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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 2007 - 143 BY: Mayor O'Grady AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 351.18 AND 351.20 OF THE TRAFFIC CODE IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR HANDICAPPED PARKING VIOLATIONS SO AS TO MIRROR CURRENT STA TE LA W, AS AMENDED. WHEREAS, Section 351.20 of the Traffic Code prohibits non-disabled persons from parking their motor vehicles in parking spaces designated for disabled persons; and WHEREAS, all violations of said Section 351.20 are currently classified as minor misdemeanors under the City's Traffic Code; and WHEREAS, it is the recommendation of the Mayor and the desire of this Council to amend Sections 351.18 and 351.20 of the Traffic Code to provide for penalties for violations of paragraph (b) of Section 351.20, subtect to the provisions of Section 351.18 that provide for initial disposition of parking tickets at the North Olmsted police department, to be the same as those provided for under Section 4511.69 of the Ohio Revised Code; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION L• That Sections 35 L 18 and 351.20 of the Traffic Code, which presently reads as follows: 351.18 PARKING TICKET PROCEDURES. (a) Parking tickets shall be written on a pre-printed form approved by the Chief of Police, which shall include all information necessary to identify the motor vehicle in violation and its registered owner. Upon observation of a parking violation, parking tickets may be issued by any police officer or auxiliary police officer specifically designated by the Chief of Police, and shall then be securely placed upon the vehicle parked in violation of this chapter, specifically by placing a copy of the parking ticket beneath the windshield wiper on the driver's side of the vehicle. The registered owner of a motor vehicle ticketed for a parking violation shall appear at the North Olmsted Police Department to pay the fine for such parking violation, in person, through a designated representative, or postmarked by mail, within forty-eight hours after the issuance of such parking ticket, Sundays or holidays excepted, and pay a fine of fifteen dollars ($15.00), without costs. If such payment is tendered or postmarked more than forty-eight hours after such issuance, Sundays or holidays excepted, then the fine shall be increased to twenty-five dollars ($25.00), without costs. Voluntary payment of such fine shall not be deemed a formal admission of guilt but shall constitute acknowledgment of the validity of the parking ticket and shall preclude the prosecution of the misdemeanor offense alleged therein. (b) Notwithstanding other fees contained herein, any violator of Section 351.20(b)(1) shall pay a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00) without costs.