Ordinance 958 ORDINANCE NO. 95-3
a AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA, R: GULATI `TG I,:u' PLACING OR 'AIN-
TFNANCE OF ADVERTISING SIGNS OR DEVICES
IN OR ABOUT GASOLINE, AUTOMCBILE SERVICE
STATIONS AND CAR WASHING STATIONS; PRO-
HIBITING MISLEADING OR DECEIVING ADVERTISE-
MENTS OR REPRESENTATIONS IN THE SALE OF
GASOLINE OR OTHER PETROLEUM PRODUCTS;
PROVIDI •TG FOR A PENALTY.
WHEREAS, the practice of -lacing and maintaining large
signs, placards and other advertising devices on and about the
premises of many gasoline and automobile service stations and
car washing stations are designed and intended to, and do,
attract the attention of passing motorists, and thereby con-
stitute a traffic hazard and a danger to the public safety,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
C TTY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or cor-
- ' ' ~� poration engage('. in the business or occupation of
selling or offering for sale any gasoline, oil or
other petroleum product, for retail use in motor vehicles and
for immediate and direct delivery to such motor vehicles by
means of mechanical dispensing eauipment, to post, place or
maintain at the place of sale, any sign, placard or other
advertising display that states, relates or refers to the price
at which such petroleum products are sold, or offered for sale,
unless:
(a) Such sign, placard or other display is not larger
than 12 inches in height and twelve inches in width.
(h) Such sign, placard or other display is posted ,
placed or maintained on the said dispensing equipment and at
no other place in or about the premises so offering such products
for sale.
(c) Such sign, placard or other display shall indicate
thereon clearly and legibly in numbers of uniform size, the selling
price or prices per gallon of such gasoline or products so sold
or offered for sale from such pump or other dispensing device
together with the name, trade name, brand, mark or symbol, and
grade or quality classification, if any, of such gasoline, together
with the amount of governmental tax to be collected in connection
with the sale of such gasoline, separate and apart from the sellin
price or prices.
SECTION 2: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or cor-
�� poration engaged in the business or occupation of the
servicing of motor vehicles in any manner whatsoever
including the washing or polishing of such motor vehicles, to
place, post or maintain any sign, placard or other device adver-
tising or offering such servicing to the public, unless;
(a) Such sign, placard or other display is not larger
than twelve inches in height and twelve inches in width.
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(b) Such sign, placard or other advertising display
or device is placed, posted, located or maintained not less
than fifteen feet from any public sidewalk, street, alley or
other public way.
SECTION 3: Nothing contained in this ordinance shall be deemed
or interpreted to prohibit the placing, posting or
maintaining of any placard, sign or other display
• containing only the name or names of the above-described businesses ,
or of the owner or operator thereof, or the name or names, or brand
or brands, trade names, marks or symbols, or any combination there-
of, of the product, or products, sold or offered for sale, as such
placing, posting , display, construction or maintenance of such
signs , placards or other evices may be otherwiss permitted by
SECTION 4: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or cor-
__� poration to sell or offer for sale gasoline or other
petroleum products for use in motor vehicles at retail
in any manner so as to deceive or tend to deceive the purchasers
as to the price, nature, quality or identity thereof, or to sell
or offer for sale from any pump, dispensing device, or container
any gasoline or other petroleum products other than that gasoline
or other petroleum products manufactured or distributed by the
manufacturer or distributor marketing such gasoline or other
petroleum products under the name, trade name, brand, symbol or
mark affixed to or contained on such pump, dispensing device or
container, or to substitute, mix or adulterate gasoline or other
petroleum products sold or offered for sale under a name, trade
name, brand, symbol or mark.
SECTION 5: Any person violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance, or failing to comply with the require-
ments thereof as provided, shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand
N1,000.00) Dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than ninety
(90) days, or by both such fine and such imprisonment in the
discretion of the court.
SECTION 6; This ordinance shall go into effect immediately upon
_ . its passage and posting as required by law.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 27th day of December, A. D. 1950.
ayor
ATTEST: C. W. Tomlinson, City Clerk
By
Deputy Ci y lerk
1st reading - December 6, 1950
2nd reading - December 6, 1950
3rd reading - December 27, 1950
POSTED - December 27, 1950
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STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF DADE:
I, C . W. TOMLINSON, City Clerk in and for the City of
Miami Beach, Florida, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 958,
entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA,
REGULATING THE PLACING OR MAINTENANCE OF ADVERTISING SIGNS OR
DEVICES IN OR ABOUT GASOLINE, AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATIONS AND CAR
WASHING STATIONS; PROHIBITING MISLEADING OR DECEIVING ADVERTISE-
MENTS OR REPRESENTATIONS IN THE SALE OF GASOLINE OR OTHER PETROLEUM
PRODUCTS; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY", having been passed and adopted
by the City Council of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, has been
posted by me in three conspicuous places in the City of Miami Beach,
one of which was at the door of the City Hall in said City on the
27th day of December, A. D. 1950, and that said Ordinance remained
posted for a period of at least thirty days in accordance with the
requirements of the City Charter of the said City of Miami Beach.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the official seal of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, on this the
31st day of January, A. D. 1951.
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