§ 39.14. Parking of Vehicles Without Affixed Current and Valid Registration License Plate and Validation Sticker; Removing, Impounding and Immobilization of Vehicles Without Affixed Current and Valid Registration License Plate and Validation Sticker.

(1)

No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle upon any street or in any off-street parking facility in the City of Orlando unless such vehicle has affixed to it a current and valid registration license plate and validation sticker.

(2)

Any motor vehicle without a current and valid license plate and validation sticker affixed to it found parked at any time upon any street or in any off-street parking facility in the City of Orlando may, in addition to the issuance of a parking violation notice, be immediately immobilized by or under the direction of a parking enforcement specialist in such a manner as to prevent its operation. No such vehicle shall be immobilized by any means other than by the use of a device or other mechanism which will cause no damage to such vehicle unless it is moved while such device or mechanism is in place.

(3)

It shall be the duty of the parking enforcement specialist immobilizing such motor vehicle, or under whose direction such vehicle is immobilized, to post on such vehicle, in a conspicuous place, notice sufficient to inform the owner or operator of the vehicle that:

(a)

such vehicle has been immobilized pursuant to and by the authority of Section 39.14 of the Orlando City Code; and

(b)

the owner of such immobilized vehicle, or other duly authorized person, shall be permitted to repossess or to secure the release of the vehicle upon compliance with either of the following alternative procedures:

(i)

payment to the Parking Bureau of the City of Orlando of the fine prescribed in Section 39.68 of this Code for the offense of parking a vehicle without a current and valid registration license plate and validation sticker affixed to it; or

(ii)

request a hearing before a designated official concerning the validity of the issuance of the parking violation notice for the offense of parking a vehicle without a current and valid registration license plate and validation sticker affixed to it and provide the Parking Bureau of the City of Orlando with the owner's current and valid home address.

(4)

It shall be unlawful for anyone, except those persons authorized by the Parking Bureau Chief, to remove or attempt to remove, tamper with, or in any way damage or alter the immobilization device.

(5)

If the owner of the immobilized vehicle, or other duly authorized person, does not make arrangements for removal of the immobilization device in accordance with the foregoing provisions within twenty-four (24) hours of the time such motor vehicle was immobilized, a police officer, community service officer, or parking enforcement specialist of this City is hereby authorized to remove such vehicle to a public garage or other place of safety.

(Ord. of 9-19-1994, Doc. #27862; Ord. of 10-21-2002, § 3, Doc. #021021706)