20020723 2002-15ORDINANCE NO. 2002-
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING DIVISION 1, ARTICLE IV, CHAPTER 98,
SECTION 98-165 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA,
PERTAINING TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO ISSUANCE OF
WARRANTS FOR VIOLATION OF PARKING REGULATIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Fairfax, that Division 1, Article
IV, Chapter 98, Section 98-165 of the Code of the City of Fairfax, Virginia, is hereby
amended to read in its entirety as follows:
ARTICLE IV. STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
Division 1. Generally
Sec. 98-165.Conditions precedent to issuance of warrants for violation of parking regulations.
Before any summons or warrant shall be issued for the prosecution of a violation of this
article, the accused violator shall have been first notified by mail at this last known address or
at the address shown for such violator in the records of the state department of motor vehicles,
that he may pay the fine and any applicable penalty provided by law for such violation, within
five days of receipt of such notice, and the office issuing such summons or warrant shall be
notified that the violator has failed to pay such fine and any applicable penalty within such
time. The notice to the violator required by the provisions of this section shall be contained in
an envelope bearing the words "Law-Enforcement Notice" stamped or printed on the face
thereof in all capital letters, bold face type, no smaller than the print type size used for the
primary address on the envelope. If "window" envelopes are used, the words "Law
Enforcement Notice" shall be clearly visible through the window of the envelope.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance shall become effective on adoption
as provided by law.
INTRODUCED: July 9, 2002
PUBLIC HEARING: July 23, 2002
ENACTED: July 23, 2002
Mayor
ATTEST:
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The motion to adopt the ordinance was recorded as follows:
Councilwoman Cross
Councilman Greenfield
Councilwoman Lyon
Councilman Rasmussen
Councilman Silverthorne
Councilwoman Winter
Vote
Aye
Ave
Aye
Absent
Aye
Aye