§ 10-116. Summons and penalty for violation of section 10-115.

(a)

Summons. Any summons or notice to appear in answer to a charge of parking in violation of section 10-115 of this article shall be issued on official forms therefore prescribed by the city. Such forms may be issued, consecutively numbered, to the owner or lessee of the property upon which a fire lane has been established hereunder or to any person employed by or on behalf of such an owner or lessee who holds a security officer commission issued by the Texas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies pursuant to V.T.C.A., Occupations Code ch. 1702, and he shall account to the police department for such forms. The owner or lessee of the property upon which a fire lane has been established hereunder shall file with the police department a list, which shall be corrected from time to time to reflect changes in personnel, of the designated private security officers who are authorized by him to issue the summons or notice herein provided for. Such summons or notice shall require the appearance of the violator before the municipal court of the city and all fines paid by the violator shall be paid to the municipal court clerk's department of the city. The summons or notice to appear in answer to a charge of parking in violation of section 10-115, specifying the location of the fire lane in which such violation occurred and the date and time of such violation, may be issued by any person employed by or on behalf of an owner or lessee of the property upon which a fire lane has been established hereunder who holds a security officer commission issued by the Texas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies pursuant to V.T.C.A., Occupations Code ch. 1702, or by the fire marshal of the city or any member of the city police department otherwise empowered to issue tickets for parking violations.

(b)

Penalty. An offense under this article is punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense.

(Ord. No. 441, § 1, 6-14-82; Ord. No. 441-1, § 1, 9-9-85; Ord. No. 441-2, § 1, 8-10-87)