5-3-6: PARKING TICKETS AND PROCEDURES:

The city clerk, sheriff, deputy sheriff, code enforcement officer, fire marshal, and any other individual designated by the city council shall have authority to issue parking tickets as follows:

   A.   It shall be the duty of the city clerk, sheriff, deputy sheriff, code enforcement officer, fire marshal, or any other individual designated by the city council, upon observing a motor vehicle or motor vehicle and trailer, parked, standing, or stopped in violation of the provisions of this chapter, to leave upon such vehicle a separate parking ticket as frequently as every two (2) hours that such vehicle has been parked, standing, or stopped in violation of the provisions of this chapter. In addition, at the expiration of the posted time limit, it will be required that all vehicles be removed from the block face of the area in which it was parked in a posted time limit for the remainder of the calendar day. Such parking ticket shall bear the hour and date of leaving the same upon the vehicle, the make of the vehicle, the vehicle's license number, the specified code section violated, and the amount of the fine for such violation. Each parking ticket shall instruct the operator of the vehicle to report to the city clerk at the city hall.

   B.   To avoid burdening the judicial system with parking violations and for the convenience of the public, each person receiving a parking ticket under this chapter shall:

      1.   Within seventy two (72) hours of the time the ticket was left upon the vehicle, pay to the city clerk, in full satisfaction of the parking violation, fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each parking ticket left upon his/her vehicle.

      2.   Within ten (10) days from the date a parking ticket was issued, if the parking ticket has not been paid within the seventy two (72) hours prescribed above, pay to the city clerk an additional fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each parking ticket, the additional fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each ticket being deemed necessary to defray administrative and clerical expenses. The failure to report and/or make such payments to the clerk's office within the times prescribed herein shall additionally render the owner or operator thereof subject to penalties as provided in section 5-3-7 of this chapter.

   C.   If any vehicle is found stopped, standing, or parked in violation of the provisions of this chapter, the fact that the vehicle is registered or leased to a person shall be considered prima facie evidence that such person was in control of the vehicle at the time of such violation.

   D.   Within seventy two (72) hours of the time the ticket was left upon the vehicle, if the vehicle has not been moved as provided herein, the owner or operator shall be liable for the expense incurred by the city for towing or otherwise removing said vehicle. The owner or operator of any vehicle shall be liable for any and all other reasonable expenses for storage charged by the company removing said vehicle and causing said vehicle to be stored. (Ord. 724, 10-28-2014)