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(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
MOTOR VEHICLE. Automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, trailers and other attachments to automobiles, trucks and motorcycles and all other agencies for the transportation of persons or property upon the public streets and roads, however propelled.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to jack or block up a motor vehicle for the purpose of making repairs thereto or to make repairs of a substantial nature to any motor vehicle while it is parked on or along the streets or alleys of the city.
(C) Repairs of a substantial nature shall be construed to include repairs to the motor of the vehicle, its transmission, its differential, its chassis, its brakes or the body thereof.
(D) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or prohibit a person from changing a tire or wheel of a motor vehicle on the streets or alleys of the city and from employing a jack or block for the purpose of accomplishing same.
(Ord. 2014-4, passed 4-10-2014) Penalty, see § 72.99
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person, unless authorized by a sworn law enforcement officer, to operate, park, leave or be in possession of a motor vehicle or any trailer required to be registered that fails to have a current, valid registration plate displayed in the manner described in KRS Chapter 186 on any street, alley, parking lot or parking space, which are open to the public or to which the public is invited, whether owned or maintained by a government entity or in conjunction with any business or enterprise, whether public, quasi-public or private.
(B) The following exemptions shall apply:
(1) Private property to which the public is not invited, such as residential lots;
(2) Motor vehicles and trailers which are exempted from registration under KRS Chapter 186.
(Ord. 2014-4, passed 4-10-2014) Penalty, see § 72.99
(A) It shall be unlawful to park on any city street, alley or public way any vehicle for which the owner of such vehicle has previously been cited for violations of this Chapter 72, if the fines assessed as a result of such citation(s) have not been paid within 30 days from the date of the citation.
(Ord. 2014-4, passed 4-10-2014) Penalty, see § 72.99
ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLES
If any motor vehicle is found parked, standing or stopped in violation of a parking ordinance passed by the city, the vehicle may be cited, for the appropriate parking violation. The citing officer shall note the vehicle's registration number and any other information concerning the vehicle which will identify it and, if the driver is not present, shall conspicuously affix to the vehicle a notice of the parking violation. Such notice shall include the information set forth in KRS 82.610.
(Ord. 2014-4, passed 4-10-2014)
When the procedure set forth in § 72.20 has been followed in any prosecution charging a violation of any city ordinance governing the parking, standing or stopping of a vehicle, proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was parked in violation of any city ordinance, together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was, at the time of the violation, the registered owner of the vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of such vehicle was the person who parked the vehicle where the violation occurred.
(Ord. 2014-4, passed 4-10-2014)
(A) Pursuant to KRS 82.615, any person who receives notice of a parking violation (citation) shall respond to such notice as provided in this section within seven days of the date of the notice, by either paying the fine set forth in the notice (citation) or requesting a hearing pursuant to § 72.51 and KRS 86.620.
(B) Pursuant to KRS 82.615, if the owner of a vehicle cited for a parking violation has not responded to the notice within seven days as provided in division (A) of this section, the city shall send a second notice by regular, first-class mail of the United States Postal Service to the last known address of the registered owner of the vehicle as listed on the certificate of title. Such notice shall state that if the owner of the vehicle does not respond to the notice by either paying the fine or by requesting in writing a hearing pursuant to § 72.51 and KRS 86.620, within seven days of the receipt of the notice, the owner shall be deemed to have waived his or her right to a hearing and the determination that a violation was committed shall be final. Any person who fails to request a hearing or pay the fine within the seven days shall be deemed to have refused to pay the fine levied by the citation.
(C) The registered owner of a vehicle at the time the violation occurred shall be liable for all fines, fees and penalties which he or she has refused to pay.
(Ord. 2014-4, passed 4-10-2014)
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