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2006 Georgia Code - 40-6-252
40-6-252. (a) No person shall, after having been requested
not to do so by a law enforcement officer or an authorized agent of
the owner, park or stand an occupied or unoccupied motor vehicle in
or repeatedly drive a motor vehicle through or within a parking
area located on privately owned property and provided by a
merchant, group of merchants, or shopping center or other facility
for customers if: (1) The
parking area is identified by at least one sign as specified in
this paragraph, and if the parking area contains more than 150
parking spaces then by at least one such sign at each entrance to
the parking area, each such sign containing the following
information in easy-to-read printing: (A) Notice of this Code section;
(B) Identification of the property
which is reserved for customers´ use only;
(C) Identification of the merchant,
group of merchants, or shopping center or other similar facility
providing the parking area; and (D) Warning that violators will be prosecuted;
and (2) The motor vehicle is
parked, is standing, or is being operated other than for the
purpose of: (A) Transporting
some person to or from the interior of the place of business of a
merchant identified by the sign or signs in the parking area or to
or from the interior of the shopping center or other facility so
identified; (B) Making use of
a telephone, vending machine, automatic teller machine, or other
similar facility located in the parking area; (C) Meeting the requirements of a situation in
which it has unexpectedly become impossible or impractical for the
motor vehicle to continue to travel on the public roads; or
(D) Carrying out an activity for
which express permission has been given by the owner of the parking
area or an authorized representative of the owner.
(b) Any person who violates
subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a
fine: (1) Not to exceed
$50.00 for the first such offense; (2) Not to exceed $100.00 for the second such
offense; and (3) Not to
exceed $150.00 for the third or subsequent such offense.
(c) The governing authority of any
municipal corporation by ordinance may adopt by reference the
provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section without
publishing or posting in full the provisions thereof. Any person
violating any such ordinance shall be subject to a monetary
fine: (1) Not to exceed
$50.00 for the first such violation; (2) Not to exceed $100.00 for the second such
violation; and (3) Not to
exceed $150.00 for the third or subsequent such violation.
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