9-64-210 Television news permit parking areas.

   (a)   A television news permit parking area for vehicles used to transport filming equipment and for transmitting and receiving television news signals shall be established on the west side of North Clark Street from a point 85 feet south of Lake Street to a point 52 feet north of Randolph Street, excluding the distance of 15 feet north and 15 feet south of any fire hydrant located within such area.

   (b)   The Traffic Compliance Administrator is authorized to issue television news parking permits to television news stations. Each permit shall be individually numbered and shall indicate the name of the television news station and the authorized location where the vehicle is permitted to park. The permit shall be issued annually and without charge.

   (c)   The commissioner of transportation shall place and maintain appropriate signs indicating the area in which parking is restricted to vehicles displaying a television news parking permit.

   (d)   No television news station may park more than one vehicle in the television news parking permit area at any time.

   (e)   It shall be unlawful to stand or park any vehicle that does not display a television news parking permit at a location established pursuant to subsection (a) and marked with signs erected pursuant to subsection (c). Any vehicle parked in violation of this section shall be subject to an immediate tow to a city vehicle pound.

(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10832; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-16, p. 38042, Art. IV, § 2)

9-64-220 Parking violations – Enforcement – Prima facie responsibility designated.

   (a)   Whenever any vehicle is parked in violation of any provision of the traffic code prohibiting or restricting vehicular standing or parking, the person in whose name the vehicle is registered with the Secretary of State of Illinois shall be prima facie responsible for the violation and subject to the penalty therefor.

   (b)   Whenever any vehicle is parked in violation of any provision of the traffic code prohibiting or restricting vehicular parking or standing, any police officer, traffic control aide, other designated member of the police department, parking enforcement aide or other person designated by the Traffic Compliance Administrator observing such violation may issue a parking violation notice and serve the notice on the owner of the vehicle by handing it to the operator of the vehicle, if he is present, or by affixing it to the vehicle in a conspicuous place. The issuer of the notice shall specify on the notice his identification number, the particular parking regulation allegedly violated, the make and state registration number of the cited vehicle, and the place, date, time and nature of the alleged violation and shall certify the correctness of the specified information by signing his name as provided in Section 11-208.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.

(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-16, p. 38042, Art. IV, § 2)

9-64-230 Standing or parking violations punishable by fine.

   The violation of any provision of the traffic code prohibiting or restricting vehicular standing or parking shall be a civil offense punishable by fine, and no criminal penalty, or civil sanction other than that prescribed in this Code, shall be imposed.

(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634)