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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
TITLE 4 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, CHAPTER 2 - PARKING REGULATIONS
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Title 4 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic, Chapter 2 - Parking Regulations, is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 4-2-1: General Parking.
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Any person found in violation of any provision of this Section will be fined fifty dollars ($50.00) thirty-five dollars ($35.00). A separate and distinct offense shall be regarded as committed each four-hour period in which the owner of the vehicle continues or permits any such violation to continue, or fails to make a reasonable effort to comply.
Sec. 4-2-2: Stopping, Standing and Parking, Prohibited in Various Locations.
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Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with any provision of the above section shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00) thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for each offense. A separate and distinct offense shall be regarded as committed each four-hour period in which the owner of the vehicle continues or permits any such violation to continue, or fails to make a reasonable effort to comply.
Sec. 4-2-3: Violation of Posted Signs; Penalty.
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B. Any person that stops, stands or parks a vehicle contrary to what is indicated on a sign erected in accordance with Subsection A. shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00) thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for each offense. A separate and distinct offense shall be regarded as committed each day, during which the owner of the vehicle continues or permits any such violation to continue, or fails to make a reasonable effort to comply.
Sec. 4-2-5: General Parking Restrictions.
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D. Penalty: Any person who violates Subsection A., B. or C. shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00) thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for each offense. A separate and distinct offense shall be regarded as committed each four-hour period in which the owner of the vehicle continues or permits any such violation to continue, or fails to make a reasonable effort to comply.
Sec. 4-2-7: Loading Zones.
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B. Use Restrictions: It shall be unlawful for the operator of a vehicle to stop, stand or park said vehicle in any place marked as a passenger or loading zone, other than for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers, or for the unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of materials, and in no case shall the stop for loading and unloading of materials exceed thirty (30) minutes. Any person in violation of this Subsection shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00) thirty-five dollars ($35.00). A separate and distinct offense shall be regarded as committed each four-hour period in which the owner of the vehicle continues or permits any such violation to continue, or fails to make a reasonable effort to comply.
Sec. 4-2-10: Unattended Motor Vehicles.
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C. Any person who violates Subsection A. shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00) thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for each offense. A separate and distinct offense shall be regarded as committed each four-hour period in which the owner of the vehicle continues or permits any such violation to continue, or fails to make a reasonable effort to comply.
Sec. 4-2-11: Parking Meters or Other Devices.
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B. These provisions shall not apply during such hours of the day as designated from time to time by order of the General Superintendent. Any person who violates any part of Subsection A. shall be fined fifty dollars ($50.00) thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for each offense. A separate and distinct offense shall be regarded as committed each four-hour period in which the owner of the vehicle continues or permits any such violation to continue, or fails to make a reasonable effort to comply.
Sec. 4-2-12: Removal of Parking Permit Notice of Violation.
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B. Every person convicted of a violation of any provision of this section shall be fined not less than two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) two hundred dollars ($200.00).
Effective date: This ordinance amendment shall be in effect ten (10) days after publication.
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