City of Garrett, Indiana

Chapter 35 - Violations Bureau

 

§ 35.01 CREATION.

   There shall be created an Ordinance Violations Bureau ("Bureau") for the city. (Ord. 4489-1, passed 4-4-89)

§ 35.02 VIOLATIONS CLERK; DUTIES.

   (A) The City Clerk-Treasurer is appointed and shall serve as the Violations Clerk, who administers the Bureau.

   (B) The Clerk-Treasurer and her staff, as her agents, shall accept written appearances, waivers of trial, admissions of violations, and payment of civil penalties in the amount and for the violations provided in the schedule set forth in § 35.03. (Ord. 4489-1, passed 4-4-89)

§ 35.03 SCHEDULE OF CIVIL PENALTIES.

   (A) The following schedule of ordinances and city code provisions shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Ordinance Violation Bureau and the first violations within a calendar year, and thereafter unless amended, of the ordinances and code provisions shall be subject to the civil penalty set forth:

Code Section	Violation	Civil Penalty
§ 50.06	Nonregulation burning	$50
§ 50.07	Dumpsters	$50 per violation
§ 70.02	Driving/parking on sidewalk	$30
§ 72.10;  Ch. 76, Schedule III Ch. 76, Schedule IV	Parking during prohibited hours	$30
§ 72.05	Parking on yellow line	$30 per violation
§ 72.06	Inoperable and/or abandoned vehicles Illegal vehicles in a residential area Operable vehicles in yard	$100 per day $50 per day $50
§ 72.10;  Ch. 76, Sched. III	Overtime parking violations	$30 per violation
§ 72.10;  Ch. 76, Sched. IV	Parking in no-parking zone	$30 per violation
§ 72.12	Parking in city lot	$30 per violation
§ 72.135	Handicapped parking	$150 per violation
§ 72.135	Handicapped parking space	$50 per violation
§ 72.99(C)	Parking in residential area / stopping, standing or parking on certain streets	$30 per violation
§ 73.01 - 73.21	Bicycles and toy vehicles	$30 plus court costs
§74.05	Towing and storage of abandoned vehicles	$75 plus storage fees of $25 per day
§74.01 - 74.18	Abandoned vehicles	$100 for the first offense in a calendar year; not less than $200 for the second offense in a calendar year; not less than $300 for all subsequent offenses in a calendar year, but no fine shall exceed $2,500.
§77.01 - 77.05	Junked vehicles	$50 per day for the first offense in a calendar year; $100 per day for the second offense in a calendar year; $150 per day, per offense for all subsequent offenses in the same calendar year.
§ 90.01 - 90.07	Failure to abate a nuisance after proper notice	$100 per day for the first offense in a calendar year; $150 per day for the second offense in a calendar year; $300 per day, per offense for all subsequent offenses in the same calendar year.
§90.01(4)	Obstructing street, sidewalk, etc.	$50 per day.
§ 90.02 (L)	Grass/weeds in excess of 9 inches in height	$100 per offense.
Ch. 91	Noise regulation violation	$50 - $100 per violation.
§ 92.16	Animals running at large	$50 per incident plus any court costs incurred.
§ 92.19 - 92.23	Regulation of vicious dogs	$100 per violation
§ 92.24 (C)(1)	Redemption of impounded dog plus Pound expenses	$50 for the first violation. $75 for all subsequent violations in the same calendar year, plus pound expenses of $25 per day.
§ 92.35 - 92.36	Regulation and control of cats	$50 per violation.
§ 95.45; 95.46	Obstruction of sidewalks and streets (free passage of pedestrians)	$30 per violation.
§98.01 - 98.003	False alarms	$100 per day.
§111.04 - 111.07	Advertising	$20 initial service charge $100 subsequent alarms
§ 113.15	No street vendor permit	$75 per violation.
§ 131.01	Alcohol in parks	$50 per violation.
§ 132.01	Smoking in public buildings	$50 per violation.
§130.99	Curfew of minors	$50 per day for the first offense; $100 for the second offense; $250 for the third offense; and for each subsequent offense $500 per offense.

   (B) All fines must be paid in person, deposited or postmarked within 72 hours or three city working days of the violation notice.

(Ord. 4489-1, passed 4-4-89; Am. Ord. 8691-3, passed 9-6-91; Am. Ord. 11392-2, passed 11-3-92- Am. Ord. 4693-2, passed 4-6-93; Am. Ord. 11392-2, passed 11-3-92; Am. Ord. 96-22, passed 12-17-96; Am. Ord. 97-20, passed 9-2-97; Am. Ord. 2002-30, passed 12-3-02; Am. Ord.2003-04, passed 4-1-03; Am. Ord. 2003-21, passed 12-16-03; Am. Ord. 2005-4, passed 3-15-03)

§ 35.04 ORDINANCES AND CODE PROVISIONS IN HARMONY WITH SCHEDULE OF CIVIL PENALTIES.

   The provisions of the city code and any other ordinances of the city referred to in § 35.03 are hereby amended to provide and declare the civil penalty schedule with the code provision or ordinance to be the specific civil penalty for the violation of the code provision or ordinance. (Ord. 4489-1, passed 4-4-89)

§ 35.05 PROCEEDS TO BE PLACED IN GENERAL FUND.

   The proceeds from the Violations Bureau shall be placed into the General Fund of the city unless otherwise designated within the specific code provision or ordinance subject to this chapter. (Ord. 4489-1, passed 4-4-89)  

 

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