A. Violations:
1. It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to do any act forbidden, or to fail to perform any act required, in this title.
2. It is unlawful for a parent of a child or the guardian of a ward to authorize or knowingly to permit any such child or ward to violate any provision of this title.
3. It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to authorize or knowingly to permit any vehicle registered in his or its name to be driven or to stand or to be parked in violation of any provision of this title. (1985 Code ch. 20 § 20-1)
B. Penalty Imposed: Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provision of this title, or performs any unlawful act as defined in this title, or fails to perform any act required in this title, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code. (Ord. 248, 11-4-2002; amd. 2016 Code)
C. Court Records; State Notification:
1. The municipal court clerk shall keep a record of every traffic citation deposited with or presented to the court and shall keep a record of every official action by the court or its traffic violations bureau in reference thereto, including, but not limited to, a record of every conviction, forfeiture of bail, judgment of acquittal, and the amount of fine or forfeiture.
2. Within ten (10) days after the conviction or forfeiture of bail of a person upon a charge of violating any provision of this title or other law regulating the operation of vehicles on highways, the municipal judge or clerk of the court in which the conviction was had or bail was forfeited shall prepare and immediately forward to the state department of public safety a certified abstract of the court's record of the case. An abstract need not be made of any conviction involving the illegal parking or standing of a vehicle.
3. The abstract must be made upon a form furnished by the state department of public safety and shall include the name and address of the party charged, the number of his operator's or chauffeur's license, the registration number of the vehicle involved, the nature of the offense, the date of hearing, the plea, the judgment, whether bail was forfeited, and the amount of the fine or forfeiture. (1985 Code ch. 20 § 20-3)