(A) Any person accused of a violation of the section prohibiting parking a vehicle in a designated area or restricting the length of time a vehicle may be there parked, may settle and compromise the claim against him or her for such illegal parking by paying to the Clerk the sum of $0.50 within 48 hours of the time such alleged offense was committed. A receipt shall be issued for all money so received, and such money shall be promptly turned over to the Treasurer, to be used in the manner provided for the disposition of fines for traffic violations.
(B) The members of the Police Department are hereby authorized to refrain from instituting prosecution for the alleged offense involved; provided, that this chapter shall not apply to persons parking a vehicle so as to obstruct the entrance or exit of any place where Police or Fire Department apparatus or other emergency equipment is kept or housed, or so as to block an emergency entrance to a hospital, nor shall this section apply to any person charged with parking a vehicle so as to entirely obstruct traffic in any street or alley, or parking in such a way as to reduce traffic on an arterial street to one way traffic only; nor to any person who refuses to move a vehicle illegally parked at the request of any member of the Police Department.
(1975 Code, § 20-166) Penalty, see § 70.99