§ 74-22. Parking on streets and highways.

(a)

Adoption of regulations. The police commission shall regulate all parking on any public street, public highway or any portion of the entire width between the boundary lines of any way maintained publicly when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel, pursuant to section 34(b) of the Charter, and the General Statutes.

(b)

Citations. Any person who shall violate any of the on-street parking regulations shall be served either in person or by attaching to such vehicle a notice directing the owner of such vehicle to surrender such notice at the police headquarters and to pay a penalty. The police commission from time to time shall establish, by regulations adopted after public notice and public hearings, and with the concurrence of the board of selectmen, the penalty for each type of violation. Such regulations may require payment of an additional penalty for failure to pay the prescribed penalty within 15 days. The total of such fines or penalties for any single violation shall not exceed the amount of the fine as listed on Appendix D, Table of Ordinance Fines, except as provided for in section 74-26 herein.

(Code 1972, § 50-2; Ord. of 5-18-1987; Amd. of 5-17-2010, § 11)

State law reference

Penalties for ordinance violations, G.S. § 7-148(c)(10)(A).