CHAPTER 10.28:
ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTY
Section
10.28.010 NOTICE OF VIOLATION.
(A) Whenever the Southport City Police shall find that the owner or operator of any vehicle or other person has committed any act which is declared unlawful by the provisions of Chapters 10.04 through 10.24, such police shall give written notice to such person of such violation.
(B) All such notices shall be serially numbered and shall contain the following information:
(1) The specific violation with which the violator is charged;
(2) The license plate number and type of vehicle;
(3) The name and address of the owner of the vehicle and the operator of the vehicle, if possible to obtain the same;
(4) The location of the violation;
(5) The signature of the police officer;
(6) The date of the violation;
(7) The signature of the driver or owner, if possible;
(8) The amount of penalty prescribed by Chapters 10.04 through 10.28 for the violation.
(C) All such written notices shall be executed by the arresting officer in triplicate. One copy shall be served upon the violator as herein provided, one copy shall be filed by the officer with the Clerk-Treasurer and one copy shall be filed in the office of the Chief of Police at his or her earliest opportunity before or when he or she goes off duty for the particular day on which such notice was served on the violator.
(Prior Code, § 10.28.010)
10.28.020 PAYMENT OF FINES.
(A) Any person receiving written notice of a traffic violation pursuant to the provisions of Chapters 10.12 or 10.24 shall pay to the Clerk-Treasurer within ten days from the date of the violation the prescribed penalty or may mail such fine with the written notice to the Clerk-Treasurer within ten days. The penalties which shall be payable in compromise of the violations of this title shall be in the amount of $10. If any such person receiving within ten days of the date of the notice of violation shall fail to compromise such violation, the arresting officer shall prepare or cause to be prepared a proper affidavit for the rearrest of such violator and prosecute the action through Marion County Municipal Court 13.
(B) The Clerk-Treasurer of the city is designated the Traffic Violations Clerk to accept, administer and account for the payment of all fines imposed pursuant to Chapters 10.12 or 10.24, which fines shall be deposited in the city’s General Fund.
(C) The Traffic Violations Bureau and/or Traffic Violations Clerk designated by the Marion County Municipal Courts and/or Marion County Justice Agency is designated the Traffic Violations Bureau and/or clerks for the purposes of collecting any fines imposed pursuant to Chapters 10.08 or 10.20.
(D) The Marion County Municipal Courts and the Marion County Prosecutor are designated the official courts and prosecutor for the enforcement of all violations of Chapters 10.08 or 10.20.
(Prior Code, § 10.28.020)