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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009 03 04 Hand Out by Mr. John Baker Public Hearing 501§ 12-53 WIN'PER SPRINGS CODE (5) The authorization in this section for tow- ing of abandoned and disabled vehicles shall not be construed so as to negate the authority of the code enforcement board to hear and adjudicate appropriate cases. (f) Vehicle on public property. Not withstand- ing any of the foregoing, all vehicles which are located on public property shall be towed and disposed of in accordance with notice and sale requirements of Florida Statute 705, as revised in the 1987 legislative session. To the extent that this section 12-53 conflicts with any portion of Florida Statute 705, the latter shall control as to any vehicles located on public property. (Code 1974, § 11-20; Ord. No. 632, § I, 11-25-96) Cross reference-Procedure for disposing of abandoned property, § 2-1. Sec. 12-54. Impoundment and redemption of illegally parked or abandoned ve- hicles. Members of the police department shall be vested with the authority and it shall be their duty to impound any unoccupied vehicle parked in violation of any of the parking regulations of the city where such vehicle impedes traffic, cre- ates atraffic hazard, obstructs access to the city's utility facilities, including but not limited to, utility lines, lift stations, fire hydrants and water meters, or appears to be abandoned. Thereafter, such vehicle shall be released to the duly identi- fied owner thereof only upon the payment of any fine and the storage, towing, and other impound- ing charge(s). The police department shall exer- cise due diligence to identify and notify the owner. (Code 1974, § 11-21; Ord. No. 2002-22, § 2, 7-22- 02) Secs. 12-55-12-64. Reserved. DIVISION 2. STOPPING, STANDING, PARHING* Sec. 12-65. General prohibitions. Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply with law or the direc- tions of a police officer or official traffic control device, no person shall: (1) Stop, stand, or park a vehicle: a. On any roadway; except as follows: 1. parking of vehicles on road- ways may be expressly autho- rized by City Code within a particular zoning district. 2. The city commission may on a case-by-case basis establish site specific parking zones on road- ways for vehicles. Such parking zones shall be established by resolution at a public hearing. A parking zone shall become effective upon the chief of po- lice erecting a sign(s) or mark- er(s) identifying the parking zone in accordance with the traf- fic signage requirements of this chapter and state law and any conditions set forth in the res- olution adopted by the city com- mission. 3. The city commission my tempo- rary suspend by resolution, the prohibition of parking vehicles on any roadway for emergen- cies, special events, or other public purposes. The resolution shall identify the dates, time and name of the roadway(s) or portion thereof which parking of vehicles shall be allowed. For purposes of this subsection (1)a. and in lieu of the definition con- tained in section 12-1 of this chapter, the term "roadway" shall mean all *Cross reference--Streets, sidewalks and other public places, Ch. 17. Supp. No. 7 822 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC § 12-68 portions of aright-of--way, improved or unimproved, including the paved portion and any shoulder or berm. b. On a sidewalk; c. Within an intersection; d. On a crosswalk or within ten (10) feet of a crosswalk; e. Between a safety zone and the adja- cent curb or within thirty (30) feet of points on the curb immediately op- posite the end of the safety zone; £ Alongside or opposite any street ex- cavation or obstruction; g. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure; h. Upon a highway or within a highway tunnel; i. On any railroad tracks; j. At any place where official signs prohibit stopping; (2) Stand or park a vehicle whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers: a. In front of a public or private drive- way; b. Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hy- drant; c. Within twenty (20) feet of a cross- walk at an intersection; d. Within thirty (30) feet upon the ap- proach to any flashing signal, stop sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway; e. Within twenty (20) feet of the drive- way entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five (75) feet of such en- trance, when property signposted; f. At any place where official signs prohibit standing; g. Within three (3) feet of a city utility meter. (3) Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in, loading or un- loading merchandise or passengers: a. Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing, unless the department of transportation estab- lishes adifferent distance due to unusual circumstances; b. At any place where official signs prohibit parking, (4) No person shall move a vehicle not owned by such person into any prohibited area. (Ord. No. 2002-22, § 2, 7-8-02; Ord. No. 2005-18, § 2, 7-11-05) State law reference--Similar provisions, F.S. § 315, 1956. Sec. 12-66. Cleaning, repairing vehicles on roadway. No person shall stand or park a vehicle upon a roadway for the purpose of displaying it for sale or washing, greasing, or repairing such vehicle ex- cept repairs necessitated by an emergency. (Code 1974, § 11-18(2)) Sec. 12-67. Obedience to signs, markings. On such streets, highways, or other locations where parking spaces are officially indicated by signs or markings, parking shall be allowed only within such spaces and then only for the times officially indicated by such authorized signs. It shall be unlawful for any person to pazk a vehicle in any parking space designated by painted lines, unless such vehicle is pazked wholly within the marked lines. (Code 1974, § 11-18(3)) Sec. 12-68. Use of bus, taxi stands. