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10/12/99
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION
AMENDING CHAPTER 42/ARTICLE IV, OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF' MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED,
ENTITLED "TOWING OF MOTOR VEHICLES;" TO
PROVIDE DEFINITIONS AND ESTABLISH
REGULATIONS, PROCEDURES AND PENALTIES FOR THE
IMMOBILIZATION OF VEHICLES PARKED ON PRIVATE
PROPERTY WITHOUT PERMISSION OR AUTHORITY;
MORE PARTICULARLY BY RENAMING ARTICLE IV TO
"TOWING AND IMMOBILIZATION OF MOTOR
VEHICLES," BY DIVIDING SAID ARTICLE INTO
DIVISIONS 1, 2, AND 3, BY AMENDING
SECTIONS 42-102 THROUGH 42.-104, AND BY ADDING
NEW SECTIONS 42-116 TO 42-118 TO SAID CODE;
PROVIDING FOR A REPEALER PROVISION AND A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
IF
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WHEREAS, the City of Miami finds and determines that private
real property owners may cause the moval of unauthorized
vehicles upon theirprivate real Pro ! ;and
WHEREAS, the use of immobli.zation devices prior to the
removal of unauthorized vehi parked on private property is
not prohibited by law; and
WHEREAS, a private eal property owner, upon proper notice
to the public, may.require adherence to rules prohibiting
unauthorized.,parkin In\private property; and
WHERE rahejp..actice of immobilization upon commercial
property is -Also commercial venture and an occupation subject