§ 32.04 ORDINANCE VIOLATION BUREAU; FEE SCHEDULE.

   (A)   Pursuant to I.C. 33-36-2, the Town Council hereby establishes an Ordinance Violations Bureau for the town, and the Town Manager shall serve as the Violations Clerk of such Bureau.

   (B)   The Violations Clerk shall accept written appearances, waivers of trial, admissions of violations, and payment of civil penalties of not more than $250 in ordinance violation cases.

   (C)   If a person denies an ordinance or code violation under this section or fails to pay the Violations Clerk after waiving, entered an admission of the violation, or fails to admit or deny the violation, the Violations Clerk shall report this fact to the Town Attorney who shall have the responsibility for prosecuting violation cases for the town.

   (D)   Pursuant to I.C. 33-36-3, the Town Council hereby adopts a the following schedule of ordinance and code provisions subject to this section and the sets the civil penalty amounts applicable for each such violation. The penalties set forth herein amend all specific or general penalty sections of the town municipal code only as they relate to the specific offenses set out in division (F) below. Otherwise, this section does not amend any penalty section of the town municipal code.

   (E)   This section shall further amend all specific or general sections of the town municipal code that relate to the procedure for enforcing any ordinance or code section covered by this section to the extent that said sections conflict with this ordinance or mandate a different enforcement procedure. Otherwise this section does not amend any enforcement sections of the town municipal code.

   (F)   The following ordinances of the town code shall be subject to admission of violation before the Violations Clerk.

Ordinance Violations and Penalties
Code Section	Description of Violation	Civil Penalty per Violation
		First	Second	Third+
71.01	Parking in yard, over curb, or over sidewalk	$15	$35	$50
Chap. 73, Schd. I	Speeding on local roads	Enforced via citation through New Haven Traffic Court and fined per court fine schedule
70.02	Failure to obey traffic-control device	Enforced via citation through New Haven Traffic Court and fined per court fine schedule
90.03	Failure to remove pet excrement	$15	$35	$50
90.04	Unleashed animal	$25	$50	$100
90.06	Barking/disturbance	$15	$35	$50
90.07	Beating or inhumane treatment of animal	$100	$150	$250
91.01	Abandoned vehicles	Cost of removal and storage plus:
		$50	$75	$100
70.18	Parking in alley or obstructing driveway	$25	$50	$100
Ch. 73, Schd. I Ch. 74, Schd. I	Parking in a no parking zone or school zone	$50	$75	$100
70.17	Speeding in alley	Enforced via citation through New Haven Traffic Court and fined per court fine schedule
72.15 - 72.23	Golf cart, operating without proper markings, lights, excessive passengers, or unsafe riding/operation	$25	$50	$100
92.15 - 92.22	Other environmental nuisances	Enforced per ordinance with following fines:
		$100	$150	$250
	Removal or weeds or rank vegetation	Cost of removal plus:
		$25	$50	$100
92.02	Noise disturbances	$50	$75	$100
93.03	Abuse or mutilation of public tree	Cost of repair or replacement as needed and:
		$50	$75	$100
94.01	Littering	$15	$35	$50
95.01	Failure to remove snow or obstruction on sidewalk	$15	$35	$50
96.05	Possession of intoxicants in park	$25	$50	$100
96.08	Unauthorized meeting or disturbances in park	$50	$75	$100
96.09	Open fires in park	$25	$50	$100
92.50 - 92.54	Open fires generally	$25	$50	$100
96.13	Unleashed in park	$25	$50	$100

 

   (G)   Every day, or part of a day, that a violation is committed or continues in existence is a separate violation for which civil penalties may be imposed.

   (H)   Notwithstanding any other provision herein, any person adjudged guilty of violating any provision of the town municipal code or un-codified ordinance(s) may also be adjudged to pay the cost of the prosecution including attorney fees, and any actual damages sustained by the town by virtue of such violation.

(Ord. 2014-4, passed 10-14-2014)