(a) It shall be the duty of each police officer of the City to report:
(1) The number of each parking meter which indicates that the vehicle occupying the parking space adjacent to such parking meter is or has been parked in violation of any of the provisions of this article;
(2) The State license number of such vehicle;
(3) The time at which such vehicle was found parked in violation of any of the provisions of this article;
(4) Any other facts, a knowledge of which is necessary to a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending such violation.
(b) Each police officer shall also attach to such vehicle a notice to the owner or operator thereof that such vehicle has been parked in violation of a provision of this article, and instructing such owner or operator to report immediately to police headquarters in the City Building. If the owner or the operator of the vehicle parked in violation of this article shall by 5:00 p.m. of the date of receiving the notice of the parking violation report to the police headquarters in the City Building and pay unto the City Collector, the sum of five dollars ($5.00), then the parking violation shall be excused.
(c) Upon failure to comply with any of the above provisions each owner or operator may, within twenty-four hours of the time such notice was attached to the vehicle, pay to the City Collector, as a penalty for such violation, the sum of ten dollars ($10.00).
(d) The failure of such owner or operator to make such payment within twenty-four hours after any such parking violation shall render such owner or operator subject to the penalty provided in Section 363.99.
(Ord. 2002-3. Passed 3-5-02.)