§ 34.01 ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS BUREAU.

   (A)   There is hereby established an Ordinance Violations Bureau for the town of Kouts pursuant to I.C. 33-36-2-1 et seq., as amended.

   (B)   The Clerk-Treasurer is appointed and shall serve as the Violations Clerk, who administers the Bureau.

   (C)   The Clerk-Treasurer and his or her staff, as his or her agents, shall accept written appearances, waivers of trial, admissions of violations, and payment of civil penalties in the amount and the violation as provided below.

   (D)   (1)   The following schedule of code provisions shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Ordinance Violations Bureau, and the first violations of the ordinances and code provisions shall be subject to a civil penalty as prescribed, to wit:

Code Provisions
Code Section	Offense	Fine for first offense
93.01—93.10	Animals at large	$50
110.020—110.022	Auctions	$50
72.01—72.11	Bicycles	$50
Chapter 96	Fireworks	$100
91.01—91.02	Junk vehicles	$50
130.04	Noise/nuisance	$50
73.01—73.02(11)	Parking	$50
90.20—90.30	Parks and recreation	$50
50.02—50.06	Public health and welfare	$75
110.080—110.085	Public performances	$75
50.36—50.38	Recycling	$50
130.06	Smoke emission prohibited (burning)	$50
Chapter 70	Traffic regulations:
	moving	$85
	non-moving	$60
Chapter 152	Trailers and trailer camps	$75
110.100—110.112	Transient merchants	$75
92.02	Weed and rank vegetation	$150 or cost of abatement whichever is higher
50.20—50.22, 50.38	Yard waste and leaf collection	$50
73.05	Parking after snowfall	$100
73.09	Handicap parking	$100

 

      (2)   The fines set forth above shall apply only in the event of a first violation that is paid at the Town Hall within 14 days of the issuance of the citation (ticket). Any fine not paid within 14 days of the issuance of the citation (ticket) or any subsequent violations shall be subject to § 10.99 which provides for penalties of up to $2,500 per day per violation. Each day a violation occurs is a separate violation.

   (E)   The provisions of the code of ordinances referred to herein are hereby amended to provide and declare the civil penalty scheduled herein to be the specific civil penalty for the violation of the code provision.

   (F)   If the fine is not paid to the town within ten days, then the matter is referred to the County Court.

(Ord. 2002-11, passed 9-16-02; Am. Ord. 2004-3, passed 5-15-04; Am. Ord. 2009-3, passed 10-19-2009; Am. Ord. 2011-6, passed 9-19-11; Am. Ord. 2013-12, passed 9-16-13; Am. Ord. 2015-2, passed 3-16-15)