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(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to violate his or her written promise to appear in Court after giving said promise to an officer upon the issuance of a traffic citation, regardless of the disposition of the charge for which the citation was originally issued.
(B) For failure to obey citations, the offender may waive his or her right to a judicial hearing and have the charges disposed out of court, but the fines shall be as set from time to time by the City Commission.
(1994 Code, § 15-702) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Whenever any motor vehicle without a driver is found parked or stopped in violation of any of the restrictions imposed by this traffic code, the officer finding such vehicle shall take its license number and may take any other information displayed on the vehicle which may identify its user, and shall conspicuously affix to such vehicle a citation for the driver and/or owner to answer for the violation within ten days during the hours and at a place specified in the citation.
(B) For parking violations, the offender may waive his or her right to a judicial hearing and have the charges disposed out of court, but the fines shall be $3 within ten days and $5 thereafter.
(1994 Code, § 15-703)
Members of the Police Department are hereby authorized, when reasonably necessary for the security of the vehicle or to prevent obstruction of traffic, to remove from the streets and impound any vehicle whose operator is arrested or any unattended vehicle which is parked so as to constitute an obstruction or hazard to normal traffic. Any impounded vehicle shall be stored until the owner or other person entitled thereto claims it, gives satisfactory evidence of ownership or right to possession, and pays all applicable fees and costs, or until it is otherwise lawfully disposed of. The fee for impounding a vehicle shall be $5 and the storage costs shall be $1 for each 24-hour period or fraction thereof that the vehicle is stored.
(1994 Code, § 15-704)
(A) Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 55-50-801 through 55-50-805, whenever any person lawfully possessed of a chauffeur’s or operator’s license theretofore issued to him or her by the Department of Safety of the state, or under the driver licensing laws of any other state or territory or the District of Columbia, is issued a citation or arrested and charged with a violation of any municipal ordinance regulating traffic, except those ordinances which call for the mandatory revocation of an operator’s or chauffeur’s license for any period of time, said person shall have the option of depositing his or her chauffeur’s or operator’s license with the officer or court demanding bail in lieu of any other security required for his or her appearance in the City Court in answer to any such charge before said court.
(B) All city officers and employees shall comply fully with the requirements of Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 55-50-801 through 55-50-805 and any implementing orders of the Department of Safety of the state.
(1994 Code, § 15-706) (Ord. 348, passed - -)