(a) The City of Strongsville Parking Violations Bureau is hereby established pursuant to RC §4521.04 and the home rule authority of the City of Strongsville. The Parking Violations Bureau shall be within the office of the Strongsville Police Department. The Parking Violations Bureau has jurisdiction over each parking infraction that occurs within the territory of the City of Strongsville. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, each parking infraction that occurs within the jurisdiction of the Parking Violations Bureau and the enforcement of each such parking infraction shall be handled pursuant to and be governed by the provisions of this Chapter.
(b) City Council shall appropriate sufficient funds to operate the Parking Violations Bureau. The Violations Clerk shall be an employee of the City of Strongsville assigned by the Police Chief to perform said duties. The hearing examiner shall be the Magistrate of the Strongsville Mayor’s Court.
(c) The fine, penalties, fees, and costs established for a parking infraction shall be collected, retained and disbursed by the Violations Clerk if the parking infraction out of which the fine, penalties, fees and costs arose occurred within the jurisdiction of the Parking Violations Bureau. The Violations Clerk shall provide tickets for parking infractions to law enforcement officers upon requisition of the appropriate department or division head. Any person requisitioning tickets shall account to the Violations Clerk for all tickets requisitioned at such times as the Violations Clerk shall request.
(d) The Mayor shall have authority to contract with any non-governmental or governmental entity to provide services in processing, collecting, and enforcing parking tickets issued by law enforcement officers and civil judgments and default civil judgments entered pursuant to this Chapter. No contract shall affect the responsibilities of hearing examiners as prescribed in this Chapter, or the ultimate responsibility of the Violations Clerk to collect, retain, and disburse fines, penalties, fees, and costs for parking infractions and monies paid in satisfaction of judgments and default judgments entered pursuant to this Chapter. All contracts entered into by the Mayor, as set out herein, shall be entered into in accordance with law.
(Ord. 2016-241. Passed 12-19-16.)