(a) The City Parking Violations Bureau is hereby established pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4521.04. The Parking Violations Bureau shall be within the office of the Clerk of the Service- Safety Director. The Parking Violations Bureau has jurisdiction over each parking infraction that occurs within the territory of the City of East Liverpool. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, each parking infraction that occurs within the jurisdiction of the Parking Violations Bureau and the enforcement of each such parking infraction shall be handled pursuant to and be governed by the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The operating costs of the Parking Violations Bureau shall be paid by the City. The Clerk of the Service-Safety Director’s Office is hereby appointed as the Violations Clerk of the Parking Violations Bureau, with authority to appoint deputy clerks and hearing examiners. No person shall be employed as a hearing examiner unless the person is an attorney admitted to the practice of law in this State or formerly was employed as a law enforcement officer.
(c) The fines, penalties, fees and costs established for a parking infraction shall be collected, retained, and disbursed by the Violations Clerk if the parking infraction out of which the fine, penalties, fees and costs arose occurred within the jurisdiction of the Parking Violations Bureau. The Violations Clerk shall provide tickets for parking infractions to any employees whose duties include the issuance of parking infraction tickets. Any person requisitioning tickets shall account to the Violations Clerk for all tickets requisitioned at such times as the Violations Clerk shall request. The fine, penalties, fees and costs collected by the Violations Clerk for a parking infraction shall be disbursed by the Violations Clerk to the City.
(d) The Clerk of the Service-Safety Director’s Office shall have authority to contract with any non-governmental entity to provide services in processing, collecting and enforcing parking tickets issued by law enforcement officers and/or any ticketing agent working for the City and civil judgments and default civil judgments entered pursuant to this chapter. No contract shall affect the responsibilities of hearing examiners as prescribed in this chapter, or the ultimate responsibility of the Violations Clerk to collect, retain, and disburse fines, penalties, fees and costs for parking infractions and monies paid in satisfaction of judgments and default judgments entered pursuant to this chapter. All contracts entered into by the Clerk of Court shall be subject to approval of City Council.
(Ord. 3, 2007. Passed 3-5-07.)