(a) When a person is personally or constructively served with a parking ticket charging the commission of a parking infraction and fails to answer the charge within the time specified in Section 454.05, the Parking Violations Bureau shall send a notification of infraction as follows:
(1) If the person who fails to answer was the operator of the vehicle involved in the parking infraction at the time of the commission of the parking infraction and was personally served with the parking ticket, a notification of infraction shall be sent to that person, and, additionally, if such person is not the owner of the vehicle as determined from the records of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, a notification of infraction shall also be sent to the owner at his or her most recent address appearing in such records.
(2) If the person who fails to answer was the owner of the vehicle and was constructively served with the parking ticket, a notification of infraction shall be sent to the owner at his or her most recent address appearing in the records of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
(b) A notification of infraction shall be sent within ninety days after the expiration of the time specified in Section 454.05 for the making of an answer, shall be sent by first class mail, and shall contain all of the following:
(1) An identification of the parking infraction with which the person was charged and the time and date of the infraction, which identification may be a copy of the parking ticket;
(2) The amount of the fine, penalties, fees and costs due;
(3) A warning that the person must answer the parking infraction charged in the ticket within thirty days or a default civil judgment in the amount of the fines, penalties, fees and costs due may be entered against the person;
(4) A description of the allowable answers that may be made and notification that the person will be afforded a hearing before the Bureau if he or she denies in his or her answer that he or she committed the parking infraction;
(5) An identification of the manner in which, and the entity to which, an answer may be made;
(6) A warning that if the person fails to appear at a requested hearing, a default civil judgment in the amount of the fine, penalties, fees and costs due may be entered against the person; and
(7) A warning that the registration of the vehicle involved in the parking infraction, if the vehicle is registered in this State, may not be renewed or transferred if a civil judgment is entered against the person until the judgment is paid or until it is otherwise finally disposed of in a manner specified in this chapter.
(c) A person who receives a notification of infraction pursuant to this section may answer in any of the ways provided in Section 454.05(a) for answers to a parking infraction charged in a parking ticket. An answer under this section shall be made within thirty days after the date on which the notification of infraction was mailed and shall be in one of the forms specified in Section 454.05(a) for answers to parking infractions charged in a parking ticket, except that if the answer includes payment of the fine arising out of the parking infraction, any penalty, fee or cost arising out of such infraction shall also be paid. The answer shall be governed by Section 454.05(b) for answers relative to parking infractions charged in a parking ticket, except that any determination of the amount to be paid under an answer admitting the commission of the parking infraction with explanation shall consider any penalty, fee or cost arising out of such infraction.
(d) If a person who is issued a notification of infraction fails to timely answer, as provided in division (c) of this section, the failure to answer shall be considered an admission that the person committed the parking infraction, and a default civil judgment of the amount of the fine, penalties and costs due may be entered against the person. Failure to timely answer the parking infraction identified in the notification of the infraction may result in the imposition of an additional penalty as prescribed by ordinance.
(e) The sending of a notification of infraction, the filing of or failure to file an answer by the person to whom it is sent, the substance of an answer, the payment of any fine, penalty, fee and cost, and any other relevant information, shall be entered in the records of the Bureau.
(Ord. 163-96. Passed 12-23-96.)