351.99 PENALTY AND WAIVER.
   (a)   Whoever violates Section 351.04(e) or 351.04(f) pertaining to handicapped parking, shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
 
   (b)   Whoever violates any provision of this chapter, except Section 351.04(e) and 351.04(f) pertaining to handicap parking, is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
   (c)   Any person who is cited for a violation of Section 351.16 for parking or leaving standing any unattended motor vehicle, in addition to the impounding provision and charges provided by Section 351.16(d), shall be subject to the penalty and waiver provisions of subsections (b) and (d) hereof. (Ord. 37-00. Passed 5-9-00.)
 
   (d)   Any person charged with a violation of a section of Chapter 351, except a violation of Section 351.04(e) or 351.04(f), may pay the sums of fifteen dollars ($15.00) as a fine provided such fine is paid within twenty-four hours from the time the violation was issued. Such person may pay a fine of twenty dollars ($20.00) provided such fine is paid after twenty-four hours but before forty-eight hours. If the ticket is paid more than forty-eight hours after the violation was issued, but before seventy-two hours, the person may pay a fine of thirty-five dollars ($35.00). Failure to pay fine prescribed herein within seventy-two hours from the time the citation is issued, shall require a court appearance and the violator may be fined a maximum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) by law for a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 14-09. Passed 3-10-09.)
   (e)   Any person charged with a violation of any provision of this chapter for which payment of a prescribed fine may be made, may pay such sum in the manner prescribed on the issued traffic ticket. Such payment shall be deemed a plea of guilty, waiver of court appearance and acknowledgment of conviction of the alleged offense and may be accepted in full satisfaction of the prescribed penalty for such alleged violation. Payment of the prescribed fine need not be accepted when laws prescribe that a certain number of such offenses shall require court appearance. (Ord. 37-00. Passed 5-9-00.)