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Any person charged with an offense for which payment of a fine may be made to the Bureau of Parking shall have the option of paying such fine at the office of the Director of Finance within the time specified on the notice of arrest, upon entering a plea of guilty and upon waiving appearance in court, or may deposit the required bail and enter a plea of not guilty, in which case he or she shall be entitled to a trial as authorized by law. The payment of a fine to the City shall be deemed an acknowledgment of conviction of the alleged offense and the Director of Finance, upon accepting the prescribed fine, shall issue one receipt to the violator acknowledging payment thereof.
(Ord. 4668. Passed 7-13-94.)
(a) All parking meter receipts, fines, penalties, fees and other charges provided for in Chapters 480 through 484 of this Traffic Code are levied and assessed to cover the regulation and control of parking upon public streets; the cost of new parking meters and their installation, inspection, supervision, operation, repair and maintenance; the control and use of parking spaces; the regulation of parking of vehicles in parking meter zones; and the cost of acquiring, establishing, improving, maintaining and operating public off-street parking facilities, including those facilities now or hereafter leased by the City from the Parking Authority.
(b) All parking meter and parking garage receipts and all other moneys which come into the possession of the Bureau of Parking under Chapters 480 through 484 shall be deposited daily by him or her or his or her authorized agent in a special account to be designated the Parking Revenue Fund.
(c) All other moneys, including, but not limited to, parking meter receipts, fines, penalties, fees and other charges provided for in Chapters 480 through 484, which may come into the possession of duly authorized agents or bureaus of the City, shall be deposited daily with the Director of Finance who shall make daily deposits thereof, together with all funds received directly by the Director of Finance under and pursuant to Chapters 480 through 484, to the credit of the Parking Revenue Fund. All such agents or bureaus shall account to the Director of Finance and the Bureau of Parking not later than the tenth day of each month for all funds received during the preceding calendar month. The Director of Finance shall further account to the Bureau for all funds received by him or her independently as a result of the enforcement of Chapters 480 through 484 in the same manner.
(d) All moneys credited to the Parking Revenue Fund shall be used for the following purposes and no other:
(2) To pay the Johnstown Parking Authority the lease rental payments and other payments required pursuant to that certain Agreement of Lease, dated April 1, 1970, between the City and the Authority, and all Agreements of Lease supplemental thereto; and
(3) To pay the City General Revenue Fund all proceeds in excess of those required for purposes outlined in paragraphs (d)(1) and (2) hereof.
(Ord. 4668. Passed 7-13-94.)
(a) Any person who, by error or mistake, pays the fine for any parking violation more than once shall be entitled to a refund of the overpayment.
(b) The Bureau of Parking shall prepare for the signature of the City Manager an application for a refund of the overpayment.
(c) Upon receipt of such application, the City Manager or the City Clerk shall make a recommendation to Council for authorization to make such refund.
(Ord. 4668. Passed 7-13-94.)