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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Item Cover PageAGENDA ITEM COVER PAGE File ID: #5846 Resolution Sponsored by: Mayor Francis Suarez, Commissioner Wifredo Gort A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ANY AND ALL ACTIONS REGARDING ALLEGATIONS THAT CERTAIN PARKING LOT OWNERS AND OPERATORS ARE IMPROPERLY ISSUING FAKE PARKING TICKETS TO MOTORISTS WHO PARK ON THEIR LOTS. City of Miami Legislation Resolution Enactment Number: R-19-0192 City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com File Number: 5846 Final Action Date:5/9/2019 A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ANY AND ALL ACTIONS REGARDING ALLEGATIONS THAT CERTAIN PARKING LOT OWNERS AND OPERATORS ARE IMPROPERLY ISSUING FAKE PARKING TICKETS TO MOTORISTS WHO PARK ON THEIR LOTS. WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") has received numerous allegations of certain parking lot owners and operators placing fake parking tickets on the windshields of their customers in the event that the customer either did not pay or the customer's time for parking has expired; and WHEREAS, these fake parking tickets are designed to look like real Miami -Dade County parking tickets in form and appearance and including the orange stripe that is identical to the official Miami -Dade County Uniform Parking Citation; and WHEREAS, there is no basis in the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"), or the Code of Metropolitan Miami -Dade County, Florida, as amended ("County Code"), for a private parking lot owner or operator to issue such parking violations, thereby rendering the parking tickets null and void; and WHEREAS, unsuspecting motorists may not realize that they have received a fake parking ticket, versus a real Miami -Dade County Uniform Parking Citation; and WHEREAS, as a result, many unsuspecting motorists are paying the fake violations to and thereby unjustly enriching the parking lot owner and operator; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City that the City Manager take any and all appropriate action to investigate the practice of the issuance of fake parking tickets, to coordinate an appropriate action plan to prevent the practice, and to report his findings and actions back to the City Commission; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI: Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this Resolution. Section 2. The Miami City Commission hereby directs the City Manager to take any and all actions regarding allegations that certain parking lot owners and operators are improperly issuing fake parking tickets to motorists who park on their lots, to coordinate an appropriate action plan to prevent the practice, and to report the findings and any actions taken back to the City Commission. Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor.' APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: ndez, City Attor ey 4/3072019 1 If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) calendar days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.