(A) It shall hereafter be illegal to park in areas duly prohibited by the Police Department and thereafter clearly marked accordingly on the streets of the town as well as thereafter clearly marked accordingly in parking areas of shopping centers where written request to so regulate has been previously received by the town.
CLEARLY MARKED shall be defined as marked so that a reasonable and prudent person would understand that parking had been prohibited in that particular spot.
(B) The Police Department is herein empowered and instructed to prepare a parking citation suitable for the violations and thereafter utilize the parking violation citations to cite offending vehicles. Service of the citation shall be presumed delivered by placement of the citation under the windshield wiper of the offending motor vehicle.
(C) The person, firm or corporation in whose name the vehicle is registered and licensed according to the records of the department or agency or the state, by whatever name designated, which is empowered to register the vehicles and to issue licenses for their operation upon the streets and highways of this state, shall be prima facie the violator as per the provision of G.S. § 20-162.1. In the event the officer issuing the citation pursuant to this section knows the person in charge of the vehicle at the time of the offense, the officer shall cite the offending driver in lieu of the registered vehicle owner.
(Ord. passed 1-7-1993) Penalty, see § 72.99