(A) Traffic violations. Every person convicted of a violation of any provision of this traffic code for which another penalty is not provided shall, for a first or second conviction thereof, be guilty of a petty offense and, for a third or subsequent conviction within one year after the first conviction, be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 16-104)
(B) Parking violations. Any person accused of a violation of any provision of this traffic code prohibiting parking a vehicle in a designated area, or restricting the length of time a vehicle may be there parked, or parking in a metered area without putting a coin in the meter to cover the required time, may settle and compromise the claim against him for such illegal parking by paying the city $25 for each such offense if paid within five days. Such payment may be made at the police station, a receipt shall be issued for all money so received, and such money shall be promptly turned over to the City Clerk to be credited to the General Fund. The members of the Police Department are hereby authorized to refrain from instituting a prosecution for the alleged offense involved unless the judgment is not satisfied within the allotted five days. 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. Such instances will be handled in accordance with ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-1302, officers authorized to remove vehicles.
(C) Upon conviction of a violation of § 70.43, the court shall impose upon the violator a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 per offense.
(Am. Ord. 858, passed 5-4-09; Am. Ord. 869, passed 1-4-2010)