[Added 2-16-2000 by Ord. No. 00-86]
No person shall drive or permit a motor vehicle under that person's care, custody or control to be driven past a traffic-control point three times within a two-hour period in or around a posted no-cruising area between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.
A. 
Every no-cruising area shall be posted with signs to provide notice of the prohibition which shall state the following: "No cruising. No person shall drive or permit a motor vehicle under that person's care, custody or control to be driven past a traffic-control point three times within a two-hour period in this area between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m."
B. 
A "traffic-control point" as used in this section means a reference point selected by a police officer within or adjacent to a designated no-cruising area for the purpose of determining cruising.
C. 
No area shall be designated or posted as a no-cruising area except following such a designation upon order of the Chief of Police.
The following shall be exempted from the provisions of this section:
A. 
Any publicly owned vehicle of any municipal, county, state or federal governmental unit, while the vehicle is being operated for the official purposes of the governmental unit;
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
B. 
Any authorized emergency vehicle;
C. 
Any taxicabs for hire, public transit buses, livery or other vehicles being operated for business purposes.
A. 
Whoever violates any of the provisions of this article shall be punished by a maximum fine of $100 for the first offense; a maximum fine of $300 for a second offense; and a maximum fine of $500 for each and every offense thereafter. In any action in which the City prevails, it shall be entitled to attorneys' fees and all costs of prosecution.
B. 
Subsection A notwithstanding, prior to citing the owner or operator of a vehicle for a violation of this article, the Police Department may give a written notice to the person operating the vehicle in violation of this article at the time of the violation informing that person of the use of the vehicle in violation of this article.