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• • AN ORDINANCE REPEALING SECTION 28 -21 OF ARTICLE I OF CHAPTER 28, ADDING A NEW SECTION NUMBERED 15 -151 IN ARTICLE V OF CHAPTER 15, AND AMENDING AND REORDAINING SECTION 15 -149 OF ARTICLE V OF CHAPTER 15, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1990, AS AMENDED, RELATED TO THE FINE FOR PARKING A VEHICLE ON A SIDEWALK. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia that: 1. Section 28 -21, as follows, of Article I of Chapter 28 of the Charlottesville City Code, 1990, as amended, is hereby repealed. See��en- �9- ��-- er�v�ng- e�- �i�i�g•- �� .�- t�pc�r- s�ewall��- �rel��e�es standing- upen- sidewalk- er- interseetien7 Ne- persef- l- 1-, --eeept en- sueiq- pavement as - f4- ees -as are - provided- €er- in- seetien- 28- 28; -dr ve -er- ride -a- vehicle - upon -a sidewalk; -- rvt-- M°ra - } +- any - person- permit -a --v- th it _-1-e--te -s sr -tom -a sidewa +k- - Iron -e =t eressing- - -- ally - on- x3- -the previsfens -e� Yris- leet+orr -s a43- be- €meetHme ixom-e• trilearrtwesty - €ive dellars- f $25 -88i- 2. Section 15 -149 is hereby amended and reordained, and Section 15 -151 is hereby added, to Article V of Chapter 15 of the Charlottesville City Code, 1990, as amended, to read as follows: Section 15 -149. Procedure for parking violations; payment of fine without trial. (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 notice 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 indicated in the notice. (b) A person desiring to waive trial for a parking violation 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 given pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. Such fine shall be levied in accordance with the schedule set forth in subsection (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 (48) hours after the notice of violation is issued, the amount of the applicable fine shall be doubled.