A. The following civil fines for parking citations shall be as imposed as follows:
1. Parking Violations, generally: $30.00
2. Unlawful handicap parking, 10-3-2(G): $100.00
3. Parking in fire lane or in front of fire hydrant: $100.00
Civil fines collected by the Hardin Police Department shall be documented by the Hardin Police Department, and the Chief of Police shall report the civil fine collections to the City Finance Officer at least quarterly. Seventy- five percent (75%) of the fines collected shall be assigned to the Hardin Police Department, and twenty-five percent (25%) of the fines shall go to the General Fund.
B. Surcharges. The surcharges of Section 1-8-3 of this Code shall not apply to parking violations for which a civil fine is collected.
C. CRIMINAL PENALTY: It shall be a criminal misdemeanor to have three (3) or more unpaid parking citations issued by the Hardin Police Department. A person found guilty of a violation of this section shall be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and imprisonment of up to six (6) months in the county jail.
In addition to the five hundred dollar ($500.00) fine, the Hardin City Court shall have the authority to direct the payment of civil fines to the Hardin Police Department as in subsection A, above. The Hardin City Court is not authorized to hear contestations of the parking citations themselves, and is authorized only to adjudicate a complaint filed for the failure to pay civil fines. The Hardin City Court may, at its discretion, dismiss any criminal complaint for failure to pay civil parking citations upon proof that the defendant has paid all outstanding civil parking fines to the Hardin Police Department. The surcharges of Section 1-8-3 shall apply to a violation of this subsection. (Ord. 2018-06, 5-1-2018; amd. Ord. 2022-03, 5-17-2022; Ord. 2022-11, 9-12-2022)