(A) Liability for payment.
(1) Under authority of F.S. Chapter 316, as amended from time to time, and other applicable laws, the owner of the vehicle is responsible and liable for payment of any parking ticket violation or notice to appear under this chapter unless the owner can furnish evidence that the vehicle was at the time of the parking violation in the care, custody or control of another person. In such instances the owner of the vehicle is required within ten days after notification of the parking violation, to furnish to the Office of Parking & Intergovernmental Affairs the name and address of the person or company who leased, rented or otherwise had the care, custody or control of the vehicle.
(2) The owner of a vehicle is not responsible for parking ticket violations if the vehicle involved was at the time stolen or in the care, custody or control of some person who did not have permission of the owner to use the vehicle. Prima facie evidence that the vehicle involved was at the time stolen or in the care, custody or control of some person who did not have permission of the owner to use the vehicle, shall be in the form of a report from the appropriate law enforcement official that the said vehicle was not under the care, custody or control of the owner of the vehicle.
('72 Code, § 34-139) (Am. Ord. O-2001-30, passed 7-11-01; Am. Ord. O-2009-06, passed 5-6-09; Am. Ord. O-2010-26, passed 7-7-10)
(B) Penalty for nonpayment. After adjudication of guilt by a court of competent jurisdiction or a written plea of guilty to any violation in this chapter it shall be a separate violation for any person to fail or refuse to pay the required fine.
('72 Code, § 34-140) (Ord. O-79-13, passed 3-7-79)