File #: O-3-25    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 1/2/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/24/2025 Final action:
Title: Clarification of Parking and Impounding Violation Citations - For the purpose of clarifying that parking citations are not limited to paper notices placed on vehicles; copyediting and reforming the section to current legislative writing standards; and generally dealing with failure to pay parking fines.
Sponsors: Gavin Buckley
Indexes: Transportation Committee
Attachments: 1. O-3-25 First Reader, 2. O-3-25 Legislative Summary, 3. O-3-25 Staffing Impact Report, 4. O-3-25 Staff Report, 5. O-3-25 Fiscal Impact Note
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Clarification of Parking and Impounding Violation Citations - For the purpose of clarifying that parking citations are not limited to paper notices placed on vehicles; copyediting and reforming the section to current legislative writing standards; and generally dealing with failure to pay parking fines.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis

Ordinance 3-25

Introduced by: Mayor Buckley

Referred to:
Transportation Committee

AN ORDINANCE concerning

Clarification of Parking and Impounding Violation Citations

FOR the purpose of clarifying that parking citations are not limited to paper notices placed on vehicles; copyediting and reforming the section to current legislative writing standards; and generally dealing with failure to pay parking fines.

BY repealing and reenacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2025 Edition:
12.20.240

SECTION I: BE IT ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Code of the City of Annapolis shall be amended to read as follows:

Title 12 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapter 12.20 - Stopping, Standing and Parking
Section 12.20.240 - Failure to pay parking fine.
A. In all cases of parking or impounding violations, the police officer, parking enforcement officer or the authorized agent who discovers a vehicle illegally parked in the absence of the operator, shall attach a summons to the vehicle in a conspicuous place, or if the operator is present, deliver the summons to the operator. A copy of the summons shall be retained by the officer or the authorized agent, and shall bear certification under penalty of perjury by the officer or the authorized agent attesting to the truth of the matter set forth in the summons. A violator who posts the collateral as set forth on the summons forfeits the collateral on the date of the stated hearing. All fines, penalties or forfeitures for the violation of parking and impounding ordinances, laws or regulations shall be paid ...

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