TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: An Ordinance of the City of North Port, Florida, Repealing and Replacing Section 74-84 and 74-93 of the Code of the City of North Port, Florida, Relating to Parking Violations; Clarifying the Penalties and Procedures for Contesting a Parking Violation Ticket; Prohibiting Parking for Storage Purposes in the Public Right-Of-Way in Identified Zoning Districts and Along Tamiami Trail; and Updating Statutory References Related to Parking Spaces for Disabled Persons; By Amending the Code of the City of North Port, Florida, Section 74-84 and Sections 74-92 Through 74-94; and Repealing Certain Fees Related to Parking Violations by Amending Appendix A, Section F, Police Fees; Providing for Findings; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; Providing for Codification; and Providing an Effective Date.
Recommended Action
First Reading:
Continue Ordinance No. 2023-34 to second reading on January 23, 2024.
Second Reading:
Approve and adopt Ordinance No. 2023-34 on second reading.
Background Information
In an ongoing effort to make the City Code more user friendly, this ordinance will update and clarify portions of Chapter 74, Article IV, in relation to parking.
Section 74-84 - Penalties
Repeals and replaces this section of the City Code to clarify the enforcement and applicable penalties for parking violations under the City Code. It increases the time to pay the ticket to thirty (30) days and adds the penalty amounts for violations.
Section 74-93 - Tamiami Trail.
Repeals and replaces this section of the City Code to prohibit the parking of certain vehicles on public rights-of-way located in areas zoned residential, commercial, and industrial along Tamiami Trail. It removes the identification of specific areas along Tamiami Trail.
Section 74-92 - Storage of certain vehicles.
Amends this section of the City Code to clarify the vehicles prohibited from being parked for storage purposes on public rights-of-way located in areas zoned for residential, commercial, and industrial use. A definition for “parked for storage purposes” as it applies to this section has also been added.
Section 74-94 - Parking spaces for disabled persons.
Amends this section of the City Code as it relates to parking vehicles in parking spaces designated and marked for disabled persons. It more closely restates Florida Statute section 316.1955(1).
Appendix A, Section F
Amends this section of the City Code to remove the fines for parking ticket violations. The applicable penalties are added to City Code Section 74-84.
This ordinance repeals, replaces and amends portions of the City Code. It has been reviewed by the City Attorney and is legally correct as to form.
Information for Second Reading:
At its regular meeting on December 12, 2023, the City Commission continued this ordinance to second reading on January 23, 2024, as presented.
Business Impact Statement
In accordance with Florida Statute Section 166.041, a business impact estimate was prepared and posted publicly on the City’s website on November 28, 2023.
Notice of the proposed ordinance was published on December 15, 2023 in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of North Port.
Strategic Plan
Good Governance.
Financial Impact
N/A
Procurement
Attachments:
1. Ord. No. 2023-34, First Reading
2. Current City Code Section 74-84 (to be repealed and replaced)
3. Current City Code Section 74-93 (to be repealed and replaced)
4. Florida Statute Section 316.1955
5. Business Impact Estimate
6. Ord. No. 2023-34, Second Reading
Prepared by: Christopher Morales, Deputy Chief of Police
Department Director: Todd R. Garrison, Chief of Police