§ 72.069 OBSTRUCTION OF VIEW OF DRIVERS.

   Snow shall not be moved or piled on any location upon private property which obstructs the view of drivers of motor vehicles at intersections within the corporate limits of the city. Property owners or residents who have caused snow to be piled in such a manner as to obstruct the view of motor vehicle drivers at intersections as described above shall be contacted to remove the snow, and should they fail to comply within 24 hours from the date of the request being made, the snow shall be removed by the city at the property owner’s expense.

(Prior Code, § 72.59) (Ord. 94-09, passed 2-7-1994) Penalty, see § 72.999

§ 72.070 PAYMENT OF FINES AND COSTS.

   (A)   Whenever a police officer or community service technician of the city shall observe any motor vehicle parked, stopped, stalled or stuck in violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter, that officer shall take the registration number of the vehicle and may take any other information displayed on the vehicle which may identify its owner or operator, and shall conspicuously affix to such vehicle a traffic citation on a form provided by the Chief of Police for such purpose, which form shall require the owner or operator to answer the charge against the owner or operator in accordance with this section.

   (B)   A parking violation citation for violation of provisions of this subchapter shall contain, in addition to other information required by law, the following information:

      (1)   The amount of the administrative fee and fine if paid within five days;

      (2)   The amount of the administrative fee and fine if paid after five days;

      (3)   The location where the payment of the administrative fee and fine may be made; and

      (4)   A statement that a complaint will be filed after 15 days if the administrative fee and fine is not paid within that time.

(Prior Code, § 72.60) (Ord. 2326, passed 9-5-1973) Penalty, see § 72.999

ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

§ 72.085 VIOLATIONS BUREAU.

   (A)   Whenever any motor vehicle with or without a driver is found parked, standing or stopped in violation of this chapter or any statute of the state relating to parking, all of which shall be referred to in this section as “parking violations,” the police officer or community service technician finding the vehicle shall take the registration number of the vehicle and may take any other information displayed on the vehicle which may identify its owner or operator and shall conspicuously affix to the vehicle a traffic citation on a form provided by the Chief of Police for such purpose, which form shall require the owner or operator to answer to the charge against the owner or operator in accordance with this section.

   (B)   All citations for parking violations shall contain, in addition to any other information required by law, the following information:

      (1)   The amount of the administrative fee and fine if paid within five days;

      (2)   The amount of the administrative fee and fine if paid after five days;

      (3)   The location where the payment of the administrative fee and fine may be made; and

      (4)   A statement that a complaint will be filed after 15 days if the administrative fee and fine is not paid within that time.

   (C)   A police officer or community service technician may issue a parking citation in lieu of a state uniform citation for notifying alleged violators of violation of this chapter.

   (D)   Minor parking violators may waive being issued a state uniform citation to appear in county court by paying to the Police Department the fine designated on the parking ticket.

   (E)   Administrative fees and parking fines are set by resolution.

(Prior Code, § 72.75) (Ord. 98-27, passed 7-20-1998; Ord. 02-53, passed 10-7-2002)

§ 72.086 OWNER RESPONSIBLE.

   If any vehicle is found upon any street, road, terrace or alley in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and the identity of the driver cannot be determined, the owner or person in whose name the vehicle is registered shall be held prima facie responsible for the violation.

(Prior Code, § 72.76) (Ord. 98-27, passed 7-20-1998; Ord. 02-53, passed 10-7-2002)

§ 72.087 EMERGENCY VEHICLES.

   Emergency vehicles are exempt from the provisions of this section, when being operated as such by a valid operator.

(Prior Code, § 72.77) (Ord. 02-53, passed 10-7-2002)

§ 72.088 AUTOMOBILE IMPOUNDMENT.

   (A)   There is hereby created in the city a pound for the impounding of automobiles and other vehicles of any character, which is hereby designated as an “automobile pound.”

   (B)   The Mayor is hereby empowered and directed to locate the automobile pound and to designate any other locations as may be contracted for by the city for the placement of impounded vehicles where and as may seem appropriate for the purpose and as may be necessary to accommodate the vehicles impounded. The Mayor may change the location of the automobile pound or location designated for the placement of impounded vehicles as may seem appropriate for the purpose and as may be necessary to accommodate the vehicles impounded. The city may enter into a contract with private persons, firms and corporations for the towing of the impounded vehicles and any other vehicle found to be in violation of the ordinances of the city.

   (C)   Whenever any vehicle is found by a police officer or community service technician to be left standing in the streets, alleys, public ways or parking facilities, or other public places of the city in violation of any ordinances of the city or which presents a traffic hazard or obstruction to traffic, vehicular or pedestrian, the police officer or community service technician may remove and convey the vehicle by means of towing it or otherwise to the automobile pound, or the police officer or community service technician may remove the vehicle or order that the vehicle be towed to the location contracted for by the city for the placement of impounded vehicles; and thereupon the vehicle shall not be discharged or removed from the automobile pound, or the location as may have been contracted for by the city for the placement of impounded vehicles, except upon payment by the owner, driver or operator of the vehicle of a towing, administrative, citation and storage fee. In the case when the vehicle is towed or removed to a location contracted for by the city for the placement of impounded vehicles, then the owner, driver or operator shall pay the towing fees and storage costs as may be established by a contract between the city and the person, firm or corporation operating the facility. When the owner, driver or operator of the vehicle so impounded claims the vehicle, it shall be the duty of the person in charge to inform the owner, driver or operator of the nature and circumstances of the violation for which the vehicle was impounded.

   (D)   Nothing in this section shall be construed as superseding any other provisions of this title concerning the proper parking or operation of vehicles, and the collection of a fee therefor under this section shall not prevent or preclude prosecution for the violation of any of the provisions of this title concerning the parking or operation of vehicles in the city.

(Prior Code, § 72.78) (Ord. 98-27, passed 7-20-1998; Ord. 02-53, passed 10-7-2002)