Whenever any vehicle is found parked in violation
of any parking regulation established by the Board of Police Commissioners,
pursuant to statutory authority, a police officer shall attach to
such vehicle a notice to the owner or operator thereof stating that
such vehicle has been parked unlawfully and instructing such owner
or operator to report to police headquarters in regard to such violation.
Within seven days of the time when such notice
is attached to such vehicle, each such owner or operator shall pay
to the Police Department for deposit to the general fund, as a penalty
for and in full satisfaction of such violation, the sum that shall
have been established as the penalty for such violation by the Board
of Police Commissioners. In the event that this fine is not received
within seven days of the violation, the fine shall automatically increase
to such sum as the Board of Police Commissioners shall have established.
In any proceeding or prosecution for unlawful
parking, the registered owner of the vehicle so parked shall be presumed
to be the operator thereof and prima facie guilty of having parked
unlawfully.
The Police Commission may, upon petition by
a property owner, establish a privately owned and maintained parking
area as a tow away zone.