§ 15-11. Penalties and procedures.

(a)

Any person issued a county parking violation notice by a law enforcement officer or parking enforcement specialist shall be deemed to be charged with a noncriminal violation and shall comply with the directions on the notice.

(b)

The board of county commissioners adopts the following schedule of fines for parking violations for which payment may be made as provided on the parking violation notice:

(1)

Parking in spaces reserved for physically disabled ..... $250.00

(2)

Other parking violations ..... $10.00

(c)

Any person receiving a parking violation notice pursuant to this chapter shall respond to the violation notice by either of the following procedures within ten (10) days after the date of issuance of the citation:

(1)

Payment of the penalty indicated on the violation notice may be remitted to the board of county commissioners pursuant to the directions on such violation notice; or

(2)

A hearing may be requested by the person receiving such violation notice or the cited vehicle's registered owner for the purpose of presenting evidence before a county judge concerning a parking violation. Any person requesting a hearing shall execute a statement on a form provided by the board of county commissioners indicating his willingness to appear at such hearing at a time and place specified thereon. Any person who requests a hearing and does not appear in accordance with such statement shall be subject to contempt proceedings or to such other penalties as the court may, in its discretion, impose to require compliance with this chapter.

(d)

An election to request a hearing constitutes a waiver of the right to pay the civil penalty indicated on the parking violation notice and a county judge, after such hearing, upon making a determination that a parking violation has been committed, may impose a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), plus court costs for each parking violation.

(e)

If the county finance department receives a completed parking violation notice submitted by a law enforcement officer or parking enforcement specialist pursuant to this chapter and, if there has been no response to the violation notice within the ten-day period set forth in subsection (c) above, the county finance department shall forward the violation notice to the clerk of the county court for issuance of a summons. The clerk shall have the person to whom the violation notice was issued served with a summons requiring payment of the fine or attendance at a hearing at a time and place specified in such notice of summons. The amount of any fine imposed for violation of this chapter shall be increased by an additional ten dollars ($10.00) upon the issuance of a summons by the clerk of the county court to the person charged with a parking violation.

(f)

A county judge, after a hearing on the parking violation notice, shall make a determination as to whether or not a parking violation has been committed and may impose a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), plus court costs. Any person upon whom service is obtained pursuant to this chapter who does not appear at the hearing as directed shall be subject to contempt proceedings or to such other penalties as the court may, in its discretion, impose to require compliance with the court's directive.

(g)

The clerk of the court shall supply the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles with a magnetically encoded computer tape reel or cartridge which is machine readable by the installed computer system at the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, listing persons who have any outstanding violations of Chapter 316, Florida Statutes, State Uniform Traffic Control, Sections 316.1955 and 316.1956 or this chapter.

(Ord. No. 1996-76, § 1, 9-17-96)