POLICY ON ERECTION AND PLACEMENT OF
5-MINUTE PARKING SIGNS
FOR USE ONLY IN FRONT OF RESIDENCES DEFINED AS A SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED USE
For City Code, Section 15-43 regarding 5-minute parking to be effective and
enforceable, the owner or
occupant shall erect a sign with lettering and dimensions as follows: Parking
sign requirements.
This sign protects one (1) parking space twenty-two feet (22’) in length along
the front of the property. The
sign shall be placed at or slightly behind the property line. Do not place the
sign on City right-of-way. The
sign may be attached to the face of a fence, if the property is fenced in. The
sign protects the area directly
in front of, and eleven feet (11’) to either side of the sign. The letters and
numbers on this sign shall be
black on a white background. This sign shall be placed parallel to the street
and facing the street.
NO EXCEPTIONS OR ADDITIONS TO THE WORDING OR PLACEMENT OF SAID SIGN WILL BE
DEEMED ENFORCEABLE.
ONLY ONE (1) SIGN SHALL BE INSTALLED, AND THAT SIGN SHALL BE PLACED ONLY ALONG
THE
FRONT OF THE PROPERTY. NO SIGNS SHALL BE PLACED IN BACK OR ALONG SIDE OF THE
PROPERTY.
ENFORCEMENT WILL ONLY BE CARRIED OUT UPON THE REQUEST OF THE PROPERTY OWNER
OR HIS AGENT. ENFORCEMENT REQUESTS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE CITY OF TAMPA
POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS SIGN DOES NOT ALLOW A PRIVATE CITIZEN TO HAVE A VEHICLE
TOWED FROM THE STREET OR RIGHT-OF-WAY.
THIS SIGN WILL NOT BE PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF
TAMPA
Sec. 15-43. Parking in front of residences or public or
private driveways.
a) It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand, or park a vehicle, whether
occupied or not, for more than five (5) minutes on the
street, or on the public right-of-way adjacent to the street, directly in front
of or immediately adjacent to the front entrance to any
single-family detached dwelling, as defined in section 27-523, without the
expressed or implied consent of the owner or occupant
of such dwelling.
For purposes of this section, the term "right-of-way" shall be defined as that
area between the paved surface of any public street
intended or designed for vehicular traffic and the property line of the abutting
real property.
In order for this provision to apply, the owner or occupant shall give notice of
the restriction by erecting an official sign, of their
own making or purchased, which complies with the department of public works,
transportation division specifications for such
signs. The sign shall be fabricated from a durable weather-resistant material.
The sign shall be placed and centered directly in
front of the entrance to the dwelling on or slightly behind the property line,
parallel to and facing the street. The signshall
designate and protect one (1) parking space twenty-two (22) feet in length along
the front of the property directly in front of and
eleven (11) feet to either side of the sign.
(b) All taxicabs, buses and motor vehicles for hire are prohibited from
stopping, standing or parking at any time in front of any
residence without permission from the owner or the occupant of such residence.
(c) It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle, whether
occupied or not, within ten (10) feet from the edge of a
public or private driveway except in metered spaces or otherwise marked spaces
available for parking or to momentarily pick up
or discharge a passenger.
(d) It is unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle across the
street from a driveway if the street width is twenty-five
(25) feet or less except in metered spaces or otherwise marked spaces available
for parking or to momentarily pick up or
discharge a passenger.
(Ord. No. 89-247, § 2(39-37), 9-28-89; Ord. No. 2001-149, § 1, 7-19-01; Ord. No.
2006-17, § 2, 1-12-06)
Sec. 27-523. Definitions.
Dwelling, single-family detached: A structure containing one (1) dwelling unit
with open space on all sides.
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