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.?; ??. ... .. . ?'. + Ordinance 2002-17 Page 2 (c) Notwithstanding other waiver fees contained herein, any vidator of Section 351.20(d) may sign a waiver and pay a fine of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) without costs. (d) Upon fa,ilure of a violator to appear and make such pleas as aforesaid within a seventy-two hour periad, a warrant may be issued for the arrest of the violator and, upon conviction of the offense, such vlolator shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 303.99 and a11 provisions incorporated herein." shall be amended, and, as amended, shall read in its entirety as follows: "351.18 PARKING TICKET PROCEDURES. (a) Parking tickets shaU be written on a pre-prirned form approved by the Chief of Folice, which shall include all information necessary to identify the motor vehicle in violation and its registered owner. Upon observation of a pazking violation, parking tickets may be issued by any police officer or auxitiary police officer specifically designated by the Chief of Police, and shaU then be securely placed upon the vehicle pazked 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 sha11 appear at the North Olmsted Police Departmecit to pay the fine for such pazking violation, in person, through a designated represerrtative, or postmarked by mail, within forty-eight hours after the issuance of su.ch parkmg 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-ei,ght hours after such issuance, Sundays or holidays excepted, then the fine shaU be increased to twertty-five dollars ($25.00), without costs. Voluntary payment of such fine shaU not be deemed a formal admission of guilt but shaU constitute acknowledgment of the validity of the parking ticket and shaU preclude prosecutivn of the misdemeanor offense alleged therein. (b) Notwithstanding other fees contained herein, any violator of Sections 3 51.20(b)(1) shall pay a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00) without costs. (c) Whoever violates any provision of this cha.pter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. If a parking ticket is not paid within a seventy-two hour period pursuant to the procedure provided in paragraph (a), then the Police Department shaU issue at least one (1) written commumcation to the registered owner of the motor vehicle that was issued the parking ticket, at the address of registration on record with the Burea.u of Motor Vehicles, and therein advise the registered owner of the unpaid parking ticket. Such written communication shall be forwazded by regular mail and sha11 further advisE that any unpaid parking ticket will be forwarded to the Rocky River Municipal Court, by a date specific, not less than ten (10) days from the date a such correspondence, for further proceedings and prosecution of the parking violation, subject to the imposition of Court costs. Unpaid parking violations may then proceed to Rocky River Municipal Court upon the issuance of a uniform traffic citation and subject to a.tl procedures therein. Such parking violations thereafter shatl be subject to the penalties provided in Section 303.99 and all provisions incorporated herein. SECTIONZ: That Section 353.07 of the Traffic Code, also entitled "Waiver Provisions," which presently reads as follows: 353.07 WAIVER PROVISIONS. (a) Whoever violates any pravision of this chapter sha11 be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any such person who has received notice to appear and to answer to such violation, upon filing personally with the Chief of Police at the City Hall, a vvritten plea of guilty, commonly known as a waiver, within forty-eight hours after such notification, Sundays or holidays excepted, may far such offense pay a fine of seven dollars ($7.00) without costs. if such written plea is made after forty-eight hours after such notification, Sundays or holidays excepted, then such violator may pay a fine of twelve dollars ($12.00) without costs. 2