(a) Process Of Settlement: Any person accused of any of the following enumerated motor vehicle parking or standing offenses may, in lieu of a court appearance, settle and compromise the ordinance violation notice or citation by payment of the fines and penalties hereinafter provided in accordance with the instructions contained in the citation or violation notice.
(b) Payment Schedule: The parking or standing offense described in any citation issued pursuant to this section may be settled, compromised and paid in the respective amounts set forth in the following payment schedule. Citations issued pursuant to this section may be compromised and settled for the compromise amount if paid within the time specified in the citation.
Code Section | Parking Or Standing Violation | Compromise Amount |
Code Section | Parking Or Standing Violation | Compromise Amount |
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(a)(2) | On any sidewalk or parkway | $25.00 |
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(a)(3) | In any intersection | 25.00 |
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(a)(4) | In any crosswalk | 25.00 |
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(a)(5) | Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb, or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone | 25.00 |
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(a)(7) | Upon any bridge or viaduct, or in any subway or approach thereto | 25.00 |
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(a)(9) | At any place where vehicle standing will reduce usable roadway width to less than 12 feet | 25.00 |
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(b)(1) | Obstruction of any driveway | 25.00 |
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(b)(2) | Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant | 25.00 |
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(b)(3) | Within 20 feet of a crosswalk or an intersection | 25.00 |
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(b)(4) | Within 30 feet of any stop sign, yield sign or traffic control signal | 25.00 |
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(c)(1) | Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad grade crossing | 25.00 |
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(c)(2) | At any place where official signs prohibit parking | 25.00 |
Failure to park parallel to within 12 inches of the curb line | 25.00 | |
Parking with the left side of the vehicle next to the curb, except on one-way streets | 25.00 | |
Displaying vehicle for sale | 25.00 | |
Violation of all night parking restrictions | 25.00 | |
In a designated no loading zone | 25.00 | |
At any place where parking is prohibited for snow removal | 25.00 | |
Where prohibited for street cleaning | 25.00 | |
Parking on private property without consent | 25.00 | |
For failure to pay parking fees for parking in village parking lots | 25.00 | |
For violation of village parking lot regulations | 25.00 | |
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(d) | Parking on village streets between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 12:00 noon where prohibited | 25.00 |
All other parking violations not listed above and described in article 12 of this chapter | 25.00 | |
(c) Late Payment Amount: Failure to pay the compromise penalty assessed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section within thirty (30) days shall result in an increase of said compromise penalty to twice the amount set forth in this section.
(d) Payment Of Fines: Fines and compromise penalties assessed pursuant to this section shall be paid at the village hall or police department and a receipt shall be issued for all money so received. All money received pursuant to this section shall be promptly turned over to the village treasurer to be used in the manner provided for in the disposition of fines for traffic violations.
(e) Filing Complaint: In the event that the person to whom the citation is issued fails to settle and pay the compromise penalty amount within the time prescribed in this section (or within the period of time otherwise specified in a final notice if a final notice is served upon the offender), a notice to appear or uniform traffic complaint may be issued to said offender for the violation and said person shall be subject to the general penalty set forth in this section.
(f) General Penalty: Unless another penalty is otherwise specifically provided in this article, any person violating any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than seventy five dollars ($75.00) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and court costs. (Ord. 0-11-01, 1-18-2011)
Provided that this section shall not apply to persons parking a vehicle so as to obstruct the entrance or exit of any place where police or fire department apparatus or other emergency equipment is kept or housed, or so as to block an emergency entrance in a hospital. Nor shall this section apply to any person charged with parking a vehicle so as to entirely obstruct traffic in any street or alley, or parking in such a way as to reduce traffic on an arterial street to one-way traffic only; nor to any person who refuses to move a vehicle illegally parked at the request of any member of the police department. (1963 Code § 20.805; amd. Ord. 0-78-25, 5-15-1978; Ord. 0-79-43, 7-2-1979)
The village attorney is hereby empowered to file a civil action to recover any penalty or fine for the violation of any ordinance contained in article 12 of this chapter. Pursuant to 65 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/1-2-9.1, in all actions for violation of this code wherein the fine for said violation would not be in excess of two hundred dollars ($200.00) and no jail term could be imposed, service of summons may be by certified mail, return receipt requested, whether service is to be within or without the state. (Ord. 0-88-27, 5-2-1988)
The village may send a notice of eligibility for driver's license suspension to the owner of a registered vehicle who has failed to satisfy any fine or penalty imposed by final judgment for ten (10) or more village parking violations. Said notice shall be sent to the owner by first class United States mail, postage prepaid. All fines or penalties for such parking violations must be satisfied within forty five (45) days of the notice date. Failure to either: a) satisfy said fines or penalties within forty five (45) days, or b) to establish within forty five (45) days to the village's satisfaction that the notice recipient is not the owner or lessee of the vehicle or vehicles receiving ten (10) or more parking violations or that the notice recipient has already paid the fines or penalties for the ten (10) or more violations, shall result in the village notifying the secretary of state by a certified report that the registered owner's driver's license is eligible for suspension. A copy of the certified report to be sent to the secretary of state shall be available for review by the notice recipient during the forty five (45) day period. (Ord. 0-93-02, 1-4-1993)