The police department, through its officers, shall have authority to issue parking tickets as follows:
A. Notice Of Violation: It shall be the duty of the police department upon observing a vehicle parked, standing or stopped in violation of the provisions of this chapter, to leave upon such vehicle a separate notice for each posted time limit or as frequently as every two (2) hours that such vehicle has been parked or stopped in violation of the provisions of this chapter. Among other things, each notice shall bear the date and hour of leaving the same at or upon the vehicle, make of the vehicle, and its license number, the specific code section violated and the amount of the fine, instructing the owner or operator of such vehicle to report to the city clerk-treasurer's office at the city hall. One copy of each notice mentioned herein shall be filed with the police department and one copy with the city clerk-treasurer's office.
B. Payment Of Citation; Fee Schedule: In order to eliminate burdening of courts with violations of ordinances and to eliminate, insofar as possible, public inconvenience, each person receiving a parking ticket left upon his or her vehicle shall:
1. Fee Schedule: Within seventy two (72) hours of the time of such notice, pay to the city clerk-treasurer at the city hall, in full satisfaction of such violation, the fee indicated in the following fee schedule for each notice left upon his or her vehicle:
2. Nonpayment: Within ten (10) days from the date of said parking violation ticket, if same has not been paid within the seventy two (72) hours above prescribed, pay to the city clerk-treasurer an additional three dollars ($3.00) for each such notice left upon his or her vehicle. The additional three dollars ($3.00) for each said ticket is necessary to defray additional administrative and clerical expenses. The failure of any operator to report and/or make such payments to the city clerk-treasurer within the times prescribed above shall render the owner or operator thereof subject to penalties as provided by section 5-2-14 of this chapter.
3. Entry Of Plea: Within seven (7) days from the date of said parking violation ticket, the person to whom said ticket is issued may appear at the city clerk-treasurer's office at the city hall, and enter a not guilty plea, which plea will be forwarded to the Buhl city prosecuting attorney to be handled under section 5-2-14 of this chapter.
C. Prima Facie Responsibility: If any vehicle is found stopped, standing or parked in any manner violative of the provisions of this chapter and the identity of the operator cannot be determined, the owner or person or corporation in whose name said vehicle is registered or the named lessee in a rental or lease agreement of said vehicle shall be held prima facie responsible for said violation. (1974 Code § 7-213)