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LLz First reading: 2/17/70
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ORDINANCE N0. °•G,�a�.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CANTON,
ILLINOIS,
SECTION 1. That Article IX, Section 9.04 of Ordinance No.
117 of the City of Canton, Illinois , effective November 5, 1964,
;�s amended, be and the same is hereby further amended to read as
follows :
"Section 9.04. PARKING VIOLATION. Any person accused :
of parking in a metered area without putting a coin in ,
the meter to cover the required time may settle and �
compromise the claim against him or her for the first
violation of such illegal parking by placing the sum
, of fifty cents in an envelope and deposit ing same in boxes
placed on certain parking meters ; and any person accused
of a violation of an Ordinance prohibiting parking a
vehicle in a designated area, or restricting the length
of time a vehicle may there be parked, or for a second
and subsequent violation of parking in the same metered
area without putting a coin in the meter to cover the
required time may settle and compromise the claim against
him or her for such illegal parking by paying to the
City the sum of One Dollar (�1.00) , provided, however,
a claim not settled and compromised within seven days
foll�owing the occurrence giving rise to such claim may
thereafter only be settled and compromised by paying to
the City the sum of �ao Dollars and Fifty Cents (�2.50) ;
such payments may be made at the Police Station, and a
receipt shall be issued for all money so received, and
such money shall be promptly turned over to the Treasurer
of the City of Canton to be credited to the parking meter
fund. The members of the Police Department are hereby
authorized to refrain from instituting a prosecution
for the alleged offense involved.
Provided that this section shall not apply to persons
parking a vehicle so as to obstruct the entrance or exit
of any place where police or fire department apparatus
or other emergency equipment is kept or housed, or so
as to block an emergency entrance in a hospital. Nor
shall this section apply to any person charged with r
parking a vehicle so as to entirely obstruct traffic `
in any stre�t or alley, or parking in such a way as to '
reduce traffic on an arterial street to one way traffic �
only ; nor to any person who refuses to move a vehicle
illegally parked at the request of any member of the
police department . "
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall be in effect ten days after
its passage by the City Council , approval by the Mayor and publica-
tion according to law.
_=�ASSED by the City Council an d approved by the Mayor this
day of �r , A.D. 1970.
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APPROVED:
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