(a) The City of Newton Falls Parking Violations Bureau is hereby established pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4521.04. The Parking Violations Bureau shall be within the office of the Clerk of the Newton Falls Municipal Court. The Parking Violations Bureau has jurisdiction over each parking infraction that occurs within the territory of the City of Newton Falls. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, each parking infraction that occurs within the jurisdiction of the Parking Violations Bureau and the enforcement of each such parking infraction shall be handled pursuant to and be governed by the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The operating costs of the Parking Violations Bureau shall be paid by the City of Newton Falls. The Clerk of the Newton Falls Municipal Court is hereby appointed as the Violations Clerk of the Parking Violations Bureau, with authority to appoint deputy clerks and necessary clerical employees. The hearing examiner shall be the Judge of the Newton Falls Municipal Court.
(c) The fine, penalties, fees, and costs established for a parking infraction shall be collected, retained and disbursed by the Violations Clerk if the parking infraction out of which the fine, penalties, fees and costs arose occurred within the jurisdiction of the Parking Violations Bureau. The Violations Clerk shall provide tickets for parking infractions to law enforcement officers in the Police Department upon requisition of the Chief of Police and shall also provide tickets for parking infractions upon requisition of the director or commissioner of any other department or division which has employees whose duties include the issuance of parking infraction tickets. Any person requisitioning tickets shall account to the Violations Clerk for all tickets requisitioned at such times as the Violations Clerk shall request. The fine, penalties, fees, and costs collected by the Violations Clerk for a parking infraction shall be disbursed by the Violations Clerk to the City of Newton Falls.
(d) The Clerk of Court is authorized to enter into contract on behalf of the Parking Violations Bureau for the collection of unpaid parking infraction judgments and default judgments. In addition to any other fees or charges authorized by these Codified Ordinances in relation to the commission of a parking infraction, the judgment debtor on unpaid parking infraction judgments or default judgments may be assessed an amount equal to the costs paid by the City to any vendor for the costs of collection of the debt.
(Ord. 2017-27. Passed 1-22-18.)