(A) Violation; notice. Whenever any member of the city police force shall observe that any of the provisions of any traffic and parking ordinance in force and effect in the city, are being or have been violated by the owner or operator of any vehicle or cycle, except a moving traffic violation under the exclusive jurisdiction of Marion County Municipal Court, the officer shall notify the owner or operator of any such vehicle or cycle, in writing, of such violation and shall order him or her to report at the office of the City Clerk- Treasurer within 72 hours after notice. Such notice shall be made in duplicate and shall show the specific violation charged, the state license number of the vehicle or cycle, and the owner’s and operator’s name, if possible to obtain the same, and shall be signed by the officer giving such notice.
(B) Copies of notices. One copy of such notice shall be presented to the operator or owner of the vehicle or cycle, or representative of the owner found in charge of such vehicle or cycle. In case the owner or operator or the representative of the owner or operator is not found in possession, or in charge of the vehicle or cycle, the posting of such traffic or parking notice in a conspicuous place upon such vehicle or cycle shall be deemed sufficient notice of such violation. It shall be the duty of the officer serving such notice to turn in the duplicate copy of the notice to the Clerk-Treasurer within 24 hours after such notice is served.
(C) Payment of fine. The owner or operator of a vehicle or cycle, who has been notified of a violation, as provided herein, shall, within 72 hours after having been so notified, present himself or herself with his or her notice at the office of the Clerk-Treasurer, and for a first violation of any traffic or parking ordinance within one calendar year, which he or she is willing to admit having violated, he or she shall pay the Clerk-Treasurer a fee of $5; for a second violation within a calendar year, a fee of $10; and for each subsequent violation within a calendar year, a fee of $15.
(D) Receipt issued; entry and records. Upon payment of any fee, as provided for in division (C) of this section, the Clerk- Treasurer shall issue a receipt to the owner or operator of any vehicle or cycle so paying such fine, and shall also cause a permanent record to be made showing the amount of the paid fee, the date thereof, the number of the state license and the name of the owner or operator thereof, and whether it was the first, second, or subsequent violation by such owner or operator.
(E) Failure to appear. Whenever any person, who has been duly notified to appear in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer for a violation of any traffic and parking ordinance in force and effect in the city, fails or refuses to appear as directed, within 72 hours after service of such notice, or having appeared, fails or refuses to pay the fee provided for his or her offense, then it is the duty of the officer serving the notice to file, or cause to be filed, in a court having jurisdiction of such violation, an affidavit charging such person with the violation specified in the notice, and thereafter to have or cause to be had, the necessary proceedings in court to prosecute any such person for a violation of any traffic or parking ordinance.
('67 Code, § 71.01)