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ORDINANCE NO. 2007-017
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DANIA BEACH, FLORIDA,
AMENDING CHAPTER 6, "BEACHES, PARKS AND RECREATION", OF
THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING SECTION 6-33
"SCHEDULE OF CHARGES", TO INCREASE THE PARKING FEES FOR
MOTOR VEHICLES; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; FURTHER, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DANIA
BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That Chapter 6, "Beaches, Parks and Recreation" of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Dania Beach, Florida, Section 6-33, "Schedules of Charges," is
amended to read as follows:
See. 6-33. Schedule of charges.
The City Commission hereby s has established the following parking fees to be
charged the owner or operator of each motor vehicle parking at Dania beach parking areas of the
City between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. daily:
a) There shall be a charge of one ae"a~ and twentt , five eents ($1 "` one dollar and fifty cents
$( 1.50) for each hour or any fraction theree€ of an hour of parking time. This charge shall
become effective November- 1 2003 October 1, 2007.
b) That effective October 1, 2003, any resident of the city shall be exempt from the payment of
charges as set forth in subsection (a) hereinabove by obtaining a parking permit (sticker) from
the city. The permit (sticker) shall be available from the city in the form of a decal, which must
be affixed to the exterior lower left corner of the rear window of the vehicle, or if the vehicle is a
convertible, it must be affixed to the left of the license plate on the rear bumper. The parking
permits (stickers) shall be issued annually to correspond with the city's fiscal year, and a charge
of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per year for _ any ffae :,n the.ee f-, resident permit plus Florida
sales tax, shall be paid to the city for each such parking permit issued; provided, however, that
any senior citizen resident who demonstrates to the city that his or her age is fifty-five (55) or
more shall be entitled to such a permit (sticker) upon payment of a fee of twenty dollars
($20.00), plus sales tax. The word "resident," as used Herein in this Section, shall mean a person
who lives in the city and who submits a copy of a current Florida motor vehicle registration or a
true copy of an existing fully executed lease agreement for a motor vehicle registered in Florida
to verify the owner/applicant's name, and, in addition, a current utility bill or voter's registration
card in the same name and showing a Dania Beach address. If the applicant provides a motor
vehicle registration showing registration outside of the State of Florida, the permit fee shall be
60.00. If the applicant is a lessee of the motor vehicle to which the permit (sticker) is to be
affixed, such lessee after proof of City residency has been demonstrated to the City, shall pay an
additional sum of thirty dollars ($30.00) at the time of issuance of the permit (sticker) which sum
shall be returned to the lessee, without interest, upon return of the permit (sticker) to the city
clerk. The owner of a business located in the city shall be issued one parking permit upon
payment of said such fee and by presenting a copy of the eeetipational lieense business tax
recei t issued to such business and a copy of the motor vehicle registration form to show that
both were issued in the same name.
Section 2. That except as amended above, all other provisions of Chapter 6 of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Dania Beach, Florida, shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 3. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances and all resolutions or parts of
resolutions in conflict with this Ordinance are repealed to the extent of such conflict.
Section 4. That if any section, clause, sentence or phrase of this Ordinance is for any
reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the holding shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance.
Section 5. That this Ordinance shall take effect immediately on October 1, 2007.
PASSED on first reading on August 14, 2007.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on second reading on September 25, 2007.
BMANiO
MAYOR-CO MISSIONER
TTEST:
LO ISE STILSON, C
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND CORRECTNES
BY:
THUMAN J. AN S RO
CITY ATTORNEY
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