In any prosecution charging a violation of any ordinance governing the stopping, standing, parking, or operating of a vehicle, proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was parked or operated in violation of any ordinance or regulation, together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was at the time of the parking or operating, the registered owner of the vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption, unless otherwise provided by law, that the registered owner of the vehicle was the person who stopped, stood, parked, or operated the vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, the violation occurred.
(Ord. 96-23, passed 12-12-95)