A. As used in the Uniform Traffic Ordinance, a penalty assessment program is hereby adopted.
B. A "penalty assessment misdemeanor" means violation of any of the following listed sections of the Uniform Traffic Ordinance for which, except as provided in subsection E of this section, the listed penalty assessment is established:
Common Name of Offense | Section Violated | Penalty Assessment |
Common Name of Offense | Section Violated | Penalty Assessment |
Obedience to officers | 12-3-2 | $50.00 |
Use of coaster wagons and similar devices | 12-3-6 | $45.00 |
Obedience to required traffic control device | 12-5-3 | $45.00 |
Red light | 12-5-6 | $45.00 |
Pedestrian control signals | 12-5-7 | $45.00 |
Flashing Signals | 12-5-8 | $45.00 |
Lane control signals | 12-5-9 | $45,00 |
Display of unauthorized signs, signals or markings | 12-5-10 | $45.00 |
Interference with official traffic control devices or railroad signals | 12-5-11 | $45.00 |
Traffic lanes | 12-5-14 | $45.00 |
Basic (speeding) rule | 12-6-1.1 | $50.00 |
Speed limits | 12-6-1.2 | |
(1) Up to and including 10 miles per hour above the speed limit | $45.00 | |
(2) From 11 and up to and including 15 miles per hour above the speed limit | $60.00 | |
(3) From 15 and up to and including 20 miles per hour above the speed limit | $95.00 | |
(4) From 21 and up to and including 25 miles per hour above the speed limit | $130.00 | |
(5) From 26 and up to and including 30 miles per hour above the speed limit | $155.00 | |
(6) From 31 and up to and Including 35 miles per hour above the speed limit | $180.00 | |
Minimum speed regulation | 12-6-1.5 | $45.00 |
Special speed limitations | 12-6-1.7 | $45.00 |
Improper passing | 12-6-2.1 through 12-6-2.7 | $45.00 |
Obedience to signs designating one-way streets and alleys | 12-6-2.9 | $45.00 |
Rotary traffic islands | 12-6-2.10 | $45.00 |
Driving on streets laned for traffic | 12-6-2.12 | $45.00 |
Following too closely | 12-6-2.13 | $45.00 |
Driving on divided streets | 12-6-2.14 | $45.00 |
Controlled access violation | 12-6-2.15 through 12-6-2.16 | $45.00 |
Failure to yield | 12-6-4.1 through 12-6-4.2 | $45.00 |
Vehicles entering stop or yield intersections | 12-6-4.3 | $45.00 |
Improper turning | 12-6-5.1 through 12-6-5.6 | $45.00 |
Starting parked vehicle | 12-6-5.7 | $45.00 |
Turning and stopping movements and required signals | 12-6-5.8 | $45.00 |
Signals by hand and arm or signal device | 12-6-5.9 through 12-6-5.10 | $45.00 |
Parking violations | 12-6-6.1 through 12-6-6.14 | $25.00 |
Emerging from alley, building, driveway or private road | 12-6-7.1 | $45.00 |
Stop when traffic obstructed | 12-6-7.2 | $45.00 |
Stopping for school bus | 12-6-7.3 | $150.00 |
Operation of vehicle on approach of emergency vehicle | 12-6-7.4A | $80.00 |
Railroad grade crossing violations | 12-6-7.5 through 12-6-7.8 | $45.00 |
Stopping, standing or parking in passenger curb loading zone | 12-6-8.3 | $25.00 |
Stopping, standing or parking in freight curb loading zone | 12-6-8.4 | $25.00 |
Stopping, standing and parking of busses and taxicabs | 12-6-9.3 | $25.00 |
Restricted use of bus and taxicab stands | 12-6-9.4 | $25.00 |
Operation without oversize-overweight permit | 12-6-11.1 | $80.00 |
No slow-moving vehicle emblem or flashing amber light | 12-6-11.2 | $25.00 |
Operators and chauffeurs must be licensed | 12-6-12.5 A, B, C | $70.00 |
Unattended motor vehicle | 12-6-12.8 | $45.00 |
Limitations on backing | 12-6-12.9 | $45.00 |
Obstruction to driver's view or driving mechanism | 12-6-12.1 0 | $45.00 |
Restriction on use of television in motor vehicles | 12-6-12.1 1 | $45.00 |
Coasting prohibited | 12-6-12.1 2 | $45.00 |
Following fire apparatus prohibited | 12-6-12.1 3 | $115.00 |
Crossing fire hose prohibited | 12-6-12.1 4 | $115.00 |
Driving through safety zones prohibited | 12-6-12.1 5 | $45.00 |
Vehicles shall be driven only on streets, private roads, and driveways | 12-6-12.1 6 | $45.00 |
Driving on sidewalk and private property | 12-6-12.1 7 | $45.00 |
Prohibited activities while driving | 12-6-12.1 8 | $80.00 |
Processions | 12-6-12.2 0 | $45.00 |
Offenses by persons owning or controlling vehicles | 12-6-12.2 2 | $70.00 |
Permitting unauthorized persons to drive | 12-6-12.2 3 | $70.00 |
Unlawful riding | 12-6-13.2 | $45.00 |
