(a) The following is the schedule of civil fines for parking violations under this chapter, Chapter 32, and Chapter 51A of this code that are made civil offenses under this division:
VIOLATION
|
FINE
| |
(1) | $110 | |
(2) | Section 28-159.1 | $50 |
(3) | $40 | |
(4) | $35 | |
(5) | $50 | |
(6) | Any other parking violation | $30 |
(b) If a civil fine is assessed under this division, it must be in accordance with this section. A fine may not be waived or modified by a hearing officer, or by a municipal court on appeal, except that additional penalties and other costs may be added in accordance with this section.
(c) An additional penalty in an amount equal to the original fine will be assessed if a vehicle owner or operator, or the agent of the owner or operator, fails to:
(1) answer to a parking violation charge within 15 calendar days after the date of issuance of the parking citation or fails to appear at any hearing scheduled after 15 calendar days from the date of the parking citation; or
(2) after being found liable, pay all civil fines, fees, and costs assessed for a parking violation within the time designated by the hearing officer.
(d) An additional penalty of $30 will be assessed if a vehicle owner or operator, or the agent of the owner or operator, fails to pay all civil fines, fees, penalties, and costs assessed for a parking violation within 31 calendar days after the assessment of the additional penalty described in Subsection (c).
(e) A penalty assessed under Subsection (c) or (d) of this section may be waived by a hearing officer, or by a municipal court on appeal, if the vehicle owner or operator, or agent of the vehicle owner or operator, can establish that:
(1) through no fault of the vehicle owner or operator, or agent of the vehicle owner or operator:
(A) no notice of the parking violation was received as required by this article;
(B) no notice of the hearing officer’s order was received as required by this article; or
(C) payment of the fine assessed for the parking violation was not posted in a timely manner;
(2) the penalty was assessed in error; or
(3) the vehicle was at the time of the violation stopped, stood, or parked in response to a medical emergency.
(f) In addition to all fines, penalties, and other costs assessed under this division, a person found liable for a parking violation shall pay a court cost of $5 as required by Article 102.014 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
(g) The minimum fine established in Subsection (a)(4) of this section must be doubled for the second conviction of the same offense within any 24-month period and trebled for the third and subsequent convictions of the same offense within any 24-month period. (Ord. Nos. 20012; 20269; 21004; 21194; 21612; 22340; 24411; 26309; 27210; 27553)