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It is a misdemeanor for any person to maintain a parking lot for the use of its customers, employees, officers or agents or for the purpose of leasing spaces therein to others, unless the same shall be paved with concrete or bituminous blacktopping or treated with road oil to prevent dust, dirt and other debris from being blown out of or about the lot.
(Ord. 68, Fourth Series, passed 1-4-2021)
In any matter charging a violation of any provision of this chapter or any other provision of the Code of Ordinances governing the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle, proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was stopping, standing or parking in violation of this chapter or any other provision of the Code of Ordinances, together with proof that the defendant was at the time of the violation the registered owner of the vehicle, shall constitute in evidence prima facie presumption that the registered owner of the vehicle was the person who parked or placed such a vehicle at the point where and for the time during which the violation occurred. It shall be no defense that the vehicle was parked illegally by another, unless proof is presented that the vehicle had been stolen and had not been returned to the registered owner by the date of the violation. This section shall not apply to registered owners transferring vehicle ownership prior to the date of the violation.
(Ord. 68, Fourth Series, passed 1-4-2021)
Every person violates a section, subdivision, paragraph or provision of this chapter when he or she performs an act thereby prohibited or declared unlawful, or fails to act when such failure is thereby prohibited or declared unlawful, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as follows:
Subd. 1. Where the specific section, subdivision, paragraph or provision specifically makes violation a misdemeanor, he or she shall be punished as for a misdemeanor; where a violation is committed in a manner or under circumstances so as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property, he or she shall be punished as for a misdemeanor; where he or she stands convicted of violation of any provision of this chapter, exclusive of violations relating to the standing or parking of an unattended vehicle, within the immediate preceding 12-month period for the third or subsequent time, s/he shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.
Subd. 2. As to any violation not constituting a misdemeanor under the provisions of Subd. 1. hereof, he or she shall be punished as for a petty misdemeanor.
Subd. 3. Fines for parking violations shall be set by resolution of the Council. If such fine is not paid within seven days after the original date of issuance of the ticket, citation or notice, the Chief of Police shall notify the violator by letter that he or she has an additional seven days in which to pay the fine. If not paid within that time period, the City Attorney shall cause a formal complaint to be issued requiring the violator to appear in Court.