(A) Any person violating any provisions of this chapter, for which no specific penalty is prescribed, shall be subject to § 10.99.
(B) (1) Whenever any vehicle is parked contrary to the provisions of §§ 70.01 through 70.25, or any other ordinance relating to parking in the city, the Police Department shall attach to the vehicle a ticket meeting the requirements of state law, stating that it has been parked in violation of this chapter, and instructing the owner or operator to report to the Police Department in regard to a violation. The owner or operator may pay the Chief of Police, or his or her duly authorized agent, or may deposit in receptacles provided at City Hall for purposes in full satisfaction of the violations the sum in an amount as set by Council from time to time, unless otherwise provided on the ticket or as specified in state law.
(2) Any person violating any provision of §§ 70.01 through 70.25, or other ordinances of the city relating to parking, and who has not paid the sums of money as provided in this section within ten days after the ticket was issued, shall be charged with a petty misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine in an amount as set by Council from time to time.
(D) The owner of any motor vehicle found violating the regulations of § 70.50 may be cited in an amount as set by Council from time to time for the first offense, in an amount as set by Council from time to time for the second offense, and in an amount as set by Council from time to time for the third offense and every offense thereafter within the same winter season, and the vehicle may be immediately removed and impounded by any police officer or person designated by the Council. The vehicle shall be surrendered only to the duly identified owner or representative thereof, and upon payment of the cost of towing and storage. Any damage occasioned to any vehicles by the towing operations shall be the responsibility of the owner or operator thereof, and no liability for damages shall be imposed against, nor shall any damage be assumed by, the city.
(E) Any person, firm, or corporation who commits a violation of Traffic Schedule I shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine in an amount as set by Council from time to time, plus the cost of prosecution in any case.
(Ord. 192, passed 3-1-1999; Ord. 251, passed 4-3-2007; Ord. 280, passed 1-8-2019)