§ 24-80. Owner's liability for parking offenses.

(a)

Every person in whose name a vehicle is registered or licensed shall be prima facie responsible for any parking of the vehicle in violation of any provision of this chapter or chapter 26 relating to the parking of vehicles whether on public or private property. It shall be no defense to such charge that the vehicle is illegally parked by another unless it is shown that at such time the vehicle was being used without the consent of the registered owner thereof.

(b)

The notice, or copy thereof, shall constitute prima facie evidence of the parking violation.

(c)

No person shall cause or allow a vehicle to be parked in violation of any provision of this chapter or chapter 26 of this Code regulating the time, place or method of parking. Violations of any provision of this chapter or chapter 26 of this Code regulating the time, place or method of parking which are continuous in nature shall constitute a separate and distinct violation for each full hour thereof.

(d)

Whenever a vehicle is parked in violation of any provision of this chapter or chapter 26 of this Code regulating the time, place or method of parking, the owner or owners of the vehicle, the registered owner or owners of the vehicle, and the person who parked or placed the vehicle where the violation occurred shall be jointly and individually liable for the violation and for the civil sanction prescribed herein.

(e)

A vehicle parked contrary to or inconsistent with any provision of this chapter or chapter 26 of this Code regulating the time, place or method of parking which provides that "no person" may stop, stand or park a vehicle at a designated location or contrary to any limitations, restrictions, or other provision regulating the time, place or method of parking is deemed to be parked in violation of said ordinance or provision of this Code.

(Ord. No. 1392, § 2, 11-26-85; Ord. No. 2421, § 1, 1-11-05)