(A) Whenever any vehicle is parked in violation of any provision of the code prohibiting or restricting vehicular parking or standing, the owner shall be prima facie responsible for the violation and subject to the penalty therefor.
(B) Whenever any vehicle is parked in violation of any provision of the code prohibiting or restricting vehicular parking or standing, any Police Officer, Traffic Control Aide, other designated member of the Police Department, Parking Enforcement Aide or other person designated by the Code Administrator observing such violation may issue a parking violation notice, and serve the notice on the owner of the vehicle by handing it to the operator of the vehicle, if he or she is present, or by affixing it to the vehicle in a conspicuous place.
(1) The issuer of the notice shall:
(a) Specify on the notice:
1. His or her identification number;
2. The particular parking regulation allegedly violated;
3. The make and state registration number of the cited vehicle; and
4. The place, date, time and nature of the alleged violation; and
(b) Certify the correctness of the specified information.
(2) The foregoing shall not relieve the Code Administrator from the duties set forth above with respect to scheduling a hearing on such alleged violation and providing notice thereof.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person, other than the owner of the vehicle, or his or her designee, to remove from a vehicle a parking violation notice affixed pursuant to this chapter.
(D) (1) The Code Administrator shall distribute parking violation notices to Parking Enforcement Aides, other persons authorized to issue parking violating notices, and the Police Department for issuance pursuant to these provisions.
(2) The Chief of Police shall:
(a) Be responsible for the distribution of the notice forms within the Police Department;
(b) Maintain a record of each set of notices issued to individual members of the Department; and
(c) Retain a receipt for every set so issued.
(E) The Code Administrator shall:
(1) Compile and maintain complete and accurate records relating to all parking violation notices issued and the dispositions thereof, whether by payment of the fine or by final determination of the Hearing Officer; and
(2) Make certified reports to the Secretary of State pursuant to the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(Ord. 2004-16, passed 3-1-04)