(a) Except as otherwise provided, whoever violates any provision of this chapter shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), which fine may be paid in the amounts and manner prescribed by Section 351.15 hereof.
(b) Any person charged with a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter for which payment if 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 prescribed that a certain number of such offenses shall require court appearance.
(c) Whoever violates Sections 351.04(e) and (f) hereof, shall be fined the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first offense provided the same is paid to the Village at the Office of the Clerk-Treasurer within seventy-two hours following the offense. After seventy-two hours and up to thirty days, such person shall pay the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00). Thereafter, such person shall pay the sum of one-hundred dollars ($100.00). If no payment is received within forty-five days following the offense, a citation to the Cuyahoga Falls Municipal Court will be issued.
For all subsequent offenses of Sections 351.04(e) and (f) hereof within one year following any previous violation, the owner shall pay the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) provided the same is paid to the Village at the Office of the Clerk-Treasurer within seventy-two hours following the offense. After seventy-two hours and up to thirty days following the offense, such person shall pay the sum of one-hundred dollars ($100.00). If payment is not received within thirty days of a subsequent violation, a citation will be issued to the Cuyahoga Falls Municipal Court.
(d) Whoever violates Sections 351.17(a), (b), (c) and (d), 351.18 (b), (c) or (d) hereof, is guilty of a minor misdemeanor of the first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor in the fourth degree. For every day such violation shall thereafter exist it shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense. In addition to any other penalty imposed by the court, an offender shall also be assessed any costs incurred by the Village in disposing of such vehicle less any money accruing to the Village from such disposal.
(e) Whoever violates Sections 351.18 (e) and (f) hereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense, on a second offense within one year after the first offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. For every day such violation shall thereafter exist it shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense. In addition to any other penalty imposed by the court, an offender shall also be assessed any costs incurred by the Village in disposing of such vehicle, less any money accruing to the Village from such disposal.
(f) Whoever violates Section 351.18(k) hereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. (Ord. 29-1998. Passed 4-6-98.)