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As authorized by A.R.S. § 28-627(E), the Police Chief is authorized to appoint, and when necessary remove, unarmed police aides who shall be employed by the Police Department and shall be empowered to commence an action or proceeding before a court or judge for any violation of the ordinances of the city regulating the standing or parking of vehicles. The authority of unarmed police aides is strictly limited to the enforcement of ordinances of the city regulating the standing or parking of vehicles, and in no way shall be construed to grant other powers or benefits to which peace officers of this state are entitled.
(Ord. 1356, passed 4-6-2010)
As authorized by A.R.S. § 28-886, the Police Chief may establish a volunteer parking enforcement program for parking for persons with physical disabilities. The Police Chief or his or her designated representative is authorized to appoint volunteers to issue citations for violations of Vol. I, § 12-3-8, regulating parking in parking spaces for persons with physical disabilities.
(Ord. 1356, passed 4-6-2010)
(A) In an action involving unlawful parking, a copy of the notice need not be personally served upon the owner or operator of the vehicle but may be served by attaching a copy to the vehicle.
(B) The notice shall include the date, time and location of the violation, the state license number of the vehicle unlawfully parked, reference to the city code provision violated and notice that within 7 calendar days from the day on which the notice was issued the sanction for the violation must be paid and received by the Apache Junction Municipal Court or a request made and received by the Apache Junction Municipal Court for a hearing to contest the alleged violation. The notice shall also list the additional sanctions applied (from 8 to 30 days and after 30 days) in which the citation remains unpaid.
(C) The notice, or copy thereof, shall constitute prima facie evidence of the parking infraction.
(Ord. 1356, passed 4-6-2010)
Within 7 calendar days from the day on which the notice was issued, the person or persons liable for the parking violation shall respond to the notice by 1 of the following methods:
(A) By appearing in person, by representation or by mail to the Apache Junction Municipal Court within the 7 calendar day period, admitting responsibility for the violation and paying the civil sanction prescribed for the violation. The phrase “by representation” noted in this article and in division (B) below means a person who is actively licensed in the State of Arizona as an attorney in good standing with the Arizona State Bar and who has agreed to advocate for the person or persons liable for the parking violation;
(B) By contacting the Apache Junction Municipal Court in person, by representation, by telephone, by mail within the 7 calendar day period and requesting a hearing to contest the alleged violation. The hearing officer at this hearing may accept the defendant’s explanation and dismiss the notice of violation or shall inform the defendant that the civil sanction must be paid or a request must be made for a civil traffic hearing to contest the alleged violation; and/or
(C) A request for a hearing or payment of the civil sanction will be considered received by the city if it is actually delivered to the Apache Junction Municipal Court or postmarked within 7 calendar days after the date the notice of violation was issued. A request for a hearing made by telephone will be considered received the day it is made if it is received by an Apache Junction Municipal Court employee between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. of any day, except on Saturday, Sunday or a city holiday.
(Ord. 1356, passed 4-6-2010)
(A) The sanctions listed in the following schedule are the minimum sanctions that may be imposed by the Apache Junction Municipal Court or other court, should the case be transferred thereto, for violations of the articles of the city code listed below, except that in cases involving violations of Apache Junction City Code, Volume I, § 12-3-8, the court may, on the first issuance of a citation, reduce the minimum sanction to $50 upon being shown proof or otherwise reasonably believing that the violator had a removable windshield placard but either forgot to place it or it fell out of sight of the enforcing officer.
(B) Any person violating any of the provisions of this code other than those specified in the following schedule shall be liable for the imposition of a civil sanction not to exceed $250.
City Ordinance | Description | Initial Sanction When Paid Within 7 Calendar Days | Sanction When Paid Within 8 - 30 Calendar Days | Sanction When Unpaid After 30 Calendar Days |
Parking more than 18 inches from curb. | $30.00 | $60.00 | $120.00 | |
12-3-2(A) | Blocking traffic. | $30.00 | $60.00 | $120.00 |
12-3-2(B) | Blocking a public or private driveway or entrance to an alley. | $50.00 | $100.00 | $200.00 |
12-3-2(C) | Parking where prohibited or restricted by official signs. | $50.00 | $100.00 | $200.00 |
Parking adjacent to schools where prohibited by signs. | $30.00 | $60.00 | $120.00 | |
Parking contrary to posted angle, 1-way or prohibited/restricted parking signs. | $30.00 | $60.00 | $120.00 | |
Parking on a sidewalk, or in the area between the curb and the sidewalk. | $50.00 | $100.00 | $200.00 | |
12-3-6(A) | Parking an abandoned vehicle on a street or other public property. | $50.00 | $100.00 | $200.00 |
12-3-7(A) | Stopping, standing or parking in a fire lane. | $100.00 | $200.00 | $300.00 |
Parking in places reserved for the physically disabled. | $300.00 | $400.00 | $500.00 | |
Parking over-sized vehicles in residential areas. | $50.00 | $100.00 | $200.00 | |
Parking an unattended vehicle on a roadway. | $50.00 | $100.00 | $200.00 |
(Ord. 1356, passed 4-6-2010; Am. Ord. 1380, passed 4-3-2012)