(a) Any violation shall constitute the commission of a misdemeanor criminal offense, and any officer of the Police Department of the City or any officer of any other police agency, exercising proper jurisdiction within the corporate limits of the City of Vienna is hereby authorized and empowered to issue a citation and to charge any such person who commits a violation. Any person convicted of a first offense shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00). Any person convicted of a second or further offense shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
(b) The parent or other guardian of any person violating the provisions of this article when such person shall not have attained the age of eighteen years shall not authorize or knowingly permit any such minor to violate any provision of this article. Any such authorization or if such parent or other guardian shall knowingly permit any such minor to violation the provisions of this article shall constitute a criminal violation and shall subject such parent or guardian to the criminal penalties set forth in this article. The citing and conviction of any parent or guardian shall not prohibit the citing and conviction of the operator of such motorized scooter. (Ord. 0-3-03. Passed 5-22-03.)
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF VIENNA