(A) Any person who shall violate any provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the following penalties within a calendar year:
(1) For the first violation, pay a penal sum of $10. This sum may be paid to the Traffic Violations Clerk of the city within a period of 24 hours of receiving notice thereof. The penalty for payment between 24 hours and 48 hours shall be $15. In the event payment is not made within 48 hours, the violator shall be subject to answer charges of violation in the City Court and, if proven guilty, be subject to a fine of not more than $25, plus court costs.
(2) For the second violation, pay a penal sum of $15. This sum may be paid to the Traffic Violations Clerk of the city within a period of 24 hours of receiving notice thereof. The penalty for payment between 24 hours and 48 hours shall be $20. In the event payment is not made within 48 hours, the violator shall be subject to answer charges of violation in the City Court and, if proven guilty, be subject to a fine of not more than $25, plus court costs.
(3) For the third violation, pay a penal sum of $25. This sum may be paid to the Traffic Violations Clerk of the city within a period of 24 hours of receiving notice thereof. The penalty for payment between 24 hours and 48 hours shall be $50. In the event payment is not made within 48 hours, the violator shall be subject to answer charges of violation in the City Court and, if proven guilty, be subject to a fine not to exceed $100, plus court costs.
(4) In the event the violations set out in divisions (A)(1), (A)(2) and (A)(3) above, are consecutive violations in the same day, the city may, in addition to imposing the above penalties, order the violator’s vehicle impounded and towed away. The violator will be charged with the costs of the service.
(5) In the event that a violator has complied with division (A)(1) of this penalty section and has no further violations within a six-month period, then the violation shall be purged from the record. In the event that the violator complies with division (A)(1) above and within the six-month period receives a second or third ticket which would cause him or her to be charged under divisions (A)(2) or (A)(3) above, and later, after the second violation has no further violations within a six-month period, then the charge against the violator shall be purged from the record.
(Prior Code, § 16-55.5)
(B) A violation of either or any of the above provisions of division (A) above shall amount to a city ordinance violation and, upon conviction of such, the violator shall be fined in a sum not to exceed $25. Each day of the violation shall constitute a new and separate offense.
(Prior Code, § 16-55.21)
(C) Any violation of § 72.02 shall constitute a violation punishable by a fine of not more than $25. For purposes of enforcing provisions of § 72.02, summons and court citations may be issued by all authorized police officers. Additionally, upon request of the Street Commissioner, vehicles in violation of § 72.02 may be towed and/or impounded as in the case of abandoned vehicles.
(D) The penalty for violation of § 72.06 shall be a fine of $50 for the first violation in a calendar year and $100 for each subsequent violation in the same calendar year. If the violation is not paid to the Clerk-Treasurer within 30 days of its issuance, or is denied by the individual receiving the citation, the citation will be referred to the City Court for prosecution, in which case the individual may also be assessed court costs.
(E) Any person who shall violate any provisions of § 72.26 shall be subject to the following penalties:
(1) For each violation, pay a penal sum of $15. This sum shall be paid to the Clerk- Treasurer’s office within ten calendar days of the date of the violation. In the event the payment is not made within ten calendar days, the penal sum increases to $25 and the Clerk-Treasurer’s office will forward a letter to the violator, giving them ten calendar days from the date of the letter to pay the sum. In the event payment is not made, the violator shall have the option of paying the sum of $50 within 30 days of the violation, or the case will be referred to the City Attorney for prosecution and if a violation is found, be subject to a fine of not less than $50 plus court costs.
(2) Any vehicle found in violation of § 72.26 for two or more successive days shall be impounded and towed at the violator’s expense.
(Ord. 81-10, passed 7-27-1981; Ord. 82-9, passed 5-10-1982; Ord. 84-13, passed 6-25-1984; Ord. 02-03, passed 3-11-2002; Ord. 06-07, passed 4-10-2006; Ord. 10-08, passed 6-28-2010; Ord. 2014-02, passed 2-24-2014)