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ORDINANCE N0. 148
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA
REGULATING THE PARKING, OCCUPATION AND USE OF
TRAILERS, HOUSE CARS, CAMP CARS OR CAMPERS ON
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHIN THE VILLAGE
AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF
TEQUESTA, FLORIDA:
Section 1: The words "trailers, house cars, camp cars, or
campers" as used herein shall be defined as any vehicle used or
constructed to be used for sleeping, housekeeping, or as living
quarters, and customarily mounted on wheels and propelled either
by its own power or by another power-driven vehicle to which it
may be attached, or the body of any such vehicle, whether or not
actually mounted on wheels, provided, however, this definition
shall not include vehicles described as fold-down tent trailers.
Section 2: It shall be unlawful to park any such vehicle as
defined above on any of the public streets or any village property
within the Village of Tequesta.
Section 3: It shall be unlawful to park any such vehicle as
described above on any privately owned property within the Village
for a space of time longer than 48 hours in a seven-day period.
Section 4: Notwithstanding the requirements of Sections 2
and 3 above, no penalty shall be imposed if such parking shall exist
due to a mechanical failure affecting the mobility of such vehicles.
The extension to be granted hereunder, however, shall be granted
only until a reasonable time has elapsed to allow the owner or user
of such vehicle to secure assistance, at his own expense, to remove
same from the limits of the Village.
Section 5: It shall be unlawful for any person, owning or
operating such vehicle as described above, to remove or cause to be
removed, the wheels or any similar transporting device from same,
or to otherwise permanently affix such vehicle to the ground in any
manner that would prevent its ready removal from the limits of the
Village.
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Section 6: This ordinance shall not apply to any such
vehicle as described above which is kept entirely enclosed within
a building, garage, or carport, accessory to a private dwelling,
hotel, motel, apartment or condominium, provided that the accessory
structure otherwise complies with all ordinances of the Village and,
provided further, that such vehicle is not used for sleeping, house-
keeping, or as living quarters.
Section 7: Any person convicted of violation of this ordinance
shall be punished as provided in Section 10 of Ordinance No. 1.
Section 8: All ordinances and sections thereof in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 9: This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon
its passage and approval as provided by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON <- --~ READING , this ~'`z day o f ~-c- ~:_,., s
A.D., 1968.
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