(A) Enforcement personnel. A civil infraction citation for any parking violation may be issued by any authorized personnel.
(B) Parking Violations Bureau. The Parking Violations Bureau, under the supervision and control of the City Manager, is tasked with handling alleged violations of the schedule enumerated in division (I) below. The Bureau's authority is limited to enforcement of this chapter.
(C) Ongoing violations. Each and every day and hour during which a violation of the Uniform Traffic Code and other provisions of this chapter continues is a separate, distinct, and independent offense.
(D) Operator as violator. A police officer or the Parking Violations Bureau may issue a citation for the violation to the operator of the vehicle if the operator is present at the time of the violation.
(E) Administrative fee. An administrative fee must be added to each account for each notice sent for delinquent parking fines. The City Commission must set the administrative fee by resolution.
(F) Civil infraction. Any person that violates any provision of this chapter is responsible for a civil infraction.
(G) Contents of citation. The citation must indicate:
(1) The length of time in which the person to whom the citation was issued must respond before the Parking Violations Bureau;
(2) The address of the Bureau;
(3) The hours during which the Bureau is open;
(4) The amount of the penalty scheduled for the offense for which the ticket was issued; and
(5) Advise that a warrant for the arrest of the person to whom the ticket was issued will be sought if the person fails to respond within the time limited.
(H) Effect of citation. The issuance of a citation by a police officer or the Parking Violations Bureau is an allegation of a parking violation.
(I) Schedule of violations. The fine for violation of a municipal civil infraction under this chapter must be set by resolution by the City Commission.
(J) Disposition of claims.
(1) Only violations that are scheduled in division (I) above may be disposed of by the Parking Violations Bureau.
(2) The fact that a particular violation appears on the fine schedule, as adopted by the City Commission, does not entitle the alleged violator to disposition of the violation at the Bureau. If the Bureau declines to dispose of a violation, the violation must be disposed of before a court having jurisdiction and any person having knowledge of the facts may make a sworn complaint as provided by law.
(3) No violation may be settled at the Parking Violations Bureau except at the specific request of the alleged violator.
(4) The Bureau may not accept a penalty for any violation from any person who denies having committed the offense. The Bureau may not determine, or attempt to determine, the truth or falsity of any fact or matter related to the alleged violation.
(K) Prima facie evidence. In any proceeding for a violation of this chapter, proof that the vehicle described in the citation was parked in violation of this chapter and that the defendant named in the citation was, at the time of parking, the registered owner of the vehicle, is prima facie evidence that the registered owner violated this chapter.
(L) Conflict of provisions. Any temporary prohibition or regulation of parking declared by the City Manager under this chapter, while in effect, supersedes any conflicting provisions, except for laws applicable to traffic accidents, emergency travel of authorized emergency vehicles, or emergency traffic directions ordered by a police officer.
(M) Relationship to other laws. No provision of this chapter may be construed to permit parking at any time or place where it is forbidden by any other law.
(Ord. 1091, passed 10-9-23)