HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2023-14ORDINANCE NO. 23-14
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN
OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA, AMENDING THE FOUNTAIN
HILLS TOWN CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 12-3-3, PARKING
ADJACENT TO SCHOOLS AND SECTION 12-3-8, STOPPING,
STANDING OR PARKING VEHICLES ON STREETS OR RIGHT-
OF-WAY FOR PURPOSE OF SALE
ENACTMENTS:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL OF
FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA, as follows:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 12, Traffic, of the Fountain Hills Town Code, Section 12-3-3, Parking
Adjacent to Schools, is hereby amended as follows:
Section 12-3-3 Parking AT OR Adjacent to Schools, PARKS, AND SPECIAL EVENTS
A. SCHOOLS. When signs are erected indicating no parking on that side of the street
adjacent to any school property, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place for
one hour before school opens until one hour after school closes on any school day.
B. PARKS. DUE TO INSUFFICIENCIES IN PARKING CAPACITY AND CONCERNS OVER
PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC SAFETY, MOBILE FOOD UNITS, EXCEPT MOBILE
CONVEYANCE UNITS AS PROVIDED IN TOWN CODE SECTION 8-7-6 15, SHALL NOT
CONDUCT BUSINESS IN ANY TOWN PUBLIC PARK OR FROM THE STREET OR SIDEWALK
ADJACENT TO A TOWN PUBLIC PARK UNLESS OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY THE TOWN
AS PART OF A SPECIAL EVENT.
C. SPECIAL EVENTS. DUE TO INSUFFICIENCIES IN PARKING CAPACITY AND
CONCERNS OVER PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC SAFETY, MOBILE FOOD UNITS MAY NOT
CONDUCT BUSINESS AT OR WITHIN THREE HUNDRED (300) FEET OF A SPECIAL EVENT
OR AN EVENT THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED THROUGH AN ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPORARY
USE PERMIT, UNLESS THE MOBILE FOOD UNIT IS REGISTERED AS PART OF THE EVENT.
SECTION 2. That Chapter 12, Traffic, of the Fountain Hills Town Code, Section 12-3-8, Stopping,
Standing or Parking Vehicles on Streets or Right -of -Way for the Purpose of Sale, is hereby
amended as follows:
Section 12-3-8 Stopping, Standing or Parking Vehicles on Streets or Right -of -Way for the Purpose
e-Sale
A. INOPERABLE OR UNREGISTERED VEHICLE ON RIGHT-OF-WAY.
1. NO PERSON SHALL STOP, STAND OR PARK ANY VEHICLE THAT IS INOPERABLE
ON ANY STREET OR PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. IT IS AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE TO
A VIOLATION OF THIS SUBSECTION THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REMOVED FROM
THE STREET OR PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR (24) HOURS OF
BECOMING INOPERABLE.
2. NO PERSON SHALL STOP, STAND OR PARK ANY VEHICLE THAT DOES NOT
DISPLAY CURRENT REGISTRATION ON ANY STREET OR PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.
3. " INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLES " ARE DEFINED AS MOTOR VEHICLES, WHICH
BY REASON OF DISMANTLING, DISREPAIR, LACK OF LICENSING OR OTHER
CAUSE ARE EITHER INCAPABLE OF BEING PROPELLED UNDER THEIR OWN
POWER OR ARE PREVENTED BY LAW FROM BEING PROPELLED ON A PUBLIC
HIGHWAY.
4. VEHICLES IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION MAY BE REMOVED AS PROVIDED FOR
IN SECTION 11-1-1 C OF THE TOWN CODE.
B. FOR THE PURPOSE OF SALE. No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle, wholly or
partly, on any public street or right-of-way within the Town for the purpose of selling the vehicle.
SECTION 3. In accordance with Article II, Sections 1 and 2, Constitution of Arizona, and the laws
of the State of Arizona, the City/Town Council has considered the individual property rights and
personal liberties of the residents of the City/Town and the probable impact of the proposed
ordinance on the cost to construct housing for sale or rent before adopting this ordinance.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Fountain Hills, Maricopa
County, Arizona, this 2151 day of November 2023.
FOR THE TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS: ATTESTED TO:
Ginny
i,
L NeT
ickey, Mayor
endenhall, Town Clerk
REVIEWED BY: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Rachael Goo• in, •wn Manager
Aaron D. Arnson, Town Attorney