(A) Any person, in any manner, damaging or destroying public property within the city limits, owned by the city, or over which it has jurisdiction or control, and for which it is responsible, shall pay for the repair or replacement and reimburse the city for the damage done in the sums specifically stated. These charges shall be deemed to be the amount of the actual loss to the city and shall be construed merely as a charge to restore public property to the condition it was in prior to the damage or destruction, and it shall not be considered as any fine or preclude the assessment of a fine in any criminal proceeding for the punishment of any offender guilty of an liable for the damage or destruction.
(B) The City Clerk/Treasurer is authorized to accept payment as provided in this subchapter from the person proffering it, issue a receipt, and account for such payment in his or her regular monthly statement.
(1992 Code, § 36.02)