(A) Appearance of violator in Court; payment of fines; fine schedules. The owner or operator of a vehicle who has been notified of a violation of this chapter, as provided in § 70.086, shall, within 72 hours after having been so notified, appear at the City Court. There, he or she may plead not guilty and demand a trial at a time to be fixed by the Court. If he or she desires to exercise the option of paying to the Cafeteria Court, he or she shall answer to the City Court at the Cafeteria Court and shall, by so doing, plead guilty to the charge of the violation and pay the fine prescribed in this chapter. The acceptance of the fine and plea shall be deemed complete satisfaction for the violation, and the violator shall be given a receipt which so states; provided, that the prescribed fines upon the pleas of guilty shall be as follows:
(1) (a) If the owner or operator of the motor vehicle shall admit and plead guilty to have violated any provision of any one of the following sections, he or she shall thereupon pay to the Cafeteria Court a minimum fine of $25, including parking meter violations, for each violation plus court costs: §§ 70.016, 70.018, 70.022, 71.001, 71.017, 71.019, 71.020(B), 71.055, 71.056, 71.086, 71.088(A), 72.001, 72.003, 72.046, 72.047, 72.049, 72.050, 72.052, 72.055, 72.059, 72.076, 72.077, 72.079, 72.080, 74.002, 74.003, 74.005, 74.006, 74.009, and 74.011.
(b) Any fine assessed for a non-moving violation, including parking meter violations, which remains unpaid 30 days from the date the fine is assessed, shall automatically increase to $50 plus court costs.
(c) If there is failure to pay the above scheduled fine within 45 days from the date of the ticket, a summons shall be issued to appear in City Court and a minimum fine of $75 plus court costs shall be assessed.
(3) Whenever any person has been issued a notice as provided in this chapter for the violation of any of the sections listed in divisions (A)(1) and (A)(2) above and shall fail and refuse to appear in the City Court within 72 hours after issuance of the notice or, when appearing at the Cafeteria Court, shall fail or refuse to plead guilty to the charge and pay the fine prescribed therefor without delay, then it shall be the duty of the City Clerk to file or cause to be filed, in the City Court, an affidavit charging the person with the violation specified in the notice and to cause a warrant to be issued arresting the person and requiring his or her appearance in the City Court to answer the charge and stand trial for the same. It shall be the duty of the officer to be present and to assist in the prosecution of the charge and, upon conviction in the City Court or in any court of competent jurisdiction, the person shall be deemed guilty of the violation of a city ordinance and shall be subject to the penalty provided in this section.
(B) Disposition of traffic fines and forfeitures. All fines or forfeitures collected upon conviction, pleas of guilty or upon the forfeiture of bail of any person charged with the violation of any of the provisions of this title shall be paid to and be accounted by the Cafeteria Court as provided by law.
(Prior Code, § 70.999) (Ord. 12-0017, passed 6-15-2012; Ord. 19-0016, passed 8-26-2019)