§ 1-11-9. Parking, stopping or standing of vehicles on park sites; placement of personal property.

(a)

The following terms shall be deemed to have the definitions set forth below for the purpose of interpreting subsections (b) and (c) herein:

(1)

County means Charlotte County.

(2)

County designated park site means any parcel of land which has been designated by county ordinance or resolution as a park site or has been dedicated or described as for that purpose in a properly executed deed or recorded plat.

(3)

Properly authorized off-site parking is defined as a permanently designated area in a county designated park site and near a public right-of-way for the parking or storage of vehicles that has been constructed, erected and designed with the county's consent and authorization.

(b)

Pursuant to the authority granted in F.S. section 316.008, no person shall park, stop or stand a vehicle, as that term is defined in F.S. section 316.003, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or when in compliance with law or the direction of a police officer or official traffic control device, in or on any county designated park site except that the parking, stopping or standing of vehicles shall be permitted on properly authorized off-site parking, where that off-site parking is properly maintained on county designated park sites.

(c)

No person shall place or maintain any other item of personal property in or on any county designated park sites except where that item of personal property is placed or maintained on properly authorized off-site parking, and that item of personal property is surrounded by a barrier, constructed and maintained in accordance with the Charlotte County Code, which precludes observation of that item of personal property. The owner of that personal property and the barrier surrounding it is responsible for maintenance of that barrier.

(d)

Upon the erection of official signs regulating the parking, stopping or standing of vehicles described in subsection (a) of this section, violations of this section shall be considered violations and shall be punishable as provided by F.S. section 316.1945.

(e)

The director of parks and recreation or his designee may issue temporary parking permits to those individuals who have applied for county permission to use these park sites for parking. The permits may be issued for a maximum period of thirty (30) days. A permit shall be issued for each vehicle that shall use that temporary parking site. The permit shall be in a form as mandated by the director of parks and recreation.

(f)

The violation of subsection (b) of this section shall be punishable as provided in section 1-1-8 of this Code.

(g)

Any law enforcement officer or parking enforcement specialist as defined by Florida Statutes shall enforce the provisions of this section.

(Ord. No. 89-16, §§ 1—6, 3-14-89; Ord. No. 89-65, §§ 1—3, 8-22-89; Ord. No. 97-088, § 1, 9-30-97)

Editor's note

Inclusion of §§ 1—6 of nonamendatory Ordinance No. 89-16, adopted Mar. 14, 1989, as § 1-11-9 was at the editor's discretion.