[Amended 6-14-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-4]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
provision of this chapter, where no other penalty is prescribed, shall
be fined in an amount not to exceed $750 for each offense.
[Added 10-3-1973; amended 6-14-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-4]
In addition to the penalty provided in §
240-33, any person, firm or corporation violating any of the parking regulations of the City of Lexington shall be fined in an amount not to exceed $750 for each offense.
[Added 10-3-1973; amended 10-15-1975 by Ord. No. 1975-9]
Whenever any motor vehicle without a driver
is found parked or stopped in violation of any of the restrictions
imposed by ordinance of this City or by state law, the officer finding
such vehicle shall take its registration number and may take any other
information displayed on the vehicle which may identify the user and
shall conspicuously affix to such vehicle a traffic citation, on a
form provided by the City, for the driver to answer to the charge
against him/her within seven days during the hours and at a place
specified in the citation.
[Added 10-3-1973; amended 10-15-1975 by Ord. No. 1975-9; 6-14-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-4]
If a violator of the restrictions on stopping,
standing or parking under the traffic laws or ordinances does not
appear in response to a traffic citation affixed to such motor vehicle
within a period of seven days, he/she shall be sent a certified letter
notifying him/her that the amount as stated on the citation has been
doubled, and if the violator does not respond to the receipt of the
certified letter within a period of 10 weekdays, a warrant of arrest
will be issued.
[Added 1-24-1994 by Ord. No. 1994-1]
A. It shall be the duty of the officers of the Police
Department to enforce all street traffic laws of the City and all
of the vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in the City.
B. Officers of the Police Department are hereby authorized
to issue ordinance violation citations to all offenders.
[Amended 6-14-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-4]
C. Said ordinance violation citation shall indicate to
the offender the nature of the charge and ordinance number, the place
of the offense and the fine and shall notify the offender that said
fine may be paid at the Lexington Police Department and that a failure
to pay the amount of the fine by the 10th weekday after issuance of
the citation will result in the offer to pay the fine being withdrawn,
and court action may thereafter be initiated by the City Attorney.
D. The Police Department shall collect all fines and
remit same to the City Collector, and in the event the offender does
not pay the fine by the 10th weekday deadline, the matter shall be
referred to the City Attorney for prosecution.