§ 16-61. Prohibited parking; display.

(a)

No person shall park a vehicle or prohibited vehicle upon any road, street or public right-of-way, including the sidewalk and swale as a junk vehicle or abandoned property in any zoning district, located within the City of Miami Gardens.

(b)

It shall be unlawful to stop, stand or park a vehicle or prohibited vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the direction of a law enforcement officer or official traffic-control device, in any public parking lot or parking area during hours when such parking lot or area is closed to the general public or upon any other public property where parking is restricted or prohibited.

(c)

It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle or prohibited vehicle, upon a public street or highway, a public parking lot, or other public property, or upon private property where the public has the right to travel by motor vehicle, for the principal purpose and intent of displaying the vehicle thereon for sale, hire, or rental unless the sale, hire, or rental of the vehicle is specifically authorized on such property by this Code, and the person is in compliance with all city licensing requirements.

(1)

No vehicle shall be displayed for sale in a business or commercial premise unless the parcel is zoned for such use and has a certificate of use for such use.

(2)

The provisions of subsection (b) above do not prohibit a person from parking his or her own vehicle or his or her other personal property on any private real property for which the person owns or leases or on private real property which the person does not own or lease, for which he or she obtains the permission of the owner, or on the public street immediately adjacent thereto, for the principal purpose and intent of sale, hire, or rental.

(d)

A vehicle or prohibited vehicle is subject to immediate removal without warning if it bears a telephone number that has been displayed on three or more vehicles offered for sale within a 12-month period.

(e)

Law enforcement officers, parking enforcement specialists, and code compliance officers are hereby authorized to issue a citation and cause to be immediately removed at the owner's expense any vehicle found in violation of subsections (c) and (d) above, except as provided in section (c)(1) above, in accordance with chapter 24, article IV of the City of Miami Gardens Code of Ordinances, and the owner shall be assessed a penalty.

(f)

Law enforcement officers, parking enforcement specialists, and code compliance officers are hereby authorized to direct the removal of any vehicle stopped, standing or parked in violation of this section if signs have been posted indicating that the parking lot, parking area or public property is a location from which vehicles will be removed if they are parked illegally.

(g)

All vehicles and prohibited vehicles in violation of this section, shall be punishable by a fine of $500.00 for each vehicle on a first offense and $1,000.00 for each vehicle for any repeat violation of this section.

(Ord. No. 2018-20-401, § 6, 11-15-2018)

Editor's note

Sec. 6 of Ord. No. 2018-20-401, adopted Nov. 15, 2018, amended § 16-61 in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former § 16-61 pertained to prohibited display of vehicles for sale or as advertising devices, and derived from ord. No. 2005-13-51, adopted Mar. 9, 2005; and Ord. No. 2007-23-129, adopted Nov. 14, 2007.