A. A vehicle may not be parked or left standing upon a city street or city property for a period longer than 14 days without being moved at least one and a half vehicle lengths. The parking or leaving of a vehicle, other than a bicycle, on a city street or city property creates a prima facie presumption that the last-registered owner of the vehicle is responsible for the parking or leaving of the vehicle. In lieu of charging an operator who is not the owner of a vehicle with violating this section, the officer may issue a complaint and notice to appear, charging the owner with a violation of this section, and serving the complaint and notice to appear on the owner of the vehicle:
1. Personally; or
2. By certified mail, return receipt requested, at the address for the owner listed on the registration receipt for the vehicle or, following query through avail-able law enforcement systems, at the address maintained for the vehicle's owner by the jurisdiction in which the vehicle is titled or registered, or both.
B. Any owner twice convicted of violating this section is subject to having his or her vehicle towed and impounded on a third or subsequent violation.
C. Any person convicted of violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of twenty-five dollars. A person convicted of a second offense shall be fined an amount not less than twenty-five dollars and not more than three hundred dollars. A person convicted of a third or subsequent offense shall be fined three hundred dollars and pay all costs of towing and impounding the vehicle.
(Ord. 532 §1, 2018; Ord. 321 Art. 6 §7, 1974).