[Adopted 11-24-1980 by Ord. No. 28 of the 1980 Code]
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.