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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 22-565(b) AND SECTION 22-583[a) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA (1988}, AS AMENDED, PERTAINING TO PROCEDURES AND PENALTIES FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Section 22-565(b) of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (1988), be amended and reordained to read as follows: Sec. 22-565. Parking, driveway, station, standing in front of private near fire hydrant or fire etc. (b) A violatzon of this section shall be punishable by a fine of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). 2. That Section 22-583 (a) of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, (1988), be amended and reordained to read as follows: Sec. 22-583. Procedure and penalties for parking violations. (a) Except where otherwise provided, it shall be the duty of each police officer of the City, or other uniformed employees of the police department whose normal duties include parking enforcement, to give to the person operating a motor vehicle illegally parked, a notice, or to attach to the vehicle found so parked, a notice to the owner that the vehicle has been illegally parked and instructing him/her to report to the City Treasurer or the Police Records Office of the Portsmouth Police Department to pay the penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) or state objection to and intent to contest the notice of violation. If the owner of the vehicle fails to make said payment within fourteen (14) days of the time the notice was attached to the vehicle, or state objection to and intent to contest the notice of violation, he/she shall again be notified and an additional penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be charged for the additional notice. All monies due shall be paid to the City Treasurer or the Police Records Office of the police department who shall be accountable therefor. Failure of the owner of the vehicle to pay the penalty for said violation and the ten dollars ($10.00) for the additional notice within twenty-eight (28) days from the date of violation, shall constitute a violation of this ordinance° Any person convicted of a violation of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).