CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY FOURTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. O-21-64 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Cynthia D. Borrego and Diane G. Gibson
ORDINANCE
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Amending The Traffic Code To Clarify The Placard Or License Plate Requirements For Use Of Disabled Parking Spaces (Borrego, Gibson)
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AMENDING THE TRAFFIC CODE TO CLARIFY THE PLACARD OR LICENSE PLATE REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF DISABLED PARKING SPACES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. AMENDING SECTION 8-5-1-30, THE “DISABLED PARKING” SECTION OF THE TRAFFIC CODE AS FOLLOWS:
“It shall be unlawful for any vehicle to park in a designated disabled parking space or any portion thereof unless the driver or occupant has, and is displaying on the vehicle, a valid government issued parking placard or license plate.”
SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, word or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this ordinance. The Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each section, paragraph, sentence, clause, word or phrase thereof irrespective of any provision being declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid.
SECTION 3. COMPILATION. Section 1 of this ordinance shall amend, be incorporated in and compiled as part of the Revised Ordinances of Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1994.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall take effect five (5) days after publication by title and general summary.
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