Any person accused of a violation of an ordinance prohibiting parking a vehicle in a designated area or restricting the length of time a vehicle may be there parked, or parking in a metered area without putting a coin in the meter or otherwise paying the required charge or obtaining a parking permit to cover the required time, may settle and compromise the claim against him or her for such illegal parking by paying to the Borough for the first violation such sum as may be established by resolution adopted by the Borough Council from time to time, and for any subsequent violation occurring at least two hours after the time of the first offense, such additional sum as may be established by Borough Council by resolution adopted from time to time. Payment may be made, within ten calendar days of the violation, at the office of the Borough Secretary, and a receipt shall be issued for all money so received. Such money shall be promptly credited to the General Fund. The members of the Police Department are hereby authorized to refrain from instituting a prosecution for the alleged offense involved for ten calendar days. The failure of the owner to make payment within ten calendar days shall render him or her subject to such additional penalty as may be established by Borough Council by resolution from time to time.
(Ord. 900. Passed 9-12-94; Ord. 976. Passed 1-12-04; Ord. 985. Passed 2-14-05; Ord. 1064. Passed 11-10-14.)