0061 (Parking Vehicles)ORDINANCE NO
AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON OR PERSONS OPERATING
ANY AUTOMOBILE OR ANY OTHER MOTOR CAR UPON ANY OF THE STREETS OR
AVENUES AS THEREIN DESIGNATED OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE FLORIDA
TO PARK THE SAME ON THE LEFT OF THE STREET OR AVENUE OF THE DIRECTION
IN WHICH MOVING REQUIRING THE PARKING TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE
STREET OR AVENUE ON WHICH MOVING TO PARK IN THE BUSINESS ffffe0 SECTION
OF SAID CITY AT SUCH ANGLE AS MAY BE DESIGNATED BY THE WHITE LINES
MARKED UPON TI-E PAVING OF SAID STREETS OR AVENUES WHEN SO MARKED
PROVIDING THE MANNER IN WHICH SAID AUTOMOBILES OR ORTHE MOTOR CARS
SHALL TURN AND ONLY AT STREET INTERSECTIONS PASSING TO THE RIGHT OF ANY
GUIDE POST OR SIGN IF ANY PROSCRIBING TIE LIMIT OF SPEED IN TURNING
CORNERS UPON CERTAIN PAVED STREETS OR AVENUES MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO
OPERATE ANY OF SUCH AUTOMOBLIES OR OTHER MOTOR CARS WITHOUT HAVING
THEREON CERTAIN LIGHTS BETWEEN THE HOURS FROM SUIT SET .ITT THE EVENINGS
UNTIL AFTER iff#40# DAYLIGHT NEXT MORNING PROHIBITING THE USE OF SPOT
LIGHTS WHILE OPERATING ANY OF SAID CARS UPON ANY OFTHE PAVED STREETS OR
P
AVENUES OF SAID CITY AND REQUIRING SAID CARS TO BE 4QUIPED WITH A HORN
OR ITS EQUIVALENT SOUNDING THE SAME BEFORE TURNING INTO ANY CROSS STREET
OR AVENUE OR PASSING CARS PASSING IN THE SAME DIRECTION REQUIRING THE USE
OF DIMMERS WHILE PASSING APPR9:ACHING CARS MAKING I T UNLAWFUL TO PARK
ANT OF SAID CARS WITHIN FIFTEEN FEET OF ANY STREET OR AVENUE CORNER OR
WATER PLUG NOT REPEALING ANY OTHER ORDINANCE OR PART OF ORDINANCE? AND
PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR ANY VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNVIL OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE
FLORIDA.
SECTION 1:— It shall be unlawful for any person or persons,to park
any automobile, or other motor car of any description upon the left
side of any of the paved streets or Avenues of the City of Okeecgobee
of the direction in which the same may be moving,
Section 2 :- All persci or persond driving any automobile, or other
motor car of any description upon any of the hard surfaced streets or
avenues of the City of Okeechobee , and who desire to park the same
upon any of said streets or avenues are required to park the same
on the right side of the street or avenue of the direction of which
moving.
Section3:- All person or persond parking any automobile or other motor
car of any description upon any of the hard surfaced business streets
or avenues
of the City of Okeechobee, shall park the same on the right side of
said streets or avenues 9f the direction in which moving, heading in
at such angle as may be indicated by white lines marked on the paving
of said streets or avenues.
Section 4:-
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons driving any
automobile or other mortor oar of any description upon the hard surfaced
streets or avenues of the City of Okeechobee to turn the same except at
street intersections.
Section 5:-
Ally person or persons driving any automobile or other motor
car of any description upon th e streets or avenues of the City of
Okeechobee , wishing to turn into any other street or avenue, where there
is a guide post or sign, in the center of the street intersection ahall
pass to the right around said guide post or sign, always keeping to the
right, and it shall be unlawful to pass to the left of any guide post or
sign at street intersections.
Section 6:-
It shall be unlawful for a ay person or persons driving any
attemobile or motor car of any other description upon any of the hard
surfaced streets or avenues of the City of Okeechobee, to exceed a speed
limit of Eight Miles per hour in turning corners.
Section 7:-
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to drive any
automobile or any other mortor car of any description upon any of the
paved streets or avenues of the City of Okeechobee, between the hours
from Sun-set in the evenings until after daylight in the Lornings, without
having thereon twe fOont ,.,,Thite lights and one red tail light on
the rear"thisiW-, which said, lights shall be kept burning at all times
between these hours.
Section 8:- It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, operating
any automobile or any other mortor car of any description to use any
spot light while operating the said oars or any of them upon any of the
paved streets pr avenues of the City of Okeechobee Florida.
Section 9:-
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to operate
any automobile or motor of any other description upon any of the streets
or avenues of the City of Okeechobee, unless the same is equi?ed with a
horn or other equi'alent in workable condition, and, the same shall be
sounded before turning into any 4aross street or avenue, and in passing an
automobile or other motor carkof any 1t description moving in the
same direction.
Section 10:-
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, driving any
automobile or any otherriiibtor oar of any description, at nights upon any
of the streets or
other automobile
automibile or oth
200 feet before
applied until th
Section 11:-
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to park
any automobile or other 4 motor oar of any description within fifteen
avenues of the City of Okeechobee, when, meeting any
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or other mortar oar of any description to pass said
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er motor car, Witnout rirst dimming its lights, at least
Gel
meeting any of said oars, and keeping the dimmers
e approaching oar 4 is paaseba
feet of anTgtreet corner, -er fir e. plug, dit.
Se tion 12:-
The passage of this ordinance shell not be construed to
repeal any other ordinance 6,f part thereof, but shall be considered
additional thereto.
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Section 13:-
. Any person or person s violating any portion # or portions
of this ordinance, shall upon conviction be fined not exceeding the
sum of 200.00 or be imprisoned at hard labor not exceeding 60 days
or both such fine and imprisonent in th e discreation of the court.
Section 14:-
This Ordinance shall become effective upon its passage
and approval of the -ayor.
Read a first time as a whole, and passed to a second
reading by a unanimous vote of the members present, read again by
sections, and passed to a third reading by a unanimous vote of the
members present; read ai a whole, and put on final passage, passed
in open session upon the following vote, upon the roll call.
Approved this the
day of
Nay
President City Council ---
(SEAL)
A D 1922