§ 94-2. Parking violations bureau.

Section 9.6. Parking violations bureau. This section is added following section 9.5:

Pursuant to section 8395 of the Revised Judicature Act (MCL 600.8395, MSA 27A.8395), a parking violations bureau, for the purpose of handling alleged parking violations within the city, is hereby established. The parking violations bureau shall be under the supervision and control of the city clerk.

(a)

The city clerk shall, subject to the approval of the council, establish a convenient location for the parking violations bureau, appoint qualified city employees to administer the bureau and adopt rules and regulations for the operation thereof.

(b)

No violation not scheduled in section 9.6(e) shall be disposed of by the parking violations bureau. The fact that a particular violation is scheduled shall not entitle the alleged violator to disposition of the violation at the bureau and in any case the person in charge of such bureau may refuse to dispose of such violation in which case any person, having knowledge of the facts may make a sworn complaint before any court having jurisdiction of the offense as provided by law.

(c)

No violation may be settled at the parking violations bureau except at the specific request of the alleged violator. No penalty for any violation shall be accepted from any person who denies having committed the offense and in no case shall the person who is in charge of the bureau determine, or attempt to determine, the truth or falsity of any fact or matter relating to such alleged violation. No person shall be required to dispose of a parking violation at the parking violations bureau and all persons shall be entitled to have any such violation processed before a court having jurisdiction thereof if they so desire. The unwillingness of any person to dispose of any violation at the parking violations bureau shall not prejudice him or in any way diminish the rights, privileges and protection accorded to him by law.

(d)

The issuance of a traffic ticket or notice of violation by a police officer of the city shall be deemed an allegation of a parking violation. Such traffic ticket or notice of violation shall indicate the length of time in which the person to whom the same was issued must respond before the parking violations bureau. It should also indicate the address of the bureau, the hours during which the bureau is open, the amount of the penalty scheduled for the offense for which the ticket was issued and advise that a warrant for the arrest of the person to whom the ticket was issued will be sought if such a person fails to respond within the time limited.

(1)

The position of a non-police officer/non-law enforcement agent is hereby approved and established and is hereby authorized to enforce all parking violations within the downtown development district area or boundaries, in the city, the parties filling such position, being designated as parking enforcement persons. A parking enforcement person shall be authorized to enforce all parking violations within the downtown development district area or boundaries, in the city by issuing parking violation notices as authorized in the Michigan Motor Vehicle Code and the Code of Ordinances of the city.

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(e)

Offenses:

			Penalties
			If Paid Within 10 Days	If Paid After 10 Days	If Paid After 20 Days
1.	Overtime parking		$10.00	$20.00	$40.00
	a.	Reserved
	b.	Unmetered or otherwise as prohibited by council resolution/action
2.	Prohibited parking (signs unnecessary)
	a.	Too far from curb	10.00	20.00	40.00
	b.	Angle parking violations	10.00	20.00	40.00
	c.	Obstructing traffic	10.00	20.00	40.00
	d.	On sidewalk	10.00	20.00	40.00
	e.	In front of drive	10.00	20.00	40.00
	f.	Within 20 feet of crosswalk or 15 feet of corner lot lines	10.00	20.00	40.00
	g.	Within 30 feet of street side traffic sign or signal	10.00	20.00	40.00
	h.	Within 50 feet of railroad crossing	10.00	20.00	40.00
	i.	Within 20 feet of fire station entrance	10.00	20.00	40.00
	j.	Beside street excavation when traffic obstructed	10.00	20.00	40.00
	k.	On bridge	10.00	20.00	40.00
	l.	Within 200 feet of accident where police are in attendance	10.00	20.00	40.00
	m.	In front of theater	10.00	20.00	40.00
	n.	Blocking emergency exit or fire escape	10.00	20.00	40.00
	o.	On wrong side of street	10.00	20.00	40.00
3.	Prohibited parking (signs required)		10.00	20.00	40.00
4.	Parking for prohibited purposes
	a.	Displaying vehicle for sale	10.00	20.00	40.00
	b.	Working or repairing vehicle	10.00	20.00	40.00
	c.	Displaying advertising	10.00	20.00	40.00
	d.	Selling merchandise	10.00	20.00	40.00
	e.	Storage over 48 hours	10.00	20.00	40.00
	f.	Abandoned vehicle (plus towing and storing charge)	10.00	20.00	40.00
	g.	Disabled vehicle, failure to move	10.00	20.00	40.00
5.	Keys in vehicle or motor running		10.00	20.00	40.00
6.	All night parking or 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. on paved street from November 1 to April 1		10.00	20.00	40.00
7.	Parking in handicapped zone		50.00	100.00	150.00
8.	Parking in alley, driveway, crosswalk or intersection		10.00	20.00	40.00
9.	Not parked within designated or lined space on any public street or in any city-owned parking lot		10.00	20.00	40.00
10	Parking within 15 feet of fire hydrant		10.00	20.00	40.00
11.	Double parking		10.00	20.00	40.00
12.	All night parking (i.e., 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.) in any city-owned public parking lot		10.00	20.00	40.00
13.	Parking a vehicle and/or boat trailer, on any city-owned property or privately owned property open to the public, which has launched a boat from any city-owned launching area, without first having paid the established launching fee for same		25.00	50.00	100.00

 

(Ord. No. 03-334, § 5, 2-3-03; Ord. No. 05-353, §§ 1, 2, 6-6-05; Ord. No. 06-362, § 1, 5-1-06; Ord. No. 06-363, § 1, 5-1-06; Ord. No. 14-427, 5-19-14)