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Ordinxnce 2002-17 Page 3 (b) Upon failure of a violator to appea,r and make such pleas as a.foresaid within a severny-two hour period, a wanant may be issued for the arrest of the violator and upan conviction of the offense, such violator sha11 be subject to the penalty provided in Section 303.99 and all provisions incorporated herein." sha11 be amended, and, as amended, shall read in its entirety as follows: "353.07 PARHING TICKET PROCEDURES. (a) Pazking tickets shall be written on a prerprixited 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 af 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, specificaUy 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 Departmerrt to pay the fine for such patking violation, in person, through a designated representative, or postmarked by mail, within forty-eight hours after the issuance of such paxking 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 dollazs ($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 prosecution of the misdemeanor offense alleged therein. (b) Whoever vialates any provision of this chapter sha11 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 sha11 issue at least one (1) written commurrication to the registered owner of the motor vehicle that was issued the parking ticket, at the address of registration on record with the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and therein advise the registered owner of the unpaid parking ticket. Such written communication shall be forwarded by regular mail and shall further advise that any unpaid parldng 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 ta the imposition of Court casts. Unpaid parking violations may then proceed to Rocky River Municipal Court upon the issuance of a uniform tra.ffic citation and subject to a11 procedures therein. Such parking violations thereafter shall be subject to the penalties provided in Sectian 303.99 and a11 provisions incorporated herein." SECTION 3: That any Ordinance, or part of any Ordinance, in conflict or inconsistent with any provision of this Ordinanca is, to the extent of any such conflict or inconsistency, repealed. SECTION 4: That this Ordinance sha11 take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law. 3