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File #: 22448    Version: 1 Name: Mailbox
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 5/10/2011 In control: PUBLIC SAFETY REVIEW COMMITTEE
On agenda: 7/5/2011 Final action: 7/5/2011
Enactment date: 7/14/2011 Enactment #: ORD-11-00091
Title: Amending Sec. 12.128(12) of the Madison General Ordinances to restrict parking within four feet of a mailbox between the hours of 6 a.m. and 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
Sponsors: Lauren Cnare
Fiscal Note
No significant fiscal impact is anticipated.
Title
Amending Sec. 12.128(12) of the Madison General Ordinances to restrict parking within four feet of a mailbox between the hours of 6 a.m. and 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: Currently, parking within 4 feet of a mailbox is prohibited at all times, subject to some exceptions. This amendment changes the restriction such that parking within 4 feet of a mailbox is only prohibited Monday through Saturday between the hours of 6 a.m. and 8 p.m.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
“(16) Parking within Four (4) Feet of a Mailbox Prohibited. Between the hours of 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Monday through Saturday, Nno person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within four (4) feet on either side of a mailbox which is placed and equipped for the purpose of depositing mail from vehicles on the roadway, except:
(a) Temporarily stopped for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading or receiving or discharging passengers and while attended by a licensed operator so that it may be moved in case of an emergency or to allow for the delivery of mail;
(b) When a person is stopping, standing or parking a veh...

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