(a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the establishment of an automated street cleaning enforcement system which shall be administered by the department of streets and sanitation, in consultation with the department of finance, and enforced through a system of administrative adjudication within the department of administrative hearings.
(b) The system shall utilize a camera which records, through photographic means, the vehicle and the vehicle registration plate of a vehicle parked in violation of Section 9-64-040. The violation notice shall also display the time, date and location of the violation.
(c) The departments of streets and sanitation and finance through the traffic compliance administrator shall adopt rules and regulations as may be necessary for the proper enforcement and administration of this chapter.
(Added Coun. J. 7-30-08, p. 34899, § 1; Amend Coun, J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. I, § 7)
The registered owner of record of a vehicle is liable for a violation of this chapter and the fine set forth in Section 9-100-020 of this Code when the vehicle is parked in violation of Section 9-64-040 and that violation is recorded by a street sweeper camera as determined by a technician who inspects the recorded images created by the camera. A photographic recording of a violation obtained by a street sweeper camera and that has been inspected by a technician shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this chapter.
(Added Coun. J. 7-30-08, p. 34899, § 1)
For each violation of Section 9-64-040 recorded by a street sweeper camera, the traffic compliance administrator shall mail a violation notice, within 30 days after receiving information about the registered owner of the vehicle from the Secretary of State, to the registered owner of record of the vehicle used in the commission of the violation. The violation notice shall include the name and address of the registered owner of the vehicle; the vehicle make, if available and readily discernible, and registration number; the offense charged; the time, date and location of the alleged violation; the applicable fine and monetary penalty which shall be automatically assessed for late payment; information as to the availability of an administrative hearing in which the notice may be contested on its merits and the time and manner in which such hearing may be had; that the basis of the notice is a photographic record obtained by a street sweeper camera; and that the payment of the fine, and any applicable penalty for late payment shall operate as a final disposition of the violation.
(Added Coun. J. 7-30-08, p. 34899, § 1)
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