§ 20-19. Penalties.

(a)

General.

(1)

Violation of any provision of this article is unlawful; and any person, entity, firm or corporation, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to an assessment in the total amount of forty-two dollars and fifty cents ($42.50), unless otherwise provided for in this chapter or by law. If this amount is not paid within the allotted ten (10) working days as provided on the citation, or if the citation is contested, the hearing officer has the discretion to impose a fine of up to one hundred dollars ($100.00) per violation. In addition to the fine imposed for all violations under this chapter, the violator is also be responsible for paying any and all surcharges, courts costs, processing fees, service fees, hearing fees, or late fees assessed in accordance with law. Failure to pay or contest any parking charge within the allotted ten (10) working days shall result in the imposition of a late fee in the amount of twelve dollars ($12.00).

(2)

All parking citations issued within the city under this chapter include within the total assessment amount contained in subsection (1), the base fine of thirty dollars ($30.00) pursuant to F.S. § 318.18(2) plus a surcharge on the parking fines in the amount of five dollars ($5.00) for the sole purpose of funding school crossing guard programs, pursuant to F.S. § 318.21(11)(a). A separate trust fund called "The School Crossing Guard Trust Fund" shall be established specifically for these funds. The funds collected from this five dollar ($5.00) surcharge must be distributed quarterly to fund the program. In addition, the total assessment amount above also includes a five dollar ($5.00) civil court collection fee and a two dollar and fifty cent ($2.50) civil court processing fee, any of which may be amended from time to time.

(3)

Violations of section 20-26 shall be subject to a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00).

(4)

Simultaneous violations of sections 20-15.2(a) and (b) shall be subject to a separate additional fine, in addition to the remaining provisions of section 20-19, in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). Also, the motor vehicle shall be confiscated, and shall not be returned to its legally titled/registered owner until such time that the matter is adjudicated and any penalty imposed is paid in full.

(b)

Enforcement for failure to pay. The provisions of F.S. § 316.1967, as existing or as may be amended, are hereby incorporated and adopted for the purposes of enforcement in the event of a violator's failure to pay. The clerk of the county court shall supply the department of highway safety and motor vehicles with a magnetically encoded computer tape reel or cartridge which is machine-readable by the installed computer system at the department, listing persons who have three (3) or more outstanding parking tickets. The clerk of the county court shall supply the department with magnetically encoded computer tape reel or cartridge which is machine-readable by the installed computer system in the department, listing persons who have any outstanding violations of F.S. §§ 316.1955, 316.1956, or any similar local ordinances regulating parking in spaces designated for use by disabled persons. Upon receiving such reel, the department shall mark the appropriate registration records of persons so reported, and no license plate or revalidation sticker shall be issued until such person's name no longer appears on such list or until he or she presents a receipt from the clerk showing that such parking fines have been paid pursuant to F.S. § 320.03(8).

(c)

Repeat violators. If a violator of the provisions or this article, or any section of the Code where jurisdiction rests in the county court pursuant to section 7½-23, fails to respond to a total of three (3) or more notices or citations, proceedings against such repeat violator may be commenced in the county court system, whereby the fine shall be in excess of that shown on the notice or citation. Fines for repeat violators shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00).

(Ord. No. 81-187, § 1, 1-11-82; Ord. No. 89-175, § 1, 9-25-89; Ord. No. 92-127, § 1, 4-13-92; Ord. No. 92-138, § 1, 5-11-92; Ord. No. 970-111, § 1, 4-28-97; Ord. No. 05O-04-133, § 2, 4-25-05; Ord. No. 05O-05-151, § 3, 6-13-05; Ord. No. 06O-05-133, § 2, 6-12-06; Ord. No. 13O-04-115, § 2, 5-13-2013)