(A) General. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provisions of this chapter and Chapters 71, 72 and 73 shall be fined not less than $100, nor more than $250 for each offense, where another fine is not specifically provided, and each day the violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
(Prior Code, § 20-8-1)
(B) Arrests. Any person arrested for a violation of any provision of this chapter shall be released upon proper bail being furnished as required by statute. The police officer in command at the station may, in the absence of a police magistrate or justice, prescribe the amount of bail or bond in each instance. Provided that any arrested person may at his or her own request have the amount of such bond set by a magistrate or justice of the peace as provided by statute.
(Prior Code, § 20-8-2)
(C) Tickets. For offenses other than driving while intoxicated or reckless driving, police officers, after making note of the license number of the vehicle (and name of the offender where possible) may issue a traffic violation ticket notifying the offender to appear in court at the time designated for hearing such cases. Such officer may sign a complaint for the issuance of a warrant if the offender does not appear at the time and place so specified.
(Prior Code, § 20-8-3)
(D) Prima facie proof. The fact that an automobile which is illegally parked is registered in the name of a person shall be considered prima facie proof that such person was in control of the automobile at the time of such parking.
(Prior Code, § 20-8-4)
(E) Parking violations.
(1) Any person accused of a violation of any of the parking rules set forth in §§ 73.01 through 73.06 may settle and compromise the claim against him or her for such illegal parking by paying to the municipality the sum of $50 within 48 hours following such alleged offense. Such payment may be made at the City Hall, and a receipt shall be issued for all money so received, and such money shall be promptly turned over to the Treasurer to be used in the manner provided for the disposition of fines of traffic violations.
(2) The members of the Police Department are hereby authorized to refrain from instituting a prosecution for the alleged offense involved.
(3) Provided that this section shall not apply to person parking a vehicle so as to obstruct the entrance or exit of any place where Police or Fire Department apparatus or other emergency equipment is kept or housed, or so as to block an emergency entrance in a hospital, nor shall this section apply to any person charged with parking a vehicle so as to entirely obstruct traffic in any street or alley, or parking in such a way as to reduce traffic on an arterial street to one-way traffic only, nor to any person who refuses to move a vehicle illegally parked at the request of any member of the Police Department.
(Prior Code, § 20-8-5)