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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Increasing Initial Fine for Overtime Parking Violations t ORDINANCE NO. 2893 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA BY REPEALING SUBSECTION 18.7(1) AND ADDING A NEW SUBSECTION 18.7(1) FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING THE INITIAL FINE FOR OVERTIME PARKING VIOLATIONS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND, ESTABLISH- ING AN EFFECTIVE DATE BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council for the City of Ames, Iowa: Section One. That the Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa shall be and is hereby amended by repealing Subsection 18.7(1) and enacting a new Subsections 18.7(1) to read as follows: "(1) Any violation of any parking regulation of this chapter, may be charged by placing a notice of violation envelope on the vehicle so parked. The amount payable for violation of 18.28 (overtime parking) shall be two dollars ($2.00) if paid within seven (7) days of the date of violation and five dollars ($5.00) if paid from eight (8) to thirty (30) days after the date of violation. The amount payable for all other parking violations shall be five dollars ($5.00) if paid within thirty (30) days of the date of violation. " Section Two. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict if any. Section Three. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect on July 1, 1984. Section Four. Violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall be punishable as a simple misdemeanor by a fine not to exceed one hundred (100) dollars or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days. Passed this 15th day of May ancy ib on ity leroo an ayo