§ 66-41. Penalties and request for hearing.

(a)

Owners and operators are responsible jointly and severally liable for the fines and fees imposed by this chapter.

(b)

Penalties. Any person violating the provisions listed in this chapter shall be subject to a fine or fines in accordance with the following schedule of fines:

Ordinance Section	Title	First Violation	Two Violations Within 180 Days	Three Violations Within 180 Days	Four Violations Within 180 Days	Five Violations Within 180 Days
66-35	Removal of immobilization device	$50.00
66-61(a), (b)	Overtime and improper meter parking	$0.00 *	$25.00	$50.00	$75.00	$100.00
66-61(c)	Improper coin and meter tampering	$50.00
66-62	Stopping, standing or parking in valet ramping or parking zone	$0.00 *	$25.00	$50.00	$75.00	$100.00
66-63	Stopping, standing or parking in alleys	$0.00 *	$25.00	$50.00	$75.00	$100.00
66-64	Stopping, standing, or parking in passenger loading zone	$0.00 *	$25.00	$50.00	$75.00	$100.00
66-65	Stopping, standing, or parking in freight loading zone	$0.00 *	$25.00	$50.00	$75.00	$100.00
66-66(a), (b)	Parking time limited on certain streets; shuffling	$0.00 *	$25.00	$50.00	$75.00	$100.00
66-66(c)	Removal of chalk mark	$25.00
66-67	Parking for certain purposes prohibited	$25.00
66-68	All night parking prohibited	$25.00
66-69	Prohibited parking at certain places	$25.00
66-70	Parking in residential areas	$100.00	$125.00	$150.00	$175.00	$200.00
66-71	Stopping, standing or parking of buses and taxis	$25.00
66-72	Restricted use of bus and taxi stands	$25.00
66-74(a)	Stopping, standing or parking in restricted or reserved parking area.	$0.00 *	$25.00	$50.00	$75.00	$100.00
66-74(b)	Parking in a restricted space for disabled permit only	$100.00
66-75	Parking prohibited for display for sale	$25.00 per day, each day shall constitute a separate offense
66-76	Parking of vehicles for sale	$25.00 per day, each day shall constitute a separate offense
66-77(a), (b)	Parking along roadway against flow of traffic	$25.00

 

* Note that the first violation for this offense is a courtesy citation (zero fine violation) but still is considered a violation for enforcement purposes. Citations issued by the police department do not require a warning. Violators who received warnings in the previous year are considered a repeat parking violator and not entitled to a warning citation as outlined in this section.

(c)

Request for hearing. All challenges for parking citations issued under this chapter must be filed to the parking program manager within 30 calendar days of issuance of aid citation. A request for hearing must be completed in writing on a form that is available at the parking operations office, and will be decided by the special magistrate whose decision shall be final. If the special magistrate upholds the citation, there shall be a cost of prosecution fee due in addition to the fine owed, as outlined in F.S. § 162.07(2).

(Code 1961, § 20-30(1); Ord. No. 1643, § 2, 8-28-84; Code 1985, § 23-41; Ord. No. 1843, § 1, 4-22-86; Ord. No. 1874, § 1, 10-7-86; Ord. No. 1937, § 1, 7-21-87; Ord. No. 1939, § 1, 8-4-87; Ord. No. 2103, § 1, 8-15-89; Ord. No. 2445, § 1, 4-5-94; Ord. No. 2632, § 1, 7-23-96; Ord. No. 4015, § 1, 1-2-01; Ord. No. 5032, § 2, 3-12-02; Ord. No. 5530, § 3, 6-6-06; Ord. No. 5699, § 1, 8-7-07; Ord. No. 2012-15, § 8, 1-3-12; Ord. No. 2014-7, § 7, 12-17-13)