(a) When a person is personally or constructively served with a parking ticket charging the commission of a parking infraction in accordance with Section 454.03, and the person fails to answer the charge within the time specified in Section 454.05, the Parking Violations Bureau shall send a notification of infraction as follows:
(1) If the person who fails to answer was the operator of the vehicle involved in the parking infraction at the time of the commission of the infraction and was personally served with the parking ticket, a notification of infraction shall be sent to that person and, additionally, if such person is not the owner of the vehicle, as determined from the records of the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, a notification of infraction shall also be sent to the owner at his or her most recent address appearing in such records.
(2) If the person who fails to answer was the owner of the vehicle and was constructively served with the parking ticket, a notification of infraction shall be sent to the owner at his or her most recent address appearing in the records of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
(b) A notification of infraction shall be sent by first class mail within twelve months after the expiration of the time specified in Section 454.05 for the making of an answer and shall contain all of the following:
(1) An identification of the parking infraction with which the person was charged and the time and date of the infraction, which identification may be a copy of the parking ticket charging the parking infraction that was personally or constructively served upon the person;
(2) An identification of the amount of the fines, penalties, fees and costs that are due arising out of the parking infraction;
(3) A description of the allowable answers that may be made and notification that the person will be afforded a hearing before the Madison County Municipal Court if he or she denies in his or her answer that he or she is guilty of the parking infraction; and
(4) An identification of the manner in which and the entity to which an answer may be made.
(c) A person who receives a notification of infraction pursuant to this section may answer the parking infraction with which he or she is charged and that is identified in the notification of infraction, by any of the means provided in Section 454.05(a) for answers to parking infractions charged in a parking ticket. Such answer shall be made within thirty days after the date on which the notification of infraction was mailed and shall be in one of the forms specified in Section 454.05(a) for answers to parking infractions charged in a parking ticket, except that if the answer includes payment of the fine arising out of the parking infraction, any penalty arising out of such infraction shall also be paid. The answer shall be governed by the provisions of Section 454.05(b) and (c) for answers relative to parking infractions charged in a parking ticket, except that any determination of the amount to be paid under an answer admitting the commission of the parking infraction with explanation shall also consider any penalty, fee or cost arising out of such infraction.
(d) The sending of a notification of infraction, the filing of or failure to file an answer by the person to whom it is sent, the substance of an answer, the payment of any fine, penalty, fee or cost, and any other relevant information, shall be entered in the records of the Bureau.
(e) No person who is issued a total of five tickets, or three tickets within any one- year period, pursuant to this chapter, shall fail to pay the prescribed civil fine or contest such tickets as provided in this chapter.
(Ord. 193-88. Passed 11-17-88.)