11-04 Amend 351.99 - Increasing Parking Penalties

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Please Substitute for Ordinance No. 11-04. (Placed on 1~ Reading and Referred to the Finance Committee on 24'2/04. Placed on 2"d Reading 2/17/04.) Ordinance No: 11-04 FitzGerald, Mmdigan, Seelie. AN ORDINANCE amending Section 351.99 of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances for the purpose of increasing parking penalties and waivers cha~ged for related offenses effective May 1, 2004. WHEREAS, parking penalties and waivers have not been updated since 1990 and it is necessary to bring these penalUes and waivers in order to help keep pace with the cost of parking enforcement in the City of Lakewood. Now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BYTHE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO Section l. That Section 351.99 of the City of Lakewood Codified Ordinances currently reading as follows: 351.99 PENALTY AND WAIVER. (a) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter for which no penalty is otherwise provided shall be subject to the penalties provided in Section 303.99. In addition, thereto such parldng in violation of Section 351.18 shall constitute a nuisance and withiri twenty-four hours after oral or written notice to remove such vehicle, delivered by any police officer to the owner or person having possession or control of such vehicle, personally, or by written notice delivered to the residence of such person, or if such person has no place of residence in the City or if such place of residence cannot be found with reasonable diligence, then after such written notice is attached to the vehicle, such owner or person shall cause such vehicle to be removed from the streets. Upon failure of the owner or person to so remove such vehicle, the Division of Police and each officer thereof is hereby authorized to remove or cause any vehicle so parked to be removed from the street and stored. (b) Whoever violates any of the provisions of Section 355.06(a), Co) or (c), or Chapter 353 may, in lieu of other penalties provided for the.violation of such provisions and upon signing a waiver, be fined six dollars ($6.00), if such violator pays such fine at the Traffic Bureau, in person or by mail, within forty-eight hours, or, if not within forty- eight hours, then in the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) if such violator pays such amount at the Traffic Bureau, in person or by mail, within seventy-two hours from the time of violation. In the event such violator does not pay the fine as hereinbefore provided, then a warrant shall be issued and such violator shall be subject to the penalties otherwise provided for the violation of such provisions. (c) Whoever violates Section 351.01(a) through (p), (r) 'or (s) through Section 35t.18 or Section 351.20CO) or (c) or Section 351.23(a), (b), (c) or (d) may, in lieu of the other penalties provided for the violation of such provisions and upon signing a waiver, be fined ten dollars ($10.00) if such violator pays such fine at the Traffic Bureau, in person or by mail, within forty-eight hours, or if not within forty-eight hours, then in the sum of twenty dollars ($20.00) if such violator pays such amount at the Traffic Bureau, in person or by mail, within seventy-two hours from the Ume of violation. In the event such violator does not pay the fine as hereinbefOre provided, then a warrant shall be issued and such violator shall be subject to the penalties otherwise provided for the violation of such provisions.