§ 94-337. Prima facie responsibility for violation; penalty.

(a)

Whenever any vehicle is parked or standing in violation of any section of this Code prohibiting or restricting vehicular traffic or standing, any person in whose name the vehicle is registered with the secretary of state or such other state's registry of motor vehicles shall be prima facie responsible for the violation and subject to the penalty therefor.

(b)

Whenever any vehicle is parked in violation of any section of this Code prohibiting or restricting vehicular parking or standing, any police officer, parking enforcement officer, community service officer, town inspector or code enforcement officer or any person designated by the parking administrator observing such a violation may issue a parking violation notice as provided in section 94-338 of this Code and shall serve the notice on the owner of the vehicle by handing it to the operator of the vehicle when he or she is present or by affixing it to the vehicle in a conspicuous place. The issuer of the notice shall specify on the notice his or her identification number; the particular regulation violated; the make and state registration number of the cited vehicle; and the place, date and time and nature of the alleged violation and shall certify the correctness of the specified information by signing his or her name as provided in section 11-208.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code (625 ILCS 5/11-208.3), as amended.

(c)

It is unlawful for any person other than the owner of the vehicle or his designee to remove from a vehicle a parking violation notice affixed pursuant to this division.

(Code 1958, § 33-181; Ord. No. 11-93, 3-9-1993; Ord. No. 46-09, § 3.11, 7-28-2009)