Unhitched trailer on street | 12-6-13.3 | $45.00 |
Littering | 12-6-13.1 5 | $300.00 |
Trains and buses not to obstruct streets | 12-6-13.6 | $45.00 |
Boarding or alighting from vehicles | 12-6-13.7 | $45.00 |
Improper opening of doors | 12-6-13.8 | $25.00 |
Occupied moving house trailer | 12-6-13.9 | $25.00 |
Animals on street | 12-6-13.1 0 | $25.00 |
Driving on steep grades | 12-6-13.1 1 | $45.00 |
Child restraint | 12-6-13.1 2 | $45.00 |
Seat belts | 12-6-13.1 3 | $45.00 |
Open container (first offense) | 12-6-13.1 4 | $45.00 |
Pedestrian obedience to traffic control devices and regulations | 12-6-14.2 through 12-6-14.7 | $45.00 |
Drivers to exercise due care | 12-6-14.8 | $100.00 |
Electric personal assistive mobility devices | 12-6-16 | $10.00 |
Prohibited use of electronic device while driving (first offense) | 12-6-18 | $80.00 |
Prohibited use of electronic device while driving (second and subsequent offense) | 12-6-18 | $130.00 |
Operating motorcycles on streets laned for traffic | 12-7-2 | $45.00 |
Clinging to other vehicles | 12-7-3 | $45.00 |
Riding on motorcycles | 12-7-4 | $45.00 |
Eye protective devices or windshields | 12-7-5 | $45.00 |
Mandatory use of protective helmets | 12-7-6 | $300.00 |
Footrests and handlebars | 12-7-7 | $45.00 |
Motorcycle maneuverability | 12-7-8 | $45.00 |
Off-highway motor vehicles - registration; plate requirement | 12-7-9.1 | $25.00 |
Operation of off-highway motor vehicles on streets or highways | 12-7-9.2 A, B, C, D | $210.00 |
Operation of off-highway motor vehicles on streets or highways | 12-7-9.2 E | $60.00 |
Driving of off-highway motor vehicles adjacent to streets | 12-7-9.3 | $20.00 |
Operation of off-highway motor vehicles on private lands | 12-7-9.4 | $20.00 |
Off-highway motor vehicle safety permit; requirements, issuance | 12-7-9.8 | $60.00 |
Operating and equipment - safety requirements | 12-7-9,9 A (1, 12) | $210.00 |
Operating and equipment - safety requirements | 12-7-9.9 A (3, 4, 5, 6, 9) B, C, D | $110.00 |
Operating and equipment - safety requirements | 12-7-9.9 A (7) | $60.00 |
Operating and equipment - safety requirements | 12-7-9.9 A (8,11), E | $20.00 |
Mopeds - standards | 12-7-10 | $45.00 |
Operation of bicycles | 12-8-3 through 12-8-12 | $25.00 |
Handicap parking | 12-9-9 | $500.00 |
Improper equipment | 12-10-1.1 through 12-10-1.51, excluding 12-10-1.12.1 | $45.00 |
Sun screening material on windshields and windows | 12-10-1.12.1 | $75.00 |
Restrictions upon use of streets by certain vehicles | 12-10-3.1 | $45.00 |
Minimum vehicle size | 12-10-3.2 | $45.00 |
Projecting loads on passenger vehicles | 12-10-3.3 | $50.00 |
Special projecting load limits | 12-10-3.4 | $45.00 |
Trailers and towed vehicles | 12-10-3.5 | $45.00 |
Width of vehicles | 12-10-3.6 | $45.00 |
Height and length of vehicles and loads | 12-10-3.7 | $45.00 |
Display of current valid registration plate | 12-10-4 | $60.00 |
Vehicle subject to registration | $50.00 | |
Driving while license administratively suspended | $25.00 | |
C. The term "penalty assessment misdemeanor" does not include any violation which has caused or contributed to the cause of an accident resulting in injury or death to any person.
D. When an alleged violator of a penalty assessment misdemeanor elects to accept a notice to appear in lieu of a notice of penalty assessment, no fine imposed upon later conviction shall exceed the penalty assessment established for the particular penalty assessment misdemeanor, and no probation imposed upon a suspended or deferred sentence shall exceed ninety days.
E. The penalty assessment for speeding in violation of Section 12-6-1.2(A)(4), regarding speeding in a construction or safety zone posted as a double fine zone, shall be twice the penalty assessment for speeding for the equivalent miles per hour over the speed limit set out under the adopted penalty assessment program contained herein.
F. In addition to the penalty assessment established for each penalty assessment misdemeanor pursuant to this section, there shall be assessed the following fees for each penalty assessment misdemeanor: a twenty-dollar corrections fee; a six-dollar court automation fee; and a three-dollar judicial education fee.
(Ord. 574 (part), 2019; Ord. 563 (part), 2018)