(A) Pursuant to I.C. 33-6-1(c), the Clerk-Treasurer of the Town of Cicero is hereby designated as the Violations Clerk for purposes of this chapter.
(B) Subject to the terms, conditions, and qualifications set forth in division (D) hereof, the following ordinances and the Cicero Code of Ordinances shall be subject to admission of violation before the Clerk-Treasurer of the Town of Cicero, or his/her designee:
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
Chapter 50: Waterworks System
Chapter 51: Sewage Works System
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
Chapter 70: General Provisions
Chapter 71: Traffic Rules
Chapter 72: Parking Regulations
Chapter 73: Bicycles
Chapter 74: Snowmobiles and Off-Road Vehicles
Chapter 75: Traffic Schedules
Chapter 76: Parking Schedules
TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
Chapter 90: Animals
Chapter 91: Fireworks; Fire Prevention
Chapter 92: Littering
Chapter 93: Nuisances
Chapter 94: Streets and Sidewalks
Chapter 95: Haz-Mat Emergency Pre-Plan
Chapter 96: Parks and Recreation
Chapter 97: Fire Detection Equipment
TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
Chapter 110: General Licensing Provisions
Chapter 111: Peddlers, Itinerant Merchants, and Solicitors
Chapter 112: Valuable Metal Dealers
Chapter 113: Taxicabs
Chapter 114: Billiard Rooms
TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
Chapter 130: General Offenses
TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
Chapter 150: Building Code
Chapter 150A: Moving of Buildings
Chapter 151: Zoning Code
Chapter 152: [Reserved]
Chapter 153: Signs
Chapter 154: Subdivision Control Code
Chapter 155: Comprehensive Plan
Chapter 156: Flood Hazard Areas
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
Table
I. Annexations
II. Real Estate Transactions
II. Sale of Property
IV. Streets and Alleys
V. Zoning Map Changes
PARALLEL REFERENCES
References to Indiana Code
References to Ordinances
(C) The penalty for the first violation of any ordinances or Code Chapter set forth herein and disposed of through the Violations Clerk shall be $25.00. The penalty for a second violation of the same ordinance within the same calendar year shall be $50.00. The penalty for a third or subsequent violation of the same ordinance within the same calendar year shall be $100.00.
(D) The penalties prescribed in division (C) of this section shall apply only when an alleged violator elects to admit an ordinance or code violation and pays the prescribed fine to the Violation Clerk. Division (C) of this section shall not amend or supersede any other penalty sections of the Cicero Code of Ordinances including, but not limited to, the abatement of nuisances, issuance and revocation of licenses, the right of the town to files liens against personal and real property, the destruction of the town’s property, the right of the Cicero Police Department to declare and dispose of abandoned and/junk vehicles, the enforcement of Title XV of the Code of Ordinances entitled Land Usages, and the right of the town, the Cicero Plan Commission, and/or the Cicero Board of Zoning Appeals to seek preliminary and/or injunctive relief in a court of law. In the event of a violation of the town’s Code of Ordinances including, but not limited to, weeds, nuisances, abandoned and/or junk vehicles, illegal sewer and water tap-ins, zoning, subdivision control, and land usage, the Department, Agency, Commission, Board, Council, or the person empowered by federal, state, and local statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations, in the application and enforcement of the said statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations shall, in its sole discretion, make a determination as to whether to apply and enforce the penalty prescribed in division (C) of this section or to proceed under any other penalty sections of the Cicero Code of Ordinances. If the enforcement entity makes a determination to proceed under any other penalty section of the Cicero Code of Ordinances, then the schedule of penalties set forth in division (C) hereof and the payment of the same to the Violations Clerk shall not apply.
(E) If an alleged violator who has been cited under this section elects not to admit an ordinance violation, the town shall have the right to bring suit against the alleged violator seeking fines greater than those permitted under division (C), which are otherwise authorized by the Cicero Code of Ordinances.
(Ord. 6-15-99-1, passed 7-15-99)
Statutory reference:
I.C. 33-6 repealed by P.L.98-2004, Sec. 164.