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HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD 84/04ORDINANCE NO. t4— 4`/ AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF GULF STREAM, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE PROHIBITION OF MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC ON PUBLIC BEACHES WITHIN THE TOWN; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE TOWN OF GULF STREAM, FLORIDA, as follows: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand, park or operate any motor vehicle upon the ocean beaches or the banks and dunes adjacent thereto within the limits of the Town. Provided, however, nothing herein shall prevent official motor vehicles of a government agency from traversing said beaches, banks or dunes in the performance of official governmental duties. Section 2. In any prosecution charging a violation of a provision of this section or other ordinance governing the stopping, standing, parking or operating of a vehicle, proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was parked or operated in violation of any such ordinance or regulation, together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was at the time of such parking or operating the registered owner of such vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of such vehicle was the person who stopped, stood, parked or operated such vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, such violation occurred. Section 3. A person found to be in violation of the terms of this section shall be subject to the provisions of the Code of Ordinances relating to general penalties. Section 4. If any section, paragraph, clause, phrase or term of this Ordinance be declared invalid, the same shall not operate or invalidate any other provision. Section 5. This Ordinance shall be codified and made a part of the official Code of Ordinances of the Town of Gulf Stream, Florida. Section 6. That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval according to law. PASSED AND ADOPTED ON SECOND READING THIS 14th DAY OF SEPTEMBER , 1984. TTEST: j Deputy To n ler_/ MAYOR