(A) The provisions of this chapter may be enforced by any authorized local law enforcement agency or code enforcement officer.
(B) (1) Violations of the provision of this chapter shall subject the offender to a civil penalty as authorized by G.S. § 160A-175(c) upon the issuance of a citation for said violation as hereinafter provided.
(2) Whenever any motor vehicle without a driver is found parked or stopped in violation of any of the restrictions imposed by ordinance of the town or by state law, the officer finding such vehicle shall take its registration number and may take any other information displayed on the vehicle which may identify its user. Pursuant to G.S. § 15A-302(d), the officer shall conspicuously affix to such vehicle a notice of violation, on a citation provided by the Chief of Police or designee, for the driver to pay a civil penalty in the amount of $25 within 15 days at a place specified on the citation. The citation shall further state that additional penalties will be assessed for citations that are paid after the 15-day grace period. Those fines shall increase to $50 after 15 days and $75 after 45 days.
(3) Failure to make payment of the penalty, including any late penalties, will subject the owner or operator to a civil action to collect all penalties and costs for such violations in the nature of a civil suit for the collection of a debt when the civil penalty, including the delinquent civil penalty, has not been paid.
(Ord. passed 11-9-2015; Am. Ord. passed 12-11-2023)