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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15 (MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC), SECTION 15 -149, AND SECTIONS 15 -171 THROUGH 15-180, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1990, AS AMENDED, TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY’S TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO ESTABLISH PARKING METER ZONES AND TO ADD PROVISIONS AUTHORIZING BOTH PARKING METERS AND STATIONS, AND TO AUTHORIZE VARIOUS FORMS OF PAYMENT BE I T OR DAINED by the Council for the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that Chapter 15 of the Charlottesville City Code, 1990, as amended, is hereby amended and reordained, as follows: CH APTER 15 (MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC) Article V. Stopping, Standing and Parking DIVISION 1. GENERALLY . . . S ec. 15-149. Procedure for parking violations; payment of fine without trial. (a)A summons or parking ticket for violation of the city’s parking regulations within this article may be issued by city police Police officers , other uniformed city employees and other persons authorized by the chief of police to enforce the provisions of this article , or by uniformed personnel serving under contract with the city. Any such summons or ticket shall be post ed a written notice of violation on the windshield of each vehicle found illegally parked on city streets or city operated parking lots. Such summons or parking ticket notice of violation shall state that the recipient of the summons or ticket notice may elect to waive his or her right to appear and be tried for the offense indicated in the summons or ticket notice . State law reference —Va. Code 46.2-1220 DI VISION 2. PARKING METERS* S ec. 15-171. Reserved. Establishing and changing meter zones. Editor's note--An ordinance adopted Nov. 15, 2004, § 3, repealed § 15-171, which pertained to establishing and changing meter zones. See also the Code Comparative Table. The traffic engineer, with the approval of the city manager, is hereby authorized to establish and chang e from time to time parking meter zones on streets or parts of streets, and in municipally operated parking lots, where the parking of vehicles shall be regulated by parking meters. The traffic engineer shall follow the procedure set forth within city code sec. 15-4.