(A) Any violation of this chapter shall constitute a civil traffic offense, punishable as provided in § 10.99(B).
(B) In any proceeding alleging the commission of a civil traffic offense by reason of the parking, location, or abandonment of any motor vehicle at any time or place, or under any circumstances, which shall constitute a violation of this chapter, the registered owner of such motor vehicle and/or the owner of recorded title to the premises on which the alleged violation occurred shall be held prima facie responsible for any such violation and shall be subject to paying the sanction for such violation, provided, however, that any such vehicle owner or landowner may provide as a matter of affirmative defense that some other specifically identified person committed the civil traffic offense complained of or that the offense was committed without his or her knowledge and was corrected within ten days after he or she received a citation with respect thereto.
(`87 Code, Art. 13-5) (Ord. 91-20, passed 7-9-91; Am. Ord. O-2005-07, passed 6-20-05)