O#43ORDINANCE NO. 43.
An Ordinance of the Town of Boynton, Florida, providing
certain regulations for the use of traffic on the streets and
public ways; prohibiting the use of certain Vehicles on such
streets or oublic ways; fixing maximum weight of load, and
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providing a penalty violation thereof.
BE IT ORD~.~INED I~ T~-iE TOWN COI¥[MISSION OF THE TOI~
OF BOYNTON, FLORIDA:
1. It shall be unlawful to drive, propel, or operate,
or cause to be driven, propelled, or operated, over any of
the streeta' or public ways, within 'the Tov~n of Boynton,
Florida, any vehicle or contrivance having whells provided
with sharpened or roughened surface, other than rough pneu-
matic rubber tires; provided, however, that this restriction
shall not apply to vehicles or implements used by the state
in the construction any maintenance of such roads, or any
vehicles or implements used by the Tov~n in the construction
and maintenance of any streets or public ways within said
To~m, or to farm implements weighing less than one thousand
pounds, and provided with wheel surface of more than one
half inch in width. ?~aeels of traction engines or other
vehicles, when provided with suitable filler blocks between
cleats, shall be considered as having smooth tires.
2. It shall be unlawful to drive, propel or operate,
or to cu~se to be driven, propelled or operated, over any
of the streets or public ,~ys, within the Town of Boynton,
Florida, any vehicle or contrivance whose gross load on any
one wheel shall exceed six hundred pounds for each inch of
width of tire on same; provided further that the width of
solid tires shall be considered as that portion coming in
contact with an unyielding surface, and the ,~vidth of pneu-
matic tires shall be considered as the total thickness
measured from outside to outside of casing, at the widest
point~between tread and rim, when fully inflated with air;
and provided further that any vehicle or contrivance whose
gross load shall exceed sixteen thousand pounds shall be
moved or operated over any of the streets or public ways
within the Town of Boynton, Florida.
3. It shall be unlawful to allow any vehicle or
contrivance, of any part of same, or an~ load or portion
of a load carried on the same, to drag upon any of the
streets or public ,~ys with the To¥~ of Boynton, Florida.
4. It shall be unalwful to place, or allow to be
placed upon any of the streets or public ways within the
Town of Boynton, Florida, any tacks, wire, scrap, metal,
glass, crockery, or other substance, which may be in-
jurious to the feet or persons, or animals, or the tires
of vehicles, or in any way injurious to the road.
5. Any person, persons, firm or corporation, or ~y
agent of such perscn, persons, firm or corporation, con-
victed of a violation of this Ordinance, shall be subject
to a fine of not less than ten (~lO.O0) dollars, or more
than five hundred (~$$00.00) dollars or by imprisonment
for not to exceed sixty (80) days, or both such fine and
imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
7. This Ordinance shall become a law immediately
upon its passage.
This Ordinance having been read in full at the reEular
meeting of the Town Commissioners of the Town of Boynton,
Flori.~a, held on the 5th day of August, _~. D. 1924, was
duly adopted at a regular meeting held on the day of
_, A. D. 1924. A copy was posted at the
door of tile Town Ha Il, on the day of ~__,1924.