HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 1885 - 4/28/1987 - DENVER BOOTORDINANCE NO. 1885
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE I
SETTLEMENT OF MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES - POLICE DEPARTMENT
OF CHAPTER 24A OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING
SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES AND COSTS FOR PARKING TICKETS
AND PROVIDING FOR THE REMOVAL OR IMPOUNDMENT IN PLACE
OF MULTIPLE PARKING ORDINANCE VIOLATORS
BE IT ORDAINED, by the President and Board of Trustees
of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage
Illinois as follows:
Section 1: That Section 24A.101 - Parking Violations.
of Article I of Chaper 24A of the Municipal Code be and the
same is hereby amended to read as follows:
24A.101 Parking Violations.) Whenever a peace officer
is authorized to arrest a person without a warrant or otherwise
observes a violation of Article V of Chapter 14 of this Municipal
Code (Parking Rules), said officer shall issue a "P" ticket
in such form as authorized by the Office of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of Cook County, setting forth the nature of the
violation, and the date, time and location wherein the violation
occurred and shall issue same by personal delivery to the vehicle
operator, if present, or attaching same to the motor vehicle.
The registered owner or operator of any vehicle who
receives a "P" ticket may settle and compromise the penalty
arising from same by paying to the Finance Department the following
settlement amounts:
TIME PERIOD
Date of Violation up to Due Date
Due Date up to Final Notice Date
Final Notice -Date up to Collection
Date
Collection Date up to Court Assign-
ment Date
Court Assignment Date up to Court
Date
SETTLEMENT AMOUNT
minimum fine estab-
lished by Ordinance
minimum fine estab-
lished by Ordinance
minimum fine estab-
lished by Ordinance
plus $10.00
minimum fine estab-
lished by Ordinance
plus $20.00
minimum fine estab-
lished by Ordinance
plus $30.00
Any person, firm or corporation who fails to settle or
compromise any "P" ticket as set forth herein and who fails
to appear in Court will be subject to having a judgment entered
in the amount of One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars for each offense.
Any person for whom judgment is entered may settle and compromise
said judgment by appearing before the Clerk of the Circuit Court,
Third Municipal District in Niles, Illinois, within ninety (90)
days from the date judgment is entered and paying a fee of Forty-
five ($45.00) Dollars for each citation.
Section 2: That Article I of Chapter 24A be further amended
by adding thereto a new Section which shall read as follows:
24A.104 Impoundment of Vehicles.)
A. Violation. Any vehicle, the owner or owners of
which have a total of five (5) or more unpaid citations for
parking violations, issued within an eighteen (18) month period,
charging that such vehicle was parked or stopped in violation
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of any Ordinance of the Village, shall be deemed a public nuisance,
and the police department or any other agents of the Village
assigned to traffic duty are hereby authorized to remove, cause
to be removed or impound in place the offending vehicle at the
sole cost and expense of the owner or owners thereof.
B. Disposition of Removed Vehicle. The disposition
of removed vehicles shall be in accordance with the Illinois
Vehicle Code pertaining to "abandoned property".
C. Presumption of Owner's Responsibility. The registered
owner of the vehicle having against it five (5) or more citations
for parking violations shall be presumed to be the owner and
the operator of the vehicle at the time the citations were issued
and shall be responsible for the offense and the impoundment.
D. Release of Vehicle. Any vehicle removed or impounded
in place pursuant to this Section will be released to its lawful
owner upon the showing of adequate evidence of the right to
possession and upon the payment of all accrued fines and costs
for each outstanding unpaid citation and judgment against a
person or persons registered as the owner of the vehicle. In
lieu of payment of the amount due on any unpaid citation, the
owner may deposit a bond in the amount of Twenty -Five ($25.00)
Dollars per violation for his appearance in the Circuit Court
of Cook County to answer said violation. A release must be
signed by an officer of the police department of the Village.
Section 3: That the Village Clerk is hereby authorized
to publish this Ordinance in pamphlet form.
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Section 4: That this Ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication
according to law.
VOTES: AYES: 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0
APPROVED:
Michael A. Tosto
Chairman pro tem
ATTEST:
Patricia S. Smith
VILLAGE CLERK
PASSED this 28th day of April 1987.
APPROVED this 28th day of April 1987.
PUBLISHED this 29th day of April 1987
in pamphlet form.
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