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.. .....i.'~ i ~ ~ '" ~j; UJil ;Y. .$11' 2 0 1,!4::- 2 6 RU__~___ ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTIONS 22-575 AND 22-578 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA (2006) TO PERMIT THE CITY MANAGER TO AUTHORIZE BACKING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT THE CURB AND TO IMPOSE A $50 FINE FOR UNAUTHORIZED PARKING IN THE OLDE TOWNE HISTORIC DISTRICT BETWEEN CERTAIN HOURS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Sections 22-575 and 22-578(a) of Chapter 22 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (2006) be amended and reordained to read as follows: Sec. 22-575. Backing to curb. Except in areas designated by the City Manager or the City Council, no vehicle shall be backed up to a curb, except during the time actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise therefrom and then not to obstruct traffic. Sec. 22-578. 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 city employee or appointee 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 police department to pay the penalty of$25.00 or state objection to and intent to contest the notice of violation. Provided, however, the penalty for an overtime parking violation, not including a violation of sections 22-566 or 22-567, in the Downtown Business District, as defined in section 22-582, shall be $15.00,and the penalty for parking without a current Olde Towne parking permit in the Olde Towne Historic District between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. shall be $50.00. rfthe owner of the vehicle fails to make such payment within 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 $1 0.00 shall be charged for the additional notice. Allmonies 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 such violation and the $10.00 for the additional notice within 28 days from the date of violation, shall constitute a violation of this section. Any person