HomeMy WebLinkAboutAmending Ch 20, Article 1, Section 20-18 and Chapter 2, Article 19, Section 2-213 of the South Bend Municipal Code to Increase Parking Fines, and to add a new section 20-23.1 to provide for discretionary amnesty by the City ClerkORDINANCE No.
10471 -16
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
Attest:
Attest:
October 10, 20 16
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
October _11. 20 16
Approved and signed by me Mober 1 It' 20 1
City Clerk
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City Clerk
Mayor
Substitute Bill No. 58 -16
Ordinance No. JQ491 _ -16
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA, AMENDING CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE 1, SECTION 20 -18 AND CHAPTER
2, ARTICLE 19, SECTION 2 -213 OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE TO
INCREASE PARKING FINES, AND TO ADD A NEW SECTION 20 -23.1 TO PROVIDE
FOR DISCRETIONARY AMNESTY BY CITY CLERK
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT
The Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, has determined it is necessary
to increase the fine assessed for violation of City parking restrictions and to increase the penalty
for late payment of any such fine in order to secure greater compliance with parking restrictions
in effect within the City of South Bend and in order to secure prompt payment of any penalty
assessed for violations of such restrictions. This ordinance also provides that one day each year,
if and as designated by the City Clerk, tickets for violations of the City's Motor Vehicle and
Traffic Code (Chapter 20, Article 1 of the South Bend Municipal Code) can be paid without late
fee or other penalty charges unless the ticket has been transferred to the City's Department of
Law for collection or other action.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section I. Chapter 20, Article 1, Section 20 -18 of the South Bend Municipal Code shall be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 20 -18. Answering notice on overtime parking; payment of fine.
Oa) 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 teen
dollars ($1 nn` twenty dollars ($20.00) in settlement of the offense or charge,
or *weffty dollars ($20.00) thirty dollars ($30.00) after the expiration of
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. 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.
Section II. Chapter 20, Article 1 of the South Bend Municipal Code shall be amended to
add a new Section 20 -23.1 to read in its entirety as follows:
Sec. 20 -23.1. City Clerk discretion to grant amnesty from fines and penalties; exception.
The City Clerk in the Clerk's discretion may by the last day of January each
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.
Section III. The schedule of ordinance and code violations set forth in Chapter 2, Article 19,
Section 2 -213 is amended as follows to reflect the above amendments to Chapter 20, Article 1,
Section 20 -18:
Municipal Code Section
Type of Violation
Penalty
20 -18
Overtime parking
509 20.00/30.00
Section IV. After its passage by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor, this
Ordinance shall be in full force and effect beginning on January 1, 2017.
Member of the Common Council
j TES : emah Fowler City Clerk
Presented by me to Pete Buttigieg, the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana, on the
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KAREEMAH FOWLER
CITY CLERK, SOUTH BEND, IN