HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1030ORDINANCE NUMBER 1030
AN ORDINANCE TO PROMOTE THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND
WELFARE BY AMENDING, IN PART, CHAPTER 20 OF THE FAIRHOPE
CODE OF ORDINANCES:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRHOPE,
ALABAMA, as follows:
Section 1. The following sections of the code of ordinances
be and hereby are amended to read as follows:
Section 10-53 Tow Away Zones:
The Mayor be and hereby is authorized to designate
certain streets as tow -away zones, either on a
permanent basis or on a temporary basis as required
for traffic control, wherein no parking shall be
allowed and wherein vehicles in violation shall be
towed away and stored at the vehicle owner's expense.
Streets in permanent tow -away zones shall be clearly
marked by standard signs erected at the beginning and
the end of the zone, reading substantially as follows:
"No Parking - Tow Away Zone - vehicles in violation will
be towed at owners' expense".
Streets in temporary tow -away zones shall be clearly
marked by signs reading substantially as follows:
"No Parking While Signs Are Posted - Tow Away Zone -
vehicles in violation will be towed at owners' expense".
Signs shall spaced so as to be intervisible, one from
another.
It is the intent of this ordinance that all areas
between signs shall be included in the tow -away zone.
Under Section 1-10 of the Code of Ordinances, the owner
of any vehicle parked or remaining in violation of this
section shall be deemed prima facie responsible for the
violation.
Towing services licensed within the City and serving
under the police department's rotation system be and
the same hereby are authorized to tow such vehicles on
the order of any lawful city officer and may collect
reasonable towing and storage fees from the owner of any
vehicle so towed as a condition precedent to the release
of such vehicle to such owner.
Section 20-54 - RESERVED
Section 20-55 - RESERVED
Section 20-56 - RESERVED
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect on its due
adoption and publication as required by law.
ADOPTED THIS THE 22ND DAY OF JUNE 1998.
ATTEST: �Jam_
,- Mayor