(a) A police officer of the City of Fairmont, or any parking enforcement officer or other authorized officer shall attach a ticket to any illegally parked vehicle with a notice to the owner of such vehicle parking in violation of the provisions of this article, whether the meter is located on the street or in a municipal parking lot, instructing such owner to comply with the direction contained in or printed upon such ticket or report to the Police Department in regard to such violation.
(b) Any vehicle illegally parked under this article shall be ticketed and fined five dollars ($5.00) when it is first observed and determined by the authorized officer to be in violation of this article. If at least one hour after the first ticketing the vehicle is still parked in violation of this article, it will be ticketed again with an additional fine of twenty dollars ($20.00) If at least one hour after the second ticketing the vehicle is still parked in violation of this article, it will be ticketed a third time with an additional fine of forty dollars ($40.00). If at least one hour after the third ticketing the vehicle is still deemed to be in violation of this article, an authorized officer will have the power to have the car towed and impounded pursuant to Section 303.09 or immobilized pursuant to Section 363.11. Ticketing officers will note on all tickets the time at which such tickets are placed on the vehicle and the location of such vehicle.
(c) It shall be the duty of the owner of such vehicle to comply with the directions contained in or printed upon the aforesaid ticket or report to the Police Department within twenty- four hours after such ticket was attached to the vehicle, and to pay to the officer in charge, or his designee, at the Police Department, as a penalty for such violation, the fines accumulated within the previous twenty-four hours or show cause why such penalty should not be levied.
(d) An additional penalty of twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be added to each fine assessed pursuant to the provisions of this section for default in the payment thereof for a period of thirty days.
(e) Any violation of this section constitutes a misdemeanor offense and the fines and penalties assessed pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be enforceable in the Municipal Court for the City of Fairmont. In addition to any other remedy which may be available for the enforcement and collection of any fines and penalties assessed pursuant to the provisions of this section, said fines and penalties shall be a debt due and owing the City which may be collected through any and all civil methods provided by law.
(Ord. 1685. Passed 5-24-16.)