(a) The Clerk of Courts of Seven Hills Mayor's Court is hereby specifically authorized to collect sixty five dollars ($65.00) as and for court costs for all violations occurring in the jurisdictional limits of the City of Seven Hills, with the exception of Parking, Pedestrian and Seat Belt violations.
(b) The Clerk of Courts of the Seven Hills Mayor's Court is further specifically authorized to collect fifteen dollars and no cents ($15.00) as and for additional court costs for all violations of Ohio R.C. 4509.101, Finance Responsibility Law, for all violations heard in Mayor's Court in the City for which an order of suspension and/or impoundment is imposed.
(c) The Clerk of Courts of Seven Hills Mayor's Court is further specifically authorized to collect a total of twenty-nine dollars and no cents ($29.00) additional court costs pursuant to Ohio law to be paid to the Victims of Crime-State Reparation Fund and the State Treasury Indigent Defense Support Fund.
(d) The Clerk of Courts of Seven Hills Mayor's Court is further specifically authorized to collect thirty dollars and no cents ($30.00) as and for additional court costs pursuant to Ohio Law along with remittance of appropriate funds to the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles for license forfeitures.
(e) The Clerk of Courts of Seven Hills Mayor's Court is further specifically required to collect an additional fee of five dollars ($5.00) for each case filed which funds shall be used for the computerization of the office of Clerk of Court.
(f) The Clerk of Courts of Seven Hills Mayor's Court is further specifically required to collect an additional fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for every continuance in a case after the first continuance request. The fee shall be assessed to court costs on each case and collected upon disposition of the case.
(g) The Clerk of Courts of Seven Hills Mayor's Court is further specifically required to collect an additional fifteen dollars ($15.00) for time to pay requests.
(h) The Clerk of Courts of Seven Hills Mayor's Court is further specifically required to collect a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for every case where a warrant/capias has been issued. Such fee shall be deposited in the General Fund.
(i) The Clerk of Courts of Seven Hills Mayor's Court is further specifically required to collect an additional ten dollars ($10.00) for the Court Security Fund.
(j) The Clerk of Courts of Seven Hills Mayor's Court is further specifically required to collect an additional five dollars ($5.00) for a facility fee.
(k) The Clerk of Courts of Seven Hills Mayor's Court is allowed to collect a five dollar ($5.00) convenience fee for people who pay with a debit or credit card.
(l) The Clerk of Courts of Seven Hills Mayor's Court is further specifically authorized to impose an additional fee of five dollars ($5.00) for each traffic case filed which funds shall be forwarded to the Cuyahoga County Treasurer's Office to be deposited in the fund known as the CRIS Fund.
(m) The Clerk of Courts of Seven Hills Mayor's Court is further specifically authorized to collect a total of ten dollars and no cents ($10.00) additional court costs for all offenders who are convicted of, plead guilty to, or forfeit bail related to a moving violation. Pursuant to Ohio law, the Ohio Department of Public Safety's Office of Criminal Justice Services will receive thirty-five percent ($3.50) of this fee and the remaining sixty-five percent ($6.50) will be collected by the State Treasury to be credited to the Indigent Driver's Alcohol Treatment Fund and the Indigent Defense Support Fund.
(n) Schedule of Fines. The Mayor shall establish and publish a schedule of fines and costs for all traffic offenses that will parallel fines and costs for all traffic offenses issued at Parma Municipal Court. The schedule shall be prominently displayed at the place where fines are paid.
(1) Defendant's Appearance, Plea and Waiver of Trial. Within seven days after the date of issuance of the ticket, a defendant charged with an offense that can be processed by a traffic violations bureau may do either of the following:
A. Appear in person at the Traffic Violations Bureau, sign a plea of guilty and waiver of trial provision of the ticket, and pay the total amount of the fine and costs;
B. Sign the guilty plea and waiver of trial provision of the ticket and mail the ticket and a check, money order, or other approved form of payment for the total amount of the fine and costs to the Traffic Violations Bureau.
(2) The Mayor's Court may establish a procedure for accepting, through its traffic violations bureau, guilty pleas, waivers of trial, and payments of fines and costs. Remittance of the fine and costs to the Traffic Violations Bureau by any means other than personal appearance by the defendant at the bureau constitutes a guilty plea and waiver of trial whether or not the guilty plea and the waiver of trial provision of the ticket are signed by the defendant.
(Ord. 82-2016. Passed 7-25-16.)