355.02 DUTIES.

   The following duties are hereby imposed upon the Parking Violations Bureau:

   (a)   Maintain a stock of parking ticket books and keep a record of to whom such books are issued.

   (b)   Maintain a file on all parking tickets used by the Department.

   (c)   Accept designated fines and issue receipts mentioned heretofore.

   (d)   If a person accused of a violation of the restrictions on stopping or parking under this Traffic Code does not appear in response to the notice affixed to that person’s vehicle within a period of fourteen days, the Parking Violations Bureau shall send to the owner of the vehicle a letter by ordinary mail or by certified mail, return receipt requested informing the person of the violation, with a warning that the person can be held responsible for such failure to appear at the Parking Violations Bureau, and requiring that such person immediately appear at the Parking Violations Bureau. In the event such person does not so appear within a period of ten days, the Parking Violations Bureau may cause a complaint to be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction alleging such failure to appear or take any other action authorized by law.

   (e)   If any person appears in the Parking Violations Bureau pursuant to the notice or letter provided in subsection (d) hereof, but then fails to pay the designated fine, the Parking Violations Bureau may cause a uniform traffic citation to issue from the Department alleging the violation of the appropriate parking provisions of this Traffic Code.
(Ord. 2006-107. Passed 12-11-06.)