When a vehicle without an operator is found parked in violation of a restriction imposed by this chapter or state law, the officer finding the vehicle shall take its license number and any other information displayed on the vehicle that may identify its owner, and shall conspicuously affix to the vehicle a traffic citation instructing the operator to answer to the charge or pay the penalty imposed within five days during the hours and at a place specified in the citation.
(Ord. 84-396-O § 36)
If the operator does not respond to a traffic citation affixed to a vehicle within a period of five days, the municipal judge shall send to the owner of the vehicle to which the traffic citation was affixed a letter informing the owner of the violation and warning that if the letter is disregarded for a period of five days, a warrant for the arrest of the owner will be issued.
(Ord. 84-396-O § 37)
The owner of a vehicle placed in violation of a parking restriction shall be responsible for the offense, except when the use of the vehicle was secured by the operator without the owner's consent.
(Ord. 84-396-O § 39)
In a prosecution of a vehicle owner charging a violation of a restriction on parking, proof that the vehicle at the time of the violation was registered to the defendant shall constitute a presumption that the defendant was then the owner in fact.
(Ord. 84-396-O § 40)