(a) A motor vehicle parking in violation of any provision of this chapter may be removed upon the order of any officer of the Division of Police, and impounded at a location reasonably close to the City. Any person found guilty of a violation of this chapter, resulting in such removal and impoundment, shall be responsible for, and shall pay, all reasonable costs of such removal and impoundment, including towing and storage fees, if any. Any person being the owner of a vehicle towed and stored by the City pursuant to the provisions of Section 751.10(c) shall be responsible for and shall pay all reasonable costs of such removal and storage.
(b) If no other penalty is specified, whoever is found guilty of violating any provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree and subject to the penalties provided for the same by statute. Any person found guilty of more than three violations of this chapter in any six month period is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree for each such subsequent violation, and is subject to the penalties provided for the same by statute. The six-month period referred to herein commences on the date of the conviction or waiver upon the first violation.
(Ord. 88-133. Passed 11-21-88.)
(c) Whoever is charged with the violation of Sections 751.01, 751.02, (except 751.02(p)), 751.03, 751.04, 751.05, 751.07, 751.08, 751.09 or 751.11(b) may, in lieu of charge, trial, finding and penalty, pay the sum of twenty dollars ($20.00) or, in the case of a violation of Section 751.02(p) (fire lane parking violation) or Section 751.06 (handicap parking violation), pay the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) at the Traffic Violations Bureau, in person or by mail, within forty-eight hours of such violation, together with the execution of a written waiver of all further rights granted to persons charged with the commission of a crime.
(d) In the event that the waiver and sum provided in Section 751.99(c), above, is not executed and paid, the person charged with such violation may pay the sum of thirty dollars ($30.00) at the Traffic Violation Bureau, in person or by mail, within fifteen days following the date of such violation, together with the execution of a written waiver of all further rights granted to persons charged with the commission of a crime.
(Ord. 2004-9. Passed 2-17-04.)
(e) The execution of the written waiver, as set out herein, shall be deemed a plea of guilty, waiver of court appearance, and acknowledgment of conviction of the violation alleged, and may be accepted, together with the monetary sum set out herein above, in full satisfaction of the penalty prescribed by ordinance upon conviction of a violation of any provision of this chapter.
(Ord. 88-133. Passed 11-21-88.)