(A) (1) Enforcement. It shall be the duty of the police to patrol the public highways and to make arrests for violations of the provisions of this title.
(Prior Code, § 6-10-1)
(2) Parking violations.
(a) Nuisance declared; impoundment. Every vehicle parked in violation of this title is hereby declared to be a nuisance which may be abated by any police officer by removing and conveying the vehicle to the vehicle pound or pounds designated by the Village Board. Before the owner or person entitled to possession of any legally impounded vehicle shall be permitted to remove the same, he or she shall furnish evidence of ownership or right to possession, and shall pay for the cost of towing or removal to the vehicle pound and the cost of storage for each day or fraction thereof in the pound.
(b) Parking tickets. Whenever any vehicle is parked in violation of the provisions of this title prohibiting or restricting parking, and there is no person in attendance upon the parked vehicle to be arrested or served immediately with a notice to appear in court to answer the charge of the violation, any police officer observing the violation may attach to the vehicle used in the violation, a notification or ticket, so that the person in whose name the vehicle is registered may appear in court on a day certain to be named on the ticket and answer to the charges of the violation. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than the driver of the vehicle to which the ticket or notification is attached, to remove same from the vehicle.
(c) Prima facie responsibility. Whenever any vehicle shall have been parked in violation of any provisions of this title prohibiting or restricting parking, the person in whose name the vehicle is registered shall be prima facie responsible for the violation and subject to the fee thereof.
(Prior Code, § 6-10-2)
(3) Fines and penalties. In the absence of any other fine or penalty stated in the other provisions of this title:
(a) Any person convicted of violations of § 76.14(B) or (C) shall be fined not more than $750.
(b) Any person convicted of violations of § 70.06 shall be fined not more than $750 or imprisoned in the county jail for not less than two days and not more than one year or both the fine and imprisonment.
(c) Any person convicted of violations of any section of this title, except those specifically mentioned in divisions (A)(3)(a) or (b) above or for which a fine and/or penalty has not been provided elsewhere in this title, shall be fined not more than $750.
(Prior Code, § 6-10-3)
(B) Any driver or operator of a motor vehicle who, having been given a visual or audible signal by a peace officer directing the driver or operator to bring his or her vehicle to a stop, according to § 70.04(A), willfully fails or refuses to obey the direction, increases his or her speed, extinguishes his or her lights or otherwise flees or attempts to elude the officer, shall be fined not more than $750. The signal given by the peace officer may be by hand, voice, siren, red or blue light; provided, the officer giving the signal shall be in police uniform, and if driving a vehicle, the vehicle shall be marked showing it to be an official police vehicle. Notice of conviction shall be sent to the Secretary of State for penalties prescribed by state law.
(Prior Code, § 6-2-4) (Ord. 2576, passed 11-5-2020)