(A) Erection of signs.
(1) The Director of Transportation and Planning is hereby directed to erect signs where limitations on parking on streets and avenues in the city are in effect, giving notice of the parking regulations.
(2) No citation, as provided for in this section, shall be issued alleging a violation of this section until after the street or avenue where the violation occurred has been equipped with such signs as specified in this division (A).
(B) Issuance of citations.
(1) The Chief of Police shall cause such streets and avenues to be regularly patrolled and traffic citations to be issued notifying alleged violators to appear and answer charges of alleged violations in the Municipal Court.
(2) If a violation occurs, the citation shall be attached to the vehicle.
(3) The citation shall direct the violator to appear in the Municipal Court within ten days, during the hours specified in the citation.
(C) Court appearance.
(1) If the owner of the vehicle does not appear in response to a traffic citation affixed to the motor vehicle within such ten-day period, the Clerk of the Municipal Court shall send a letter to the owner, informing him or her of the violation and warning him or her that, if he or she fails to appear in Court within ten days from the date of the letter, a warrant of arrest will be issued. All notices shall be addressed to the name and address given on the license registration receipt for the vehicle to which the citation was originally attached.
(2) If the alleged violator fails to comply with a traffic citation attached to a vehicle, and fails to make an appearance pursuant to the letter written to him or her by the Clerk of the Municipal Court directing his or her appearance in the Court, the Clerk of the Municipal Court shall secure and issue a warrant for his or her arrest.
(1998 Code, § 118-225)
Editor’s note:
Exhibit A, referred to in this section, is not included herein, but is available for inspection at the offices of the city.