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle other than a bus in a bus stop or other than a taxicab in a tafficab stand, when any such stop or stand has been officially designated and appropri- ately marked; except, that the driver of a passen- ger vehicle may temporarily stop therein for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading Supp. No. 7 823 § 9-276 WINTER SPRINGS CODE either garage or off-street standing storage space, (3) ?tvo-family and multiple dwellings. One for the parking of passenger vehicles, having an (1) parking space per dwelling unit, such area of not less than two hundred (200) square space to be located back of the building feet for each automobile intended to be parked line. thereon with necessary and adequate space for (4) Hotels. One (1) parking space for each the approach, turning and exit of automobiles to a three (3) guests or sleeping rooms or suites, public street or alley. plus one (1) additional parking space to be located for each five (5) employees. Off-street parking and unloading space. An open, hard-surfaced area other than a street or alley or a public way, the principal use of which is standing, loading and unloading of motor trucks, tractors and trailers, to avoid undue interference with the public use of streets and alleys. Such space shall not be less than twelve (12) feet in width, fifty-five (55) feet in length and fourteen (14) feet in height, exclusive of access aisles and maneuvering space. Parking lot. A parking lot shall mean any land used, provided or permitted to be used for the parking of automobiles. (Ord. No. 44, § 44.71, 1-8-68) Sec. 9-277. Off-street parking requirements. There shall be provided at the time of the erection of any principal building or structure, and at the time any principal building or struc- ture is enlarged or increased in capacity by the addition of dwelling units, guestrooms, floor area or seats, minunum off-street automobile parking space with adequate provisions for ingress and egress by an automobile of standard size, in accordance with the following requirements: (1) Central business district. The area known as the central business district and more particularly described as follows shall be exempted from furnishing parking spaces as required herein. (2) One-family dwellings. Two (2) parking spaces per family dwelling unit, at least one (1) of which shall be located back of the building line, except in the R-lAA one-family dwelling zone, both of which such spaces shall be located back of the building line. (5) Tourist homes, cabins and motels. One (1) parking space for each guest or sleeping room or suite, plus one (1) additional space to be located for each five (5) em- ployees. (6) Trailer courts or camps. One (1) parking space for each trailer space. (7) Lodging houses, rooming and boarding houses. One (1) parking space for each two (2) guestrooms, plus one (1) additional space for owner or manager if resident on the premises. (8) Fraternal organizations, lodges or private clubs. One (1) parking space for each five (5) active members, resident in the county plus one (1) additional space for each two (2) employees. (9) Hospitals. One (1) parking space for each four (4) patient beds (exclusive of bassi- nets) plus one (1) parking space for each staff or visiting doctor (based on the aver- age number), plus one (1) parking space for each four (4) employees, including nurses. (10) Sanitariums or convalescent homes. One (1) parking space for each six (6) patient beds, plus one (1) parking space for each staff or visiting doctor (based on average number), plus one (1) parking space for each four (4) employees, including nurses. (11) Medical or dental clinics. Three (3) park- ing spaces for doctors, plus one (1) addi- tional parking space for every two (2) employees. (12) Mortuaries or funeral parlors. Space for all official vehicles, plus one (1) additional space for each family resident on the premises, plus three (3) parking spaces 586 LAND DEVELOPMENT (2) Minimum distance and setbacks. The pazk- ing space, if on the same lot with a main building, shall not be located within the front yazd required by the sections of this Code for such building. If not on the same lot with the principal building, the pazk- inglot shall not be closer to any street line than the established building line on ad- jacent properties, or less than the setback required for the district in which the parking area is located. Further, any wall, fence of hedge developed along the street side of the parking lot shall observe the building setback requirements applicable on such street or streets. (3) Screening and landscaping. All parking lots shall be effectively screened on each side which adjoins or fronts property sit- uated in any residential or multiple dwell- ing district by a wall, fence or densely planted, compact hedge. Such wall, fence or hedge shall be not less than three (3) feet nor more than four (4) feet in height and shall be maintained in good condi- tion. (4) Lahti .Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking lot shall be so az- ranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining properties. (5) Plot plan showing location of parking area. No application for a building permit for a new, enlarged or altered structure or im- provement or use shall be approved un- less accompanied by a plot plan drawn to scale, showing the required off-street au- tomobile parking facilities as specified herein; nor shall a permit be issued for the improvement of a parking area to serve as an accessory use to an e~sting building or buildings until a plat plan drawn to scale has been submitted in accordance with the provisions contained herein. (6) Certificate of occupancy or use permits. No certificate of occupancy or use permits will be issued upon completion of any building or addition which would require an increase in parking space or off-street § 9-278 loading and unloading space, unless and until all off-street parking and loading space requirements, shown upon the plans, are made a part of the building permit, shall be in place and determined by the building official to be ready for use. (7) Reserved. (8) Loading space. As required under off- street loading and unloading regulations, the space supplied for such off-street load- ing and unloading purposes shall not be construed as supplying required off-street parking space. (9) Location of parking spaces. Parking spaces provided pursuant to this section must be gaveled or hard-surfaced and properly drained and shall be located on the same property as the principal building, or on a properly zoned lot within three hundred (300) feet of the building. Such distance shall be walking distance measured from the nearest point of the parking lot to the nearest boundary of the property on which the building is located and that the pazk- ing lot is required to serve. In determin- ing automobile parking spaces, if not shown by actual plan and count, three hundred (300) square feet of gross area per parking space will be used in computing the num- ber of spaces. When units of measure- ments determining the number of re- quired off-street parking and off-street loading spaces result in a requirement of a fractional space, any fraction up to and over one-half shall require one (1) off- street parking space or one (1) off-street loading space. (10) Collective action relative tooff-street park- ing and loading. Nothing in the sections of this Code shall be construed to prevent the joint use of off-street parking or off- street loading space for two (2) or more buildings or uses if the total of such spaces, when used together, shall not be less than the sum of the requirements for the vari- ous individual uses computed separately in accordance with the off-street parking x Supp. No. 5 589