Legal Documents of Sweetwater

Code of Sweetwater

Sweetwater
Title 15 : Motor Vehicles, Traffic and Parking
Chapter 7 : Enforcement

15-708 : Violation and penalty.[9]

Any violation of this title shall be a civil offense punishable as follows:

  1. Traffic citations. Traffic citations shall be punishable by a civil penalty up to fifty dollars ($50.00) for each separate offense.
  2. Parking violations excluding handicapped parking. For other parking violations, excluding handicapped parking violations, the offender may, within thirty (30) days, have the charge against him disposed of by paying to the city recorder a fine of ten dollars ($10.00) provided he waives his right to a judicial hearing. If he appears and waives his right to a judicial hearing after thirty (30) days but before a warrant is issued for his arrest, his civil penalty shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
  3. Handicapped parking. Parking in a handicapped parking space shall be punishable by a civil penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00).9
Footnotes:
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State law reference
Unauthorized use of disabled parking or placard--violations--penalties: Tennessee Code Annotated, § 55-21-108.
Date Last Updated: 08/05/2024
Codification Date: 03/01/2004

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Doyle F. Lowe
Vice Mayor - Sam Moser
Commissioner - Lamar Hughes
Commissioner - Johanna Jinks
Commissioner - Alan Richeson
Commissioner - James A. Stutts
Recorder - Sonya Crush
City Attorney - John Cleveland