10903-22 Ordinance Amending Chapter 2, Article 19 to Appoint City Controller as Violation Bureau Clerk

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The City 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 to the owner of the motor vehicle to which the notice was affixed a notice informing him or her of the violation and informing him or her of the penalty prescribed under section 20- 18 for which he or she will be held responsible. In the event such notice is disregarded for a period of five(5) days a complaint for ordinance violation will be filed. SECTION III. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor.