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<br />Sec. 10.04.070. - Parking violations; penalty.
<br />It is unlawful for any person to violate any of the provisions of this title or any of the provisions of the Model
<br />Traffic Code as adopted or amended in this chapter related to the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle
<br />for which the sole penalty provided is a fine, which violations are hereby deemed parking infractions. A
<br />parking infraction shall be a civil matter for which punishment by imprisonment and trial by jury shall not be
<br />available, no arrest warrant shall issue for failure to pay or appear, and for which a penalty assessment
<br />notice shall be issued. The municipal court shall follow the state municipal court rules in such cases unless
<br />such rules are clearly inapplicable. Every person who is convicted of a parking infraction, who admits liability
<br />or guilt for a parking infraction, or against whom a judgment is entered for a parking infraction, shall be
<br />subject to a penalty of at least $20.00, but not more than $500.00, exclusive of any court costs and
<br />surcharges.
<br />For any violation of any provision of this title which is a parking infraction, the court may enter a judgment of
<br />liability by default against the defendant for failure to appear or to pay, and may assess such penalty,
<br />together with such court costs and surcharges, as are established by law. The court may establish by written
<br />order, rules and regulations for the administration of any violation of any provision of this title which is a
<br />parking infraction, including but not limited to schedules establishing the amount of penalties payable without
<br />a court appearance.
<br />If the violator of a provision on stopping, standing or parking under this title does not respond to a notice
<br />affixed to the motor vehicle within the period set in such notice by appearing at the municipal court and
<br />arranging for payment or other disposition of the charge, or by mailing payment by means of the United
<br />States mails, the municipal court shall send another notice by mail to the owner of the vehicle to which the
<br />original notice was affixed informing the owner of the violation or violations and the amounts due. If the
<br />mailed notice is disregarded for the period set in such notice, and the owner has not appeared at the
<br />municipal court and made payment or arranged for other disposition of the charge or made payment by mail,
<br />the clerk of the court shall proceed with one of the following options:
<br />If there exists three or more outstanding parking infractions for the motor vehicle, issuance, under
<br />seal of the clerk and order of the municipal court, of a show cause order directing the owner of the
<br />vehicle to appear and show cause why he or she should not be held in contempt of the municipal
<br />court for failure to appear or pay the fine for the violation;
<br />Issuance, under seal of the clerk, of a certification that there exists three or more outstanding parking
<br />infractions for the motor vehicle, and upon issuance of such certification, the city may have the
<br />vehicle towed and impounded or disabled by use of a parking "boot" or similar device, in which case
<br />the owner will have to pay the fines and costs related to the outstanding parking infractions, and the
<br />costs of towing and storage if applicable, before obtaining possession of the vehicle; or
<br />Issuance, under seal of the clerk and order of the municipal court, that any order for default judgment
<br />be reduced to a civil monetary award, payable to and collectible by the City of Louisville in the same
<br />manner as civil judgments generally. The municipal court is hereby authorized to adopt rules
<br />governing the procedures used for such civil actions, which rules shall be substantially similar to the
<br />Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure used in the district courts and as promulgated by the Colorado
<br />Supreme Court.
<br />The municipal court is authorized to establish such additional procedures as may be necessary to
<br />effect the provisions of this section. The police department shall establish such additional
<br />administrative rules and procedures, consistent with applicable law and the provisions hereof, as may
<br />be necessary to effect the provisions of subsection C.2., above.
<br />In any prosecution of a parking infraction, proof that the particular vehicle described in the notice was
<br />stopped, standing or parked in violation of any provision related to the stopping, standing or parking of a
<br />vehicle, together with proof that the defendant named in the notice was at the time of such stopping,
<br />standing or parking the registered owner of such vehicle, shall constitute in evidence, a prima facie
<br />presumption, that the registered owner of such vehicle was the person who stopped, placed or parked such
<br />vehicle at the place where, and for the time during which, such violation occurred. Copies of the registration
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