(A) It shall be the duty of the Police Department to enforce the parking regulations of the town.
(B) The police officer shall attach to the vehicle in violation a notice that such vehicle has been parked in a manner that fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter, and that the appropriate sum, according to the fine schedule, may be paid to the Town Treasurer or his or her duly appointed agent within ten days from the time of noncompliance appearing on such notice, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays, and further notifying such owner that if the appropriate fine is paid within such time, no action shall be taken to prosecute the owner for the excessive or improper parking specified on such notice; otherwise, the owner will be in violation of this chapter, and a summons will be issued.
(C) If any person should fail to pay the appropriate fine, the police officer who issued the citation shall notify the violator on the records of the State Department of Motor Vehicles that the fine provided by law for such violation may be paid within five days of receipt of such notice. The notice to the violator shall be contained in an envelope bearing the words “Law Enforcement Notice” stamped on its face in type at least one-half inch in height.
(D) If a person should fail to respond to the notification, the police officer who issued the citation shall obtain a summons through the magistrate’s office. If the officer issuing the original citation does not or cannot cause a summons to be issued in accordance with this section, the Chief of Police or his designated agent may cause such summons to be issued. Such summons shall be in a form, and shall be served, as provided by law, and the trial shall be a trial of the original parking citation.
(E) If any person should contest a parking citation, a request shall be made in writing to the Town Clerk or his or her duly appointed agent for an appointment for a slot on the issuing officer’s court date. If the person cited is under age 18, the case will be heard in juvenile and domestic relations district court; if the person cited is 18 years or older, the case will be heard in general district court.
(F) The Town Treasurer or his or her duly appointed agent is authorized to collect the fines cited in this section and deposit them in the General Fund of the town treasury.
(1998 Code, § 62-111) (Ord. O-2014-05, passed 12-2-2014; Ord. O-2023-16, passed 12-5-2023)