CHAPTER 32: ORGANIZATIONS
Section
Parking Violations Bureau
   32.01   Bureau established
   32.02   Location; rules
   32.03   Offenses disposed of
   32.04   Procedure
   32.05   Traffic tickets; form
   32.06   Annual parking permits
Police Department
   32.20   Employment of police officers; minimum standards
PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU
§ 32.01 BUREAU ESTABLISHED.
   Pursuant to § 8395 of the Revised Judicature Act, as added by Public Act 154 of 1968, being M.C.L.A. §§ 600.8101 et seq., a Parking Violations Bureau, for the purpose of handling alleged parking violations within the city, is hereby established. The Parking Violations Bureau shall be under the supervision and control of the City Treasurer. The Parking Violations Bureau may also accept pleas of guilty in parking violation cases if the violation occurred before August 1, 1979, and may collect and retain fines and costs as prescribed by ordinance at the time the violation occurred. Except as other provided, the expense of operating the Parking Violations Bureau shall be borne by the city and the personnel of the bureau shall be city employees.
(1979 Code, § 10.31) (Ord. 37, passed 3-4-1969)
§ 32.02 LOCATION; RULES.
   The Treasurer shall, subject to the approval of the City Council, establish a convenient location for the Parking Violations Bureau, appoint qualified city employees to administer the Bureau and adopt rules and regulations for the operation thereof.
(1979 Code, § 10.32) (Ord. 37, passed 3-4-1969)
§ 32.03 OFFENSES DISPOSED OF.
   No violation not scheduled in a general traffic schedule shall be disposed of by the Parking Violations Bureau. The fact that a particular violation is scheduled shall not entitle the alleged violator to disposition of the violation at the Bureau and, in any case, the person in charge of such Bureau may refuse to dispose of such violation in which case any person having knowledge of the facts may make a sworn complaint before any court having jurisdiction of the offense as provided by law.
(1979 Code, § 10.33) (Ord. 37, passed 3-4-1969; Ord. 61, passed 3-21-1978)
§ 32.04 PROCEDURE.
   No violation may be settled at the Parking Violations Bureau except at the specific request of the alleged violator. No penalty for any violation shall be accepted from any person who denies having committed the offense and in no case shall the person who is in charge of the Bureau determine, or attempt to determine, the truth or falsity of any fact or matter relating to such alleged violation. No person shall be required to dispose of a parking violation at the Parking Violations Bureau and all persons shall be entitled to have any such violation processed before a court having jurisdiction thereof if they so desire. The unwillingness of any person to dispose of any violation at the Parking Violations Bureau shall not prejudice him or her or in any way diminish the rights, privileges and protection accorded to him or her by law.
(1979 Code, § 10.34) (Ord. 37, passed 3-4-1969)
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