Chapter 10.35
CITATIONS AND OWNER RESPONSIBILITY
Sections:
10.35.010 Citation on illegally parked vehicle.
10.35.020 Failure to comply with traffic citation attached to parked vehicle.
10.35.030 Illegal cancellation of traffic citation.
10.35.040 Owner responsibility.
10.35.050 Registered owner presumption.
10.35.010 Citation on illegally parked vehicle.
Whenever a vehicle without an operator is found parked in violation of a restriction imposed by this title or state law, the officer finding the vehicle shall take its license number and any other information displayed on the vehicle which may identify its owner, and shall conspicuously affix to the vehicle a traffic citation instructing the operator to answer to the charge during the hours and at a place specified in the citation. [Ord. 535, 2019; Ord. 262 § 37, 1981].
10.35.020 Failure to comply with traffic citation attached to parked vehicle.
If the operator does not respond to a traffic citation affixed to a vehicle within a period of 30 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 him that in the event that the letter is disregarded for a period of five days, a warrant for the arrest of the owner will be issued. [Ord. 262 § 38, 1981].
10.35.030 Illegal cancellation of traffic citation.
No person shall cancel or solicit the cancellation of a traffic citation in any manner, except when approved by the municipal judge. [Ord. 262 § 39, 1981].
10.35.040 Owner responsibility.
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. 262 § 40, 1981].
10.35.050 Registered owner presumption.
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. 262 § 41, 1981].