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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN: QLIX a ti
ORDINANCE NO. 78Go
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, REGULATING THE
PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON THE ROADWAYS OF THIS CITY, PROVIDING
A PRESUMPTION THAT ANY VEHICLE PARKED IN VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE
WAS PARKED BY THE OWNER THEREOF, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI,
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Parking vehicles prohibited. The operator of a vehicle
shall not park the same for a period of time in excess of one hour at any point
on the north half of Capitol Avenue that is west and within 162 feet of the
west curb of Lafayette Street, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
on any day except Sunday.
Section 2. Presumption to apply. In any prosecution for a violation
of any provision of Section 1, proof that the vehicle described in the complaint
was parked in violation of any provision of Section 1, together with proof that
the defendant named in the complaint was at the time of such parking the owner
of the vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the
owner of the vehicle was the person who parked the vehicle at the point where,
and for the time during which, such violation occurred.
Section 3 . Penalty. A person violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined not more than $100.00 or be imprisoned in jail for not
more than 90 days, or be punished both by such fine and imprisonment.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and
after its passage and approval.
Passed: /1/1-714t. Approved 1-
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resident of Council V DRayor
Attest:
City Clerk