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Resolution: R-17-0239
File Number: 2002
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 5/11/2017
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION URGING GOVERNOR
RICK SCOTT AND THE MEMBERS OF THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO
AMEND THE FLORIDA STATUTES TO INCREASE STATE PENALTIES FOR
VARIOUS PARKING VIOLATIONS; URGING THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO IMPLEMENT COMPREHENSIVE
AMENDMENTS TO ITS PARKING FINE STRUCTURE; SPECIFICALLY
REQUESTING AN INCREASE IN ROAD OBSTRUCTION FINES FROM THE
CURRENT AMOUNT OF FORTY SEVEN DOLLARS ($47.00) TO THE
RECOMMENDED AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DOLLARS ($120.00);
FURTHER SPECIFICALLY REQUESTING THAT SAID INCREASES IN
PENALTIES AND FINES NOT BE INCLUSIVE OF EXPIRED OVERTIME
PARKING; DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO SEND A CERTIFIED COPY OF
THIS RESOLUTION TO THE OFFICIALS NAMED HEREIN.
WHEREAS, the penalties for illegal parking offenses set forth in Section 318.18, Florida
Statutes, do not reflect penalties that are adequate given the seriousness of these violations;
and
WHEREAS, similarly, Section 30-388.32 of the Code of Miami -Dade County, Florida, as
amended ("County Code") sets forth the schedule for various parking offenses, including but not
limited to, parking after a violation shows on a meter, parking on certain prohibited streets,
willfully obstructing streets, and other parking violations that create hazardous conditions or
otherwise impede the orderly flow of traffic and the availability of adequate parking areas; and
WHEREAS, the County Code currently provides parking penalties ranging from eighteen
dollars ($18.00) to thirty-three dollars ($33.00), which do not adequately reflect the gravity of
these illegal parking offenses and are not in keeping with the current parking rates or the
increasing costs of enforcement; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") specifically requests that road obstruction fines be
increased from the current amount of forty seven dollars ($47.00) to the recommended amount
of one hundred twenty dollars ($120.00); and
WHEREAS, the City further specifically requests that the desired increases in penalties
and fines not be inclusive of expired overtime parking; and
WHEREAS, the amounts provided in the parking violation fine schedule were last
amended by the Miami -Dade County Board of County Commissioners ("County Commission")
in 1996; and
WHEREAS, inadequate parking fines are a concern to all citizens in the City and Miami -
Dade County ("County") and the City urges other municipalities to support an increase in County
and State fines for parking violations to serve as a measured deterrent to these parking
offenses;
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File ID: 2002 Enactment Number: R-17-0239
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings found in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Commission urges Governor Rick Scott and the members of the
Florida Legislature to amend the Florida Statutes to increase penalties for various parking
violations as stated herein.
Section 3. The City Commission further urges the County Commission comprehensively
amend the parking fine structure provided in the County Code to increase penalties for various
parking violations as stated herein.
Section 4. The City Commission specifically requests that road obstruction fines be
increased from the current amount of forty seven dollars ($47.00) to the recommended amount
of one hundred twenty dollars ($120.00).
Section 5. The City Commission further specifically requests that the desired increases
in penalties and fines not be inclusive of expired overtime parking.
Section 6. The City Commission hereby directs the City Clerk to send a certified copy of
this Resolution to Governor Rick Scott, the members of the Florida Legislature, Miami -Dade
County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez, Chairman of the County Commission Esteban L. Bovo, Jr.,
and the members of the County Commission.
Section 7. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.'
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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' 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.
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