§ 18-15. Use of parking facilities in business districts.

(1)

Permitted use. Parking spaces may be used for the intermittent parking of licensed motor vehicles of employees, occupants, owners, tenants or customers utilizing the building or use served by said required parking space during regular business hours, except as otherwise provided. For the purpose of this section, intermittent parking shall mean parking in the same parking lot for less than twenty-four (24) hours. Parking may be used for any purpose related to the use of the building it serves, subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth.

(a)

Parking utilized to serve an off-site building shall be in accordance with an off-site parking agreement approved by the city in accordance with the requirements of Section 250812 of the Land Development Code.

(b)

In all commercial business districts, including the master parking areas, parking of commercial vehicles shall be located at the rear of the business. If no rear parking is available for the business, the commercial vehicles shall be parked as far away as possible from any street right-of-way. However, after 9:00 p.m. or at the close of business, whichever is later, until the opening of business on the following business day, the commercial vehicles may be parked in front of the business but as far away as possible from any street right-of-way.

(c)

No motor vehicles shall be on display for sale or rental in any commercial parking areas unless the sale or rental of motor vehicles is permitted and is part of business at the location and within the scope of the business.

(d)

During regular business hours all vehicles shall be contained within a single designated parking space; however parking of a commercial vehicle which due to its size, shape, contents and location cannot be contained within a single designated parking space shall not obstruct the flow of traffic or create public safety hazard.

(e)

All vehicles shall be parked on paved or stabilized alternative parking surfaces. Parking shall be prohibited in all other areas.

(f)

For the purposes of this section, the rear of a building is the side not fronting any street or highway.

(2)

Penalty. The fine amounts assessed for violation of this section shall be as follows;

1st Offense	Thirty-two dollars	$32.00
2nd Offense	Fifty dollars	$50.00
3rd Offense	Seventy-five dollars	$75.00
4th and subsequent Offense within a twelve (12) month period.	One hundred dollars	$100.00

 

Should the responsible party elect to proceed in the court of competent jurisdiction, section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinance shall apply. In addition to the penalty, the city shall impose and collect a surcharge of five dollars ($5.00) upon each civil penalty imposed for violation of this section. The proceeds from such surcharge shall be used to pay the costs of the Coral Springs Police Department's School Crossing Guard Program.

(Ord. No. 2000-106, § 2, 10-17-00)