§ 22-3. Certain motor vehicles prohibited from parking in commercial districts.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to park a bus, farm tractor, house trailer, road tractor, school bus, semitrailer, motorhome, recreational vehicle, boat, boat trailer, special mobile equipment, mobile signs, trailer, truck-tractor or other commercial vehicle in the CBD, C-1, C-2 and C-3 zoning districts of the city unless such districts are properly zoned or an individual parcel is especially excepted for such parking. Storage, (i.e., parking, in excess of three (3) consecutive hours) of any such vehicle within such zones shall be strictly prohibited. Deliveries being made at a loading dock or loading entrance shall not be considered parking if limited to twelve (12) hours or less. Parking of vehicles for deliveries is unlawful if the flow of traffic on public or private property is blocked. Motor vehicles used in the ordinary course of business by the owner, lessee or operator of a business located in the CBD, C-1, C-2 or C-3 zoning districts of the city shall be exempt from this provision, if that business holds an occupational license for the service being performed.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to park on commercial property any of the vehicles listed above and shall include automobiles, sports utility vehicles, pickup trucks and motorcycles, at anytime, for the purpose of displaying same for sale.

(c)

Any driver or owner of any of the vehicles outlined in subsections (a) or (b) above and any commercial property owner or business that allows any of the vehicles outlined in subsections (a) or (b) above to be so parked or stored, shall be in violation of this section.

(d)

Fine schedule.

(1)

Any person or business violating subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of an offense punishable by the following fine schedule:

First offense ..... $ 75.00

Second offense ..... 150.00

Third and each subsequent offense ..... 200.00

(2)

Any person in violation of subsection (b) of this section shall be guilty of an offense punishable the following schedule:

First offense ..... $25.00

Second offense ..... 50.00

Third and each subsequent offense ..... 75.00

(3)

The police department will be responsible for maintaining records of how many times each vehicle is cited for violations of subsections (a) and (b) above. Each day shall constitute a separate violation. All fines are due within ten (10) days and payable to the Records Clerk, Public Safety Department, Neptune Beach, FL 32266. A late fee of ten (10) percent per day shall be attached to any fine not paid by the due date. The chief of police and/or his designee may have any vehicle or boat violating this section towed from public property, and from private with the permission of the property owner.

(e)

Any vehicle determined to be in violation of subsections (a) or (b) of this section may be ticketed by the city police department, and any ticketed vehicle not moved or relocated from the district within forty-eight (48) hours of such ticket, may be towed, at the expense of the vehicle owner, to a lot or location so contracted for such storage by the city, per existing (or amended) Florida Statutes.

(Ord. No. 2006-07, § 1, 6-5-06; Ord. No. 2006-14, § 1, 8-7-06; Ord. No. 2010-02, § 1, 3-1-10)