Broward County Commission Regular Meeting

A. MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2019-127 directing the County Administrator to publish Notice of Public Hearing to be held on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 422 of the Governmental Center to consider enactment of a proposed Ordinance, the title of which is as follows:
 
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO PARKS AND RECREATION; AMENDING CHAPTER 23, ARTICLE II OF THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES ("CODE"); CREATING DIVISION 4, RELATING TO PAY PARKING AT BROWARD COUNTY PARKS; PROVIDING FOR PAY PARKING ZONES AND FEES; PROVIDING FOR PARKING PAY STATIONS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PAY-BY-PHONE APPLICATIONS AND/OR LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY; ESTABLISHING PARKING  REGULATIONS AND PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT OF PARKING VIOLATIONS; ESTABLISHING  PROCEDURES FOR ISSUANCE OF PARKING CITATIONS; ESTABLISHING CIVIL PENALTIES FOR PAY PARKING VIOLATIONS AT COUNTY PARKS; AND PROVIDING FOR APPEALS, SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN THE CODE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
 

(Sponsored by the Board of County Commissioners)

ACTION:  (T-10:45 AM)  Approved.

VOTE:  9-0.  Commissioner Geller and Vice-Mayor Holness voted in the affirmative telephonically.

 
B. MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution No. 2019-128 directing the County Administrator to publish Notice of Public Hearing to be held on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 422 of the Governmental Center to consider adoption of a proposed Resolution Amending the Broward County Administrative Code, the title of which is as follows:
 
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO PARKING FEES IN BROWARD COUNTY PARKS; AMENDING SECTION 37.33 OF THE BROWARD COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ("ADMINISTRATIVE CODE"); AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

ACTION:  (T-10:45 AM)  Approved as amended with Yellow-Sheeted Additional Material, dated April 9, 2019, submitted at the request of the Office of the County Attorney.

VOTE:  9-0.  Commissioner Geller and Vice-Mayor Holness voted in the affirmative telephonically.

A. An Ordinance may only be adopted at a public hearing. The proposed Ordinance was prepared by the Office of the County Attorney at the direction of the Board of County Commissioners at its meeting of February 6, 2018.
 
B. The Broward County Charter requires the posting of notice and a public hearing for adoption of amendments to the Broward County Administrative Code.

A. Sets a public hearing for the Board's consideration of proposed amendments to the Code of Ordinances to create new provisions to allow the County to charge for parking at County parks, establishes the method of enforcement of paid parking by citation and civil penalties, and establishes a hearing procedure for contesting citations.

B. Sets a public hearing for the Board's consideration of proposed amendments to the Broward County Administrative Code relating to pay parking at County parks, which amendments are required to ensure consistency with the proposed Ordinance.

There is currently no provision in the County Code that addresses payment for parking in County parks and issues related to enforcement of parking violations.  The proposed Ordinance would create new Code provisions to allow the County to charge for parking at County parks, establish the method of enforcement of paid parking, and establish a hearing procedure for contesting citations.
 
The proposed Administrative Code Resolution establishes (i) a parking fee schedule applicable in those areas with parking pay stations, and (ii) that the parking fees collected in parking pay stations located in Hollywood North Beach Park be segregated and deposited in a fund to be used solely for the purposes of administering and enforcing the pay parking zones in Hollywood North Beach Park and funding operational and capital improvements in Hollywood North Beach Park.

Jeffrey S. Siniawsky, Senior Assistant County Attorney, (954) 357-7600