(A) Penalty. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any provision of this traffic code shall be fined not less than $5 nor more than $500 for each offense.
(B) Arrests. Any person arrested for a violation of any provision of this traffic code shall be released upon proper bail being furnished as required by law.
(C) Prima facie proof. The fact that an automobile which is illegally operated or parked is registered in the name of a person shall be considered prima facie proof that such person was in control of the automobile at the time of such violation.
(D) Parking violations.
(1) Any person accused of a violation of an ordinance prohibiting parking a vehicle in a designated area or restricting the length of time of a vehicle may be there parked may settle and compromise the claim against him or her for such illegal parking by paying to the village the sum of $0.50 for the first and second violations and $1 for subsequent violations within 24 hours of the time such alleged offense was committed. Such payment may be made at the Village Clerk’s office and a receipt shall be issued for all money so received, and such money shall be promptly turned over to the Treasurer. The members of the Police Department are hereby authorized to refrain from instituting a prosecution for the alleged offense involved.
(2) Provided that this section 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 in 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.
(Ord. 256, passed 11-2-1964)