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• AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REORDAIN SECTION 16-59 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1976, AS AMENDED, TO INCREASE THE FINES FOR VIOLATION OF THE HANDICAPPED PARKING PROVISIONS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that Section 16-59 of Article III of Chapter 16 of the Code of the City of Charlottesville, 1976, as amended, is hereby amended and reordained as follows: Section 16-59. Enforcement; waiver of trial; penalties. (a) Police officers and other persons authorized by the chief of police to enforce the provisions of this article shall post a written notice of violation on the windshield of each vehicle found illegally parked on city streets or city operated parking lots. Such notices of violation shall state that the recipient of the notice may elect to waive his or her right to appear and be tried for the offense(s) indicated in the notice. (b) Persons desiring to waive trial may do so by voluntarily remitting to the parking enforcement bureau in the city treasurer's office the amount of the fine stipulated for each violation marked • on the notice. Such fines shall be levied in accordance with the schedule set forth in paragraph (e) of this section. If the required amount is not received in the city treasurer's office, placed in the "courtesy box" located in the lobby of the city police department, or mailed and postmarked, within forty-eight hours after the notice of violation is issued the amount of the applicable fine shall be doubled. (c) Whenever the fines are paid by mail, the responsibility for receipt of the payment by the parking enforcement bureau of the treasurer's office shall lie with the registered owner of the vehicle parked in violation. Payment may be made by personal check, provided that if such check is returned for insufficient funds, the vehicle owner shall remain liable for the parking violations, and shall likewise be subject to a service charge of $15.00 for processing the returned check. (d) Any recipient of a notice of violation desiring to contest the charges cited in the notice shall appear at the parking enforcement bureau in the city treasurer's office, and on forms provided by the treasurer, file a written request for administrative review and nolle prosequi of the charges. The facts of the request shall be reviewed and commented upon by a representative of the parking enforcement bureau and a representative of the traffic division of the city police department who shall recommend whether the request should be Ak approved or denied. Acting on such request and recommendation, an 1