PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON AVENUE AND JOHNSON AVENUE; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION 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 the following described streets:
(1) The north side of Washington Avenue from Church Street to Carson Street.
(2) Either side of Johnson Avenue from Gee Street to Caraway Road; provided, such no parking restrictions on the north side of Johnson Avenue between Main Street and Bridge Street shall apply only between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. for a period of six months from the date of this Ordinance, after which time no parking shall be allowed at any time on such 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” and other proper language at appropriate places on the foregoing street, and it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to tear down, remove, or mutilate such signs.
Section 3: The no parking provision previously adopted for the south side of Washington Avenue between the aforementioned streets, shall not apply to any area within the described boundaries that has been widened onto the parkway so as to permit parking off of the normally traveled portion of any street.
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 continues to be a separate offense.
Section 5: It is fund and declared by the City Council that steadily increasing traffic in and around the portions of Washington Avenue and Johnson Avenue described above has caused serious traffic jams at places where parking re...
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