(A) It shall be the duty of police officers, acting in accordance with the instructions issued by the Chief of Police, to issue a citation, which shall include the following information.
(1) The location of each limited parking space in which the vehicle occupying the parking space is or has been parking in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
(2) The state license number of the vehicle.
(3) The time during which the vehicle is parking in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, and any other facts of knowledge of which is necessary to a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending the violation. Each police officer shall also attach to the vehicle a notice to the owner or operator thereof that the vehicle has been parked in violation of the provisions of this chapter, and instructing the owner or operator to report at the office of the Police Department in regard to the violation.
(B) (1) There shall also be parking control officers, whose duties shall be the same as designated above for police officers in division (A); however, the parking control officers shall not be police officers and shall have no authority of arrest.
(2) The parking control officers shall be under bond to the city for faithful performance of their duties authorized by the City Manager in the amount of $5,000.
(C) If any vehicle is found upon a street, highway, alley, park or other public or private grounds of the city in violation of any provision of this chapter or any ordinance of this city, regulating the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles, and the identity of the driver cannot be determined, the owner or person in whose name the vehicle is registered shall be prima facie responsible for the violation.
(D) In any hearing on a charge of illegally parking a motor vehicle, testimony that a vehicle bearing a certain license plate was found unlawfully parking as prohibited by the provisions of this chapter, and further testimony that the record of the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles shows that the license plate was issued to the defendant, shall be prima-facie evidence that the vehicle was unlawfully parked, was so parked by the defendant. A certified registration copy showing that fact from the Registrar shall be proof of ownership.
(Ord. 21-98, passed 5-18-98) Penalty, see § 76.99