(a) The City of Cleveland Parking Violations Bureau is hereby established pursuant to RC 4521.04. The Parking Violations Bureau shall be within the office of the Clerk of the Cleveland Municipal Court. The Parking Violations Bureau has jurisdiction over each parking infraction that occurs within the territory of the City of Cleveland. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, each parking infraction that occurs within the jurisdiction of the Parking Violations Bureau and the enforcement of each such parking infraction shall be handled pursuant to and be governed by the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The operating costs of the Parking Violations Bureau shall be paid by the City of Cleveland. The Clerk of the Cleveland Municipal Court is hereby appointed as the Violations Clerk of the Parking Violations Bureau, with authority to appoint deputy clerks, hearing examiners and necessary clerical employees. No person shall be employed as a hearing examiner unless the person is an attorney admitted to the practice of law in this state or formerly was employed as a law enforcement officer.
(c) The fine, penalties, fees, and costs established for a parking infraction shall be collected, retained and disbursed by the Violations Clerk if the parking infraction out of which the fine, penalties, fees and costs arose occurred within the jurisdiction of the Parking Violations Bureau. The Violations Clerk shall provide tickets for parking infractions to law enforcement officers in the Division of Police upon requisition of the Chief of Police and shall also provide tickets for parking infractions upon requisition of the director or commissioner of any other department or division which has employees whose duties include the issuance of parking infraction tickets. Any person requisitioning tickets shall account to the Violations Clerk for all tickets requisitioned at such times as the Violations Clerk shall request. The fine, penalties, fees, and costs collected by the Violations Clerk for a parking infraction shall be disbursed by the Violations Clerk to the City of Cleveland.
(d) The Clerk of Court shall have authority to contract with any non-governmental entity to provide services in processing, collecting, and enforcing parking tickets issued by law enforcement officers and civil judgments and default civil judgments entered pursuant to this chapter. No contract shall affect the responsibilities of hearing examiners as prescribed in this chapter, or the ultimate responsibility of the Violations Clerk to collect, retain, and disburse fines, penalties, fees, and costs for parking infractions and monies paid in satisfaction of judgments and default judgments entered pursuant to this chapter. All contracts entered into by the Clerk of Court shall be subject to approval of City Council.
(e) The Director of Law and the Director of Finance are each authorized to enter into contract on behalf of the Clerk of the Cleveland Municipal Court for the collection of unpaid parking infraction judgments and default judgments. In addition to any other fees or charges authorized by these Codified Ordinances in relation to the commission of a parking infraction, the judgment debtor on unpaid parking infraction judgments or default judgments may be assessed an amount equal to the costs paid by the City to any vendor for the costs of collection of the debt.
(Ord. No. 645-06, § 2. Passed 6-12-06, eff. 6-16-06)