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AN ORD/NV~CE TO AMEND THE CODE OF %~HE CITY OF PORTSMOUTh,, 1973, BY _a~{ENDING SECTIONS 23-224, 23-267, 23-290, AND 23-293 THEREOF, PER~-q/xriNG TO ON-STIIEET AND OFF-STREET PARKING VIOLATIONS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsraouth, Virginia: t. That Sections 23-224, 23-267, 23-290, and 23-293 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth~ 1973, are-hereby amended and reordained to read as foll~s: Section 23-224. Police orocedure when vehicle found illegally parked. (a) Except where ot~herwise provided, it shall be the duty of each police officer of the city to give to the person o.p~r, ating a motor v_e~_cte illegally parked, a notice, or to attach to the vehicle found so parked, a no%ice to the o%~zner that such vehicle has been illegally parked ~nd ir~struc~ing him to report to the Portsmouth Police DepOt Headquarters. Each person so notified may within seventy-t~o (72) hours from the time when such notice was given or attached to the vehicle, pay the s~n of five dollars ($5.00) for each hour or fraction thereof, durin~ which time such vehicle was zl!egally parked. If the owner of such v~.hicle fall to make such oaymen%lwi~hin seventy-two (72) hours of the time such notice %~s attached to such vehicle, then an additional notice shall be given to such owner and an additional penalty of five dollars ($5.00) shall be charged fori such additional notice. The failure of the owner of such vehicle to pay the penalty for the violation and the five dollars ($5.00) for the addi~onal notice within eight (8) days from the date of violation shall render such owner subject to the penalties provided in Section 23-1.1. (b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this Section shall not prevent the e~force-ment of the provisions of division 2 of this a~ticle concerning ~ r~wo%~l, ~oundment and sale of rotor vehicles. Section 23-267. Procedure in case of violation. It s!~ll be t_h.~ duty of the police officers of the City, acting in accordance witd~ insbructions issued by the Chief of Police to report: (a) The numb~r of each parking meter which indicated that the vehicle occupying t~he parking space adjacent to such parking meter is or has been parked in violation of any of tl%e provisioms of this divismon. (b) The state ilicense number of such vebic!e. (c) The length of time during w~s~ch such vehicle is parked, in vlo- lation of ~ny of the prevmsions of this division.