Ordinance 2180-96 - Laserfiche WebLink

• SECTION 25: Enforcement of Parking Regulations. A. The parking regulations set forth in this ordinance shall be enforced by the City's police officers and the City's parking enforcement officers. For parking violations occurring within one thousand(1,000) feet of any City park, the parking regulations may also be enforced by the City's park rangers. However, it shall be the primary responsibility of the parking enforcement officers to enforce this ordinance, as well as any other parking regulations adopted by the City. Parking enforcement officers shall be employees of the City under the direction of the City's police department. B. Failure to perform any act required or the performance of any act prohibited by this ordinance is designated as a parking infraction unless otherwise provided. C. City police officers and City parking enforcement officers have the authority to issue a notice of parking infraction when the parking infraction is committed in the officer's presence. D. In addition to City parking enforcement officers and City police officers, City park rangers have the authority to issue a notice of parking infraction when the parking infraction is committed in the park ranger's presence and the parking infraction is committed within one thousand (1,000)feet of any City park. E. If any vehicle is found parked, standing or stopped in violation of this ordinance or otherwise violates the provisions of this ordinance, the officer or park ranger finding the vehicle shall take its registration (license) number and may take any other information displayed on the vehicle which may identify its user, and shall conspicuously affix to the vehicle a notice of parking infraction. A notice of parking infraction represents a determination that a parking violation has been committed. The determination will be final unless contested as provided in this ordinance. F. Those responsible for the enforcement of the parking regulations of the City shall, and are authorized to, mark or otherwise identify such vehicles parked, standing or stopped from time to time to aid in the enforcement of this ordinance. Such mark shall be by chalk upon the tires of said vehicles or by some other convenient method but will not be injurious to or damage such vehicle. The marks so placed shall not be interfered with,concealed, obliterated or erased by any person other than a police officer, parking enforcement officer or in the case of City parks, a park ranger while the same shall remain parked or standing at the place where so marked. It shall constitute a parking infraction to interfere with,conceal,obliterate or erase any mark in violation of this ordinance. . SECTION 26: Registered Owner Responsible- Presumption. A. Every person in whose name a vehicle is registered shall be responsible for any violation of this ordinance caused by the parking, standing or stopping of said vehicle in violation hereof. It shall be no defense that the vehicle was parked illegally by another, unless proof is presented that said vehicle had been stolen and had not been returned to the registered owner by the date of the violation. This section shall not apply to registered owners transferring vehicle ownership who have complied with the provisions of State law prior to the date of the violation. • 14