Amending Article 1 Chapter 20 Time Limits & Answer Notice Parking Violations

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• owner or operator of any vehicle, he shall notify the owner or operator of such vehicle, in writing, on a form to be provided by the City, of such violation. (c) The notice shall: (1) Be made in duplicate; (2) Be serially numbered; (3) Show the specific violation charged; (4) Show the registration or State license number of the vehicle involved; (5) Show the violator' s name, address, and operator' s license number, if possible to obtain the same; and (6) State any other information which the officer may then and there discover. (d) One ( 1) copy of the notice shall be presented to the violator, owner, or operator of such vehicle. In case such violator, operator, or owner shall not be in possession of the vehicle, the posting of such notice or the attachment thereof to a conspicuous place on such vehicle shall be deemed a sufficient notice of such violation. The notice shall require the person notified to appear within fivc (5) dayo fourteen ( 14) days of the issuance of the notice at the Ordinance Violations Bureau and at that time make payment of the fine assessed. The officer serving such notice shall file the duplicate copy in the office of the Ordinance Violations Bureau. (e) In addition to those individuals and entities set forth elsewhere in this section, Department of Code Enforcement Inspectors who have obtained a special commission from the Board of Public Safety and specially commissioned civil defense police officers of the South Bend Police Department shall have the power to enforce the provisions of this chapter, subject to the conditions set forth elsewhere in this section. (Code 1962, §-25- 66; Ord. No. 5080-69; Ord. No. 8179-91, § 4; Ord. No. 8187-91, § 2) Sec. 20-18. Answering notice on overtime parking; payment of fine. The owner or operator who has been notified of a violation of the parking regulations as herein provided, may, within fivc (5) days fourteen ( 14) days after being notified, answer at the office of the Ordinance Violations Bureau to the charge of such violation as set forth in such notice and pay a prescribed fee of five dollars ($5.00) in settlement of the offense or charge, or fifteen ($15.00) after the expiration of fivc (5) dayo fourteen (14) days. An acceptance of the payment of the fee and the authority by the Clerk shall be deemed complete satisfaction for the violation and the violator shall be given a receipt which so states. (Ord. No. 5399-72, § 1; Ord. No. 7657-86, § 1; Ord. No. 8139-90, § 1) Sec. 20-19. Failure to comply with notice; owner' s responsi- bility; penalties. (a) Whenever a person who has been issued a notice as provided in section 20-17, fails or refuses to appear within fivo (5) dayo fourteen ( 14) days after service of such notice at the