1442 ORDINANCE NO, 1442
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA,
PROHIBITING ANY PERSON FROM USING A SKATE BOARD
ON ANY SIDEWALKS ON PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAYS IN ANY
DISTRICTS WITHIN THE CITY WHICH HAVE A COMMERCIAL
CLASSIFICATION; PROVIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING
FOR THE ORDINANCE TO BECOME A PART OF THE CITY OF
SANFORD CODE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commissioners of the City of Sanford,
Florida° recognize that the operation of skate boards on sidewalks
situated in the public right-of-ways in the commercial and business
districts throughout the City constitute a hazard to pedestrians,
and
WHEREAS~ it is the opinion of the City Commission that
sidewalks within the right-of-ways should only be used by pedestrians
and, therefore, that an ordinance is needed to prohibit the operation
of skate boards on sidewalks situated within the public right-of-ways
in the commercial and business districts throughout the City of
Sanford, Florida,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD0
FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: That the use Of skate boards by any person
on any sidewalk in the public right-of-ways in any districm which
have a commercial zoning classification within the City of Sanford,
Florida, is hereby prohibited.
SECTION 2: That the vilation of or failure to comply
with the ordinance shall constitute an offense against the City of
Sanford, Florida, and any offender, upon conviction, shall be
subject to a fine not to exceed Five Hundred and No/100 ($500.00)
Dollars, or imprisonment for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days
or both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 3: It is the intention of the City Commission
and it is hereby ordained that the provisions of this ordinance
shall become and be made a part of the code of the City of Sanford,
Florida, and the code may be renumbered, if necessary, to accomplish
such intention.
SECTION 4: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5: That this ordinance shall become effective
i~ediately upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 14th day of August , A.D., 1978.
Attest: Mayor
As the City Commission of the
City of Sanford, Florida.
CERTIFICATE
I, H. N. Tamm, Ir., City Clerk of the City of Sanford, Florida,
do hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Ordi-
nance No. 1442, PASSED and ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City
of Sanford, Florida, on the 14th day of August, 1978, was POSTED at the
front door of the City Hall in the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 15th
day of August, 1978.
City of Sanford, Florida
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