Bill No. 68-22 Establishing Ordinance Violation Bureau with Administration

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'. OCT . !:J. r ·> SECTION II. The following Sections of Chapters 13 and 20 of the South Bend Municipal Code are hereby amended to read as follows: Chapter 13, Article 12, Sec. 13-160(a)(2) Civil Penalties: Civil Penalties: After a property has been designated as a chronic problem property and placed on the publicly available data set, if the property receives any subsequent citation or valid complia.Rt complaint, then the owner will be subject to a civil penalty of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per citation or valid complaint which shall be payable through the Offiee efthe City Clerk Violations Clerk. Chapter 20, Article 1, Sec. 20-23.1 City elerk Violations Clerk discretion to grant amnesty from fines and penalties; exception. The Giey Violations Clerk in the that Clerk's discretion may by the last day of January each year designate a day within that calendar year during which persons with unpaid tickets may pay by the close of that business day any ticket issued under this article (the Motor Vehicle and Traffic Code of the City) without accrued late fee or other penalty charges. This power to forgive fines and penalties shall exclude any ticket which has been referred to the City Law Department for collection or other action regardless of whether a complaint has been filed. Chapter 20, Article 1, 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 fourteen (14) days after being notified, answer at the office of the Ordinance Violation Bureau to the charge of such violation as set forth in such notice and pay a prescribed fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) in settlement of the offense or charge, or thirty dollars ($30.00) after the expiration of fourteen (14) days. An acceptance of the payment of the fee and the authority by the Violations Clerk shall be deemed complete satisfaction for the violation and the violator shall be given a receipt which so states. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, no fee under this section will be imposed for the first instance in any calendar year in which a vehicle is found to be in violation of Chapter 20, Article 6, Section 20-77 of this Code. Chapter 20, Article 1, Sec. 20-19(a). Failure to comply with notice; owner's responsibility; penalties. Whenever any person who has been issued a notice as provided in section 20-17, fails or refuses to appear within fourteen (14) days after service of such notice at the Ordinance Violations Bureau or having appeared fails or refuses to pay the Violations Clerk the fee in settlement of the charge and violation, then the Ordinance Violations Bureau shall send