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April 14, 1983
Mr. Howard V. Gary
City Manager
City of Miami
P. 0. Box 330708
Miami, Florida 33233-0708
Dear Howard:
Please find enclosed a letter to Representative Tom Gustafson, Chairman
of the House Transportation Committee, regarding proposed legislation to
improve the "scofflaw" booting program. I would very much appreciate
your review and comments on the legislation. It would further be
appreciated if this proposal could be added to the legislative program
which the City Commission has supported.
Please feel free to contact me for additional information.
. Sine ly,
Roe M. Carlton
Director
Department of Off —Street Parking
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Department of Off Street Parking 190 N. E. Third Street Miami, Florida 33132
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April 5, 1983
Representative Tom Gustafson
Chairman
`louse Transportation Committee
18 House Office Building
Tallahassee, Florida 32301
Dear Chairman Gustafson:
Roger fit, Carlton
D1.ector
Per our recent conversation, please find enclosed proposed legislation
which will improve the management of parking tickets. The current
situation is in need of improvement in that the collection ratio for
Metropolitan Dade County is approximately 50 percent of tickets issued
and the value of unpaid tickets exceeds $6.0 million. Clerk of the
Circuit Court Richard Brinker and Chief Judge Gerald Wetherington have
been extremely cooperative in our efforts to solve this problem.
However, without State enabling legislation, the local Dade County
ordinance which allows immobilization of "scofflaw" vehicles is virtually
unenforceable. The proposed legislation may be summarized as follows:
o An immobilization program using the "Denver Boot" is
authorized for all vehicles which have accumulated five (5) or
more unpaid tickets.
o Each three months the appropriate jurisdiction shall publish
in the newspaper of largest daily circulation a list of all
vehicles and their registered owners who have accumulated in
excess of five (5) parking violations. The notice shall
clearly state that the listed vehicles are subject to
immobilization and eventual sale at public auction. No
vehicle may be immobilized until the advertisement has been
published.
o If the vehicle is immobilized and the tickets are not
satisfied within 72 hours, the appropriate jurisdiction must
notify the registered owner by mail within seven (7) days that
the vehicle is subject to sale at public auction.
o The registered owner may obtain release of the vehicle after
posting a bond in the amount of the unpaid tickets or by
paying the parking fines, towing and storage fees.
Department of Off Street Parking 190 N. E. Third Street !Miami, Florida 33132 305.579.6789
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o If the registered owner fails to respond to the mail notice of
possible sale within ten days after the notice is mailed, a
certified mail return receipt requested notice shall be nailed
informing the registered owner that the vehicle will be sold
to the highest bidder after twenty days. she sale shall be
advertised in thenewspaperof largest daily circulation and
the advertisement shall specifically list all vehicles and the
registered owners.
o Following the public sale, the proceeds for the sale of each
vehicle shall be applied to the cumulative value of the unpaid
tickets and the oldest tickets shall be satisfied first. If
the proceeds of the sale are insufficient to satisfy the
amount owed, the balance shall become a lien against any other
vehicles currently owned or subsequent vehicles owned by the
person or corporation which owned the vehicle sold at public
auction.
Your assistance in solving the parking ticket problem is most
appreciated. Copies of this letter and the proposed legislation have
been forwarded to the appropriate Committee Chairpersons and staff
directors. We will be pleased to visit Tallahassee to discuss the
legislation at your request.
Sincerely,
Roger M. Carlton
Director
Department of Off —Street Parking
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cc; Carolyn Olive, Staff Director
House'bf Representatives Transportation Committee
John Christensen, Staff Director
Senate Transportation Committee
Representative Patricia Bailey, Chairperson
House of Representatives Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
Subcommittee
Robert Butterworth, Director
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles