(A) Hereafter, the Sheriff of the county shall be authorized to place a county police officer at the entrance of the Watt Street parking lot, beginning at 3:00 a.m. on each working day, to regulate ingress and entrance into said parking lot. Said officer shall be authorized to refuse entrance into said parking lot to any individual, entity or firm, whose purpose for seeking entrance into said lot is not consistent with the provisions of Recital C in the ordinance from which this schedule is derived.
(B) The Sheriff, through his or her designated officers, shall be authorized hereby to issue a written citation against any such unauthorized vehicle (and the person owning such vehicle) who parks and utilizes the Watt St. parking lot for purposes that are contrary to the purposes set forth in Recital C in the ordinance from which this schedule is derived.
(C) Upon the issuance of the first such citation, the owner of the violating vehicle shall be subject, if proven by a preponderance of evidence in the county court, to a finding of an ordinance violation and shall further be subject to payment of a judgment of not less than $1, and not more than $25, plus court costs, for the first violation of this schedule.
(D) Upon the issuance of a second citation and proof of a second violation of this schedule, the owner of the violating vehicle shall be subject, if proven by a preponderance of evidence in the county court, to a finding of an ordinance violation and shall be further subject to payment of a judgment of not less than $25, and not more than $40, plus court costs, for such second violation of this schedule.
(E) Upon discovery of a third violation of this schedule, the owner of the violating vehicle shall be subject to, in addition to the monetary judgment and costs set forth in division (D) above, to having his or her or its offending vehicle removed from the Watt Street parking lot and towed to a local towing storage lot. If such towing shall occur, the owner of the subject vehicle shall be responsible, in addition to the monetary judgment and costs described in division (D) above, to pay all costs incurred in such towing, including the cost for obtaining release of said vehicle from the towing storage lot at his or her or its own expense.
(Ord. 4-1991, passed 2-19-1991)