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AN ORDINANCE to amend and reordain Section 15-149 (Procedure for parking violations; • payment of fine without trial) of Chapter 15 (MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC) of the Code of the City of Charlottesville, 1990, as amended. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that: 1. Section 15-149 of Chapter 15 of the Code of the City of Charlottesville, 1990, as amended, is hereby amended and re -ordained as follows: Sec. 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 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 police department or mailed and postmarked within forty-eight (48) ninety-six (96) hours after • the notice of violation is issued, the amount of the applicable fine shall be doubled. (c) Whenever a fine is paid by mail pursuant to this section, 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 involved. 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 violation and shall likewise be subject to the service charge prescribed in section 11-8 of this Code for processing the returned check. Where the date on which a payment is due falls on a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or any other day on which the treasurer's office is closed, the payment shall be made on the next day that is not a Saturday Sunday, legal holiday, or day on which the treasurer's office is closed. (d) Any recipient of a notice of a parking 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 police department, who shall recommend whether the request should be approved or denied. Acting on such request and recommendation, an assistant attorney for the commonwealth shall decide whether the charge shall be nolle prossed. The recipient of the notice shall indicate on the request for review whether a hearing in court is demanded in the event the request for nolle prosequi is denied. If the request for review is made within forty-eight (48) ninety-six (96) hours of the violation, the recipient shall have an • additional ninety-six (96) hours after denial of the request to remit the fine before the amount thereof is doubled.