PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU
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)
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)
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)
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)
The issuance of a traffic ticket or notice of violation by a police officer of the city shall be deemed an allegation of a parking violation. Such traffic ticket or notice of violation shall indicate the length of time in which the person to whom the same was issued must respond before the Parking Violations Bureau. It shall also indicate the address of the Bureau, the hours during which the Bureau is open, the amount of the penalty scheduled for the offense for which the ticket was issued and advise that a warrant for the arrest of the person to whom the ticket was issued will be sought if such a person fails to respond within the time limited.
(1979 Code, § 10.35) (Ord. 37, passed 3-4-1969)
A resident of the city, or a nonresident who owns real property in, or operates a business in, the city may purchase a permit from the Parking Violations Bureau for an annual fee, as determined by resolution of the City Council, which payment shall be for a particular vehicle (nontransferable) to be allowed to be parked in any nonmetered city-owned parking lot without limit as to time during the validity period of the permit. Such permits shall be for operable vehicles only and no person shall use such a permit to park an inoperable vehicle in a city-owned parking lot. The city reserves the right to direct where in any particular city-owned lot a permit holding vehicle may be parked.
(1979 Code, § 10.37) (Ord. 94, passed 3-3-1987)
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