Legal Documents of Newport

It shall be the duty of the police officers to report the following:

1. The serial or identifying number of each parking meter which indicates that the vehicle occupying the parking space adjacent to the parking meter is parked in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter;

2. The state license number of the vehicle;

3. The time during which such vehicle is parked in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter;

4. Any other facts which are necessary for a thorough understanding of the circumstances attending the violation.

Each police officer shall attach to a vehicle a notice to the owner or operator thereof that such vehicle has been parked in violation of this chapter and instructing such owner or operator to report at the police headquarters of the city with regard to the violation. Each owner or operator may, within twenty-four (24) hours of the time when the notice was attached to the vehicle, pay to the recorder as penalty for and in full satisfaction for the first such violation, the sum of fifty cents ($0.50); for the second violation, if paid within twenty-four (24) hours, the fine shall be one dollar ($1.00); and for the third, two dollars ($2.00). The failure of an owner or operator to make such payment within twenty-four (24) hours and, in any event, for any fourth or subsequent ticket, the owner or operator shall be subject to arrest and punishment under the penalty provisions of this municipal code. (1973 Code, § 11-243, modified)