CHAPTER 352
Noncriminal Parking Violations
352.01   Definitions.
352.02   Civil liability for parking infractions; arrest prohibited.
352.03   Parking Violations Bureau.
352.04   Parking ticket, service and liability.
352.05   Answers; procedures.
352.06   Failure to answer.
352.07   Hearing procedure.
352.08   Release of impounded vehicles.
352.09   Nonliability of owner.
352.10   Parking ticket adopted.
352.11   Motor vehicle registration hold due to nonpayment of parking infraction judgments.
352.12   Impoundment and immobilization.
352.99   Parking infraction fines.
CROSS REFERENCES
Noncriminal parking infractions - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 4521
   352.01 DEFINITIONS.
   The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter of the Traffic Code, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section.
   (a)    "Parking Infraction" means a violation of the following sections of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Warren, Ohio:
      (1)   351.01    Police may remove unattended vehicle which obstructs traffic.
      (2)   351.02    Registered owner prima-facie liable for unlawful parking.
      (3)   351.03    Prohibited standing or parking places.
      (4)   351.04    Parallel and handicapped parking.
      (5)   351.05    Manner of angle parking.
      (6)   351.06    Selling, washing or repairing vehicle upon roadway.
      (7)   351.07    Unattended vehicle: duty to stop engine, remove key, set brake and turn wheels.
      (8)   351.08    Opening vehicle door on traffic side.
      (9)   351.09    Truck loading zones.
      (10)   351.10    Bus stops and taxicab stands.
      (11)   351.11    Parking in alleys and narrow streets; exceptions.
      (12)   351.12    Prohibition against parking on streets or highways.
      (13)     351.13    Night parking.
      (14)   351.14    Storing unlicensed or inoperable motor vehicles.
      (15)   351.15    Tow-away zones.
      (16)   351.16    Parking in designated parking space.
      (17)   351.17    Designation of emergency snow removal streets.
      (18)   351.18    Overtime parking.
      (19)   351.19    Parking on posted private property.
      (20)   351.20    Off-street parking facilities.
      (21)   351.21    Restricted parking.
      (22)   351.22    Release of motor vehicle immobilized by the Police Department.
      (23)   351.23    Parking in the Central Business District.
      (24)   1505.05    Fire lanes
      (25)   1165.04   No parking on front lawn.
         (Ord. 12122/08. Passed 7-23-08.)
   (b)    "Vehicles" has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 4511.01.
   (c)    "Violations Clerk" means the Clerk of the Warren Municipal Court.
   (d)    "Parking Violations Bureau" means the bureau established by the Council of the City of Warren pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4521.04 and Section 352.03 hereof.
   (e)    "Law Enforcement Officer" and/or "Police Officer" has the same meaning as in Section 301.25 and 501.01 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Warren, Ohio and shall also mean any City employees and agents whose duties include the issuance of parking infraction tickets while engaged in such duty.
   (f)    "Notification of Infraction" means the notice mailed to the owner or operator of a vehicle involved in a parking infraction pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4521.07 and Section 352.04 hereof.
   (g)    "Court" or "Municipal Court" means the Warren Municipal Court, unless specifically identified as another court, in which case it means the specifically identified court.
   (h)    "Disability parking space" also known as "handicapped parking spaces" means a motor vehicle parking location that is reserved for the exclusive standing or parking of a vehicle that is operated by or on behalf of a person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk and displays a placard or license plates issued under Ohio R.C. 4503.44.
   (i)    "Person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk" has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 4503.44.
      (Ord. 12038/07. Passed 6-13-07.)
   352.02 CIVIL LIABILITY FOR PARKING INFRACTIONS; ARREST PROHIBITED.
   The commission of a parking infraction, as defined in Division (a) of Section 352.01 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Warren, Ohio, shall not be considered a criminal offense for any purpose. A person who commits a parking infraction shall not be arrested as a result of the commission of the violation.
(Ord. 12038/07. Passed 6-13-07.)
   352.03 PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU.
   (a)    The City of Warren Parking Violations Bureau is hereby established pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4521.04.The Parking Violations Bureau shall be within the office of the Clerk of the Warren Municipal Court. The Parking Violations Bureau has jurisdiction over each parking infraction that occurs within the territory of the City of Warren. 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)    The operating costs of the Parking Violations Bureau shall be paid by the City of Warren. The Clerk of the Warren Municipal Court is hereby appointed as the Violations Clerk of the Parking Violations Bureau, with authority to appoint deputy clerks and necessary clerical employees. The hearing examiner shall be the Magistrate of the Warren Municipal 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 in the Police Department upon requisition of the Chief of Police and shall also provide tickets for parking infractions upon requisition of the director or commissioner of any other department or division which has employees whose duties include the issuance of parking infraction tickets. Any person requisitioning tickets shall account to the Violations Clerk for all tickets requisitioned at such times as the Violations Clerk shall request. The fine, penalties, fees, and costs collected by the Violations Clerk for a parking infraction shall be disbursed by the Violations Clerk to the City of Warren.
   (d)    The Board of Control of the City of Warren shall have authority to contract with any nongovernmental 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 Board of Control shall be authorized by City Council.
   (e)    The Clerk of Court is authorized to enter into contract on behalf of the Parking Violations Bureau for the collection of unpaid parking infraction judgments and default judgments. In addition to any other fees or charges authorized by these Codified Ordinances in relation to the commission of a parking infraction, the judgment debtor on unpaid parking infraction judgments or default judgments may be assessed an amount equal to the costs paid by the City to any vendor for the costs of collection of the debt. 
(Ord. 12038/07. Passed 6-13-07.)
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