(A) Whoever violates any provision of this chapter for which no penalty is otherwise provided, shall be fined not more than $2,500. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day that a violation occurs or continues.
('80 Code, § 1-13)
(B) (1) Any person violating any of the provisions of § 72.10, shall, upon conviction, be fined the sum of $1.
('80 Code, § 16-41(d))
(2) A violation of §§ 72.51 et seq. shall subject the violator to a fine of not less than $15 nor greater than $250. Further, the violator shall be responsible for costs incurred in towing the improperly parked vehicle and storage thereof.
(Am. Ord. 3272, passed 6-18-01)
(1) Cars or like vans shall be assessed a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $50.
(2) Construction vehicles shall be fined in an amount not to exceed $2,500.
(3) Section 72.12 incorporates herein by reference the provisions of division (A) of this section, which provides that a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day that a violation occurs or continues, and division (D) of this section which provides that a violator of § 72.12 shall be responsible for costs incurred in towing the improperly parked vehicle and storage thereof. The violator shall also be responsible for costs incurred in prosecuting the action for improper parking, which shall include, but shall not be limited to, court costs.
(4) No fine shall be issued for a violation of § 72.12 until the offending party receives a warning and an opportunity to correctly park the vehicle in question. Said opportunity to comply pursuant to the warning ticket shall expire after 24 hours. An offending individual is only entitled to one warning ticket.
(Ord. 2876, passed - 92; Am. Ord. 3272, passed 6-18-01; Am. Ord. 3468, passed 4-3-06)
(D) (1) The owner of any motor vehicle or other personal property who violates § 72.13 shall be fined the sum of not less than $50 nor more than $250 which shall be assessed by the issuance of a traffic citation.
(2) Any person, firm, or corporation who, being the owner or occupant of private property upon which has been established a fire lane in conformity with § 72.13(D)(2), violates § 72.13 by placing personal property in such fire lane, or handicapped zone, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed $250.
(Ord. 2877, passed - -92; Am. Ord. 3272, passed 6-18-01)
(E) (1) Whoever violates § 72.14 shall be fined not more than $2,500. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day that a violation occurs or continues.
(2) In addition to the penalties set forth in division (E)(1) above, the city may seek, and the court may order, a violator of § 72.14 to remove the offending motorized or non-motorized storage vehicles and items stored at his or her cost or, in the alternative, the city may remove such vehicles and items and have the costs of removal reduced to judgment, which shall act as a lien on real and personal property owned by the offender.
(Ord. 2930, passed - 93; Am. Ord. 2972, passed 5-2-94)
(F) In the event there are three unpaid traffic citations assessed to a vehicle, 30 days after the issuance of the third ticket, if same has gone unpaid by said length of time, a notice shall be mailed to the address appearing on the most recent registration issued by the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles or the appropriate bureau of registration for said vehicle advising the owner thereof that if same vehicle is located on a public right-of-way or on public property within the municipal limits of the city, said vehicle will be impounded by the city and the owner thereof shall be responsible for the payment of all past due parking tickets, all costs connected with the towing and storage of said vehicle and additional fine of not less than $250 before said vehicle will be released to the owner, After said notice is mailed, if said parking tickets are not satisfied and there remain three unpaid tickets, and said vehicle is located on a public right-of-way or public lands within the city, same may be towed and impounded until the payment of the following:
(1) All unpaid parking tickets.
(2) All costs associated with the towing and impoundment of the vehicle.
(3) An additional fine of $250 to reimburse the city for the costs associated with the implementation of this penalty including the costs associated with recordkeeping, notification to vehicle owner, and service by law enforcement personnel. Nothing herein shall limit the remedies available to the city with regard to unpaid parking tickets and it may exercise either unilaterally or in conjunction with the exercise of these penalties those remedies made available by state law and local ordinance.
(Ord. 3272, passed 6-18-01)
(1) Shall be assessed a fine of not less than $50 or more than $250;
(2) Section 72.15 incorporates herein by reference the provisions of division (A) of this section, which provides "that a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day that a violation occurs or continues, and division (D) which provides that a violator of § 72.15 shall be responsible for the costs incurred in towing the improperly parked vehicle in storage thereof. The violator shall be responsible for costs incurred in prosecuting the action for improper parking which shall include, but not be limited to court costs;"
(3) Failure to pay a citation issued hereunder imposes the provisions of division (H).
(Ord. 3299,passes 12-3-01)
(1) Shall be assessed a fine of not less than $50 or more than $250;
(2) Section 72.16 incorporates herein by reference the provisions of division (A) of this section, which provides "that a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day that a violation occurs or continues, and division (D) which provides that a violator of § 72.16 shall be responsible for the costs incurred in towing the improperly parked vehicle In storage thereof. The violator shall be responsible for costs incurred in prosecuting the action for improper parking which shall include, but not be limited to court costs;"
(3) Failure to pay a citation issued hereunder imposes the provisions of division (H).
(Ord. 3300, passed 12-3-01)
(I) Any violation of § 72.17 shall be subject to the provisions of divisions (B)(2) and (H) of this section. In addition to the fine set forth above for rule violation, the violator's vehicle may be towed at the discretion of the city and the violator shall be responsible for the costs of towing and storage. Further, any violator shall be responsible for costs incurred by the city in prosecuting a violation of this action which would include but not be limited to court costs and attorney fees.
(Ord. 3318, passed 5-20-02)
(J) In the event an obstruction of the public line of sight of oncoming traffic in violation of § 72.18 is determined by a law enforcement officer to exist, he or she shall first notify the property owner of the existence of the obstruction and advise the property owner that he or she has 48 hours to correct the condition. In the event the condition is not corrected within 48 hours, the law enforcement officer may do one or more of the following:
(1) In the event the obstruction is a motorized or non-motorized vehicle, the officer may have same towed and stored at the owner's expense.
(2) The owner may be issued a citation to appear before the City Court.
(a) If the Court determines there is a violation of this § 72.18, it may impose a fine not to exceed $25.
(b) It may further determine that a new violation exists every 24 hours the obstruction remains.
(3) The police officer may request that the obstruction be removed by city personnel, and the costs for such removal shall be assessed against the offending party.
(Ord. 3479, passed 8-21-06)
(K) Any violator of Chapter 75, Schedule IV shall be subject to a fine not less than $50 nor greater than $250 to be determined by the Court and shall be further subject to all provisions of city code § 72.40 and be subject to have his or her vehicle towed and impounded. The violator shall be responsible for the costs incurred in towing and impounding the improperly parked vehicle and storage thereof. A separate offence shall be deemed committed on each day that a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 3597, passed 4-19-10)