(A) (1) Any person, firm or corporation violating any provisions of this title concerning parking of motor vehicles, and for which a citation is issued shall be fined $10 for each offense.
(2) The fine shall be paid to the City Clerk within seven days after the citation is issued.
(3) If the fine is not paid within seven days, the citing officer shall make a complaint to the district court, and the offense shall constitute a violation.
(4) In any prosecution charging a violation of any law or regulation governing the standing or parking of a vehicle, proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was parked in violation of any such law or regulation, 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 the vehicle was the person who committed the violation.
(B) (1) Any police officer may impound any vehicle illegally parked in any place where the vehicle creates or constitutes a traffic hazard, blocks the use of any fire hydrant, or obstructs or may obstruct the movement of any emergency vehicle. An illegally parked vehicle may be similarly impounded where a citation for the illegal parking has been attached to the vehicle, and the vehicle has not been moved within six hours after issuance of the citation.
(2) Vehicles so impounded shall be removed and towed away by any commercial towing service. The vehicles shall be stored in a safe place and shall be restored to the owner or operator upon payment of the amount of the fine for the illegal parking, plus such reasonable towing and storage charges which may be charged.
(C) Any person who violates any provision of this traffic code where no other penalty is specifically provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $100.
(D) Any person violating § 72.14(C) shall be guilty of a violation and shall be subject to a fine of $10.
(E) Any person violating the provisions of § 71.65 shall, upon conviction of a first offense, be fined not less than $100, nor more than $250. Any person convicted of a subsequent violation of § 71.65 within two years of a prior conviction under § 71.65, shall be fined not less than $250, nor more than $500.
(Ord. 85-4, passed 4-15-85; Am. Ord. 90-32, passed 1-21-91; Am. Ord. 06-03, passed 3-20-06; Am. Ord. 13-03, passed 2-18-13; Am. Ord. 13-007, passed 8-19-13)