HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 3304 - 6/19/2012 - P TICKETS, C TICL<ETS, ORDINANCE VIOLATIONSORDINANCE NO. 3304
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF SECTION 1-4-4 SETTLEMENT OF
PENALTIES OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE
PERTAINING TO THE SETTLING AND COMPROMISING OF VARIOUS "P" TICKETS, "C"
TICKETS AND OTHER ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove
Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage, Illinois as follows:
Section 1: That Paragraph A. Parking Violations of Section 1-4-4-1 Miscellaneous
Offenses be amended to read as follows:
A. Parking Violations: Whenever a peace officer is authorized to arrest a person
without a warrant or otherwise observes a violation of Sections 6-4-5-1, 6-4-5-
2 and 6-4-5-3 of this code (parking violations), said officer shall issue a "P"
ticket in such form as authorized by the Village, 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 request a hearing before the Village's
Administrative Adjudication Hearing Officer or may settle and compromise
the penalty arising from same by paying the stated amount due to the Finance
Department. Any person who does not settle and compromise same within
twenty (20) days from the date of the issuance of the citation, may do so
within thirty (30) days from the date of the issuance of the citation by paying
the stated amount due plus a late payment fee of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars.
Any person who does not settle or compromise the citation within said thirty
(30) day period will be given notice of hearing date before the Village's
Administrative Adjudication Hearing Officer and be subject to ajudgment
being entered in the amount of One -hundred ($100.00) dollars for each
offense. During the time from when the notice of the hearing is sent up to the
date of the hearing the person may settle and compromise the citation by
paying the stated amount due, the twenty-five ($25.00) dollar late payment fee
and an additional adjudication processing fee of thirty-five ($35.00) dollars.
Section 2: That the last paragraph of Section 1-4-4-1 A. Parking Violations concerning
the entry of ajudgment in the amount of one -hundred ($100.00) is hereby deleted.
Section 3: That the last 2 paragraphs of Paragraph B. Certain Non -Parking Vehicular
Offenses and other Miscellaneous Offenses of Section 1-4-4-1 Miscellaneous Offenses of the
Village Code, which paragraphs concern the settling and compromising of "C" Tickets be
amended to read as follows:
Any person issued a "C" Ticket may settle and compromise same within
twenty (20) days from the date of issuance by going to the Police Department
of the Village with proof of compliance of the violation cited and the payment
of a twenty-five ($25.00) administrative fee, or by mailing an affidavit of
compliance with the twenty-five ($25.00) administrative fee to the Police
Department if the violator is unable to make a personal appearance.
Any person issued a "C" Ticket and who has not settled and compromised
same within twenty (20) days may do so within thirty (30) days from the date
of the issuance of the citation by following the procedure set forth above and
adding thereto a late payment fee of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars. Any person
who does not settle or compromise the "C" Ticket within the said thirty (30)
day period will be given a notice of a complaint being filed and a hearing date
being scheduled before the Village's Administrative Adjudication Hearing
Officer and be subject to a judgment being entered in the amount of one -
hundred ($100.00) dollars for each offense. During the time from when the
notice of the hearing is sent up to the date of the hearing, the person may settle
and compromise the "C" Ticket by paying the stated amount due, the twenty-
five ($25.00) dollar late payment fee and an additional adjudication
processing fee of thirty-five ($35.00).
Section 4: That Paragraph C. Other Offenses; of Section 1-4-4-1 Miscellaneous Offenses
of the Village Code be amended to read as follows:
Whenever a peace officer observes a violation where the offender is not
present at the time of the violation or where the situation is such that the
issuance of a citation requiring the posting of a bond is impractical, then, and
in that event, the officer may issue or cause the issuance of a "P" Ticket to the
alleged offender. Said "P" Ticket may permit the offender or violator to settle
and compromise the violation by paying the minimum fee set forth in this
code for such offense. Any person who fails to settle or compromise said
citation within twenty (20) days From the date of the issuance of the citation
may do so within thirty (30) days from the date of the issuance of the citation
by paying the stated amount due plus a late payment fee of twenty-five
($25.00) dollars. Any person who does not settle or compromise within said
thirty (30) day period will be given notice of a hearing date before the
Villages Administrative Adjudication Hearing Officer and be subject to a
judgment being entered in the amount of one -hundred ($100.00) dollars for
each offense. During the time from when the notice of the hearing is sent up
to the date of the hearing, the person may settle and compromise the citation
by paying the stated amount due, the twenty-five ($25.00) dollar late payment
fee and an additional adjudication processing fes of thirty-five ($35.00)
dollars.
Section 5: That the Village Clerk is authorized to publish this ordinance in
pamphlet form.
Section 6: That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and atter its passage
approval and publication according to law.
VOTE: AYES: 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0
PASSED this 191h day of June 2012.
APPROVED this 19'h day of June 2012.
APPROVED:
Mayor Craig B. Johnson
Village of Elk Grove Village
ATTEST:
Judith M. Keegan, Village Clerk
PUBLISHED in pamphlet form this 22id day of June 2012.
Ord.Amended P C Tickets June 2013