A. Except as provided in subsection B, hereafter, any person accused of a violation of an ordinance prohibiting parking of a vehicle in a designated area or restricting the length of time a vehicle may be there parked, may settle and comprise the claim against him or her for such illegal parking by paying to the village the sum of five dollars within twenty-four hours of the time such alleged offense was committed. Such payment may be made to the arresting officer, and a numbered receipt shall be issued for all money so received, and such money shall be promptly turned over to the treasurer to be used in the manner provided for the disposition of fines for traffic violations.

B. Any person accused of parking within twenty feet of the driveway entrance to any fire department station, police station or other location where emergency equipment is kept and housed or any person accused of parking a vehicle in such a way as to reduce traffic on an arterial street to one-way traffic only may settle and compromise the claim against him or her for such illegal parking by paying to the village the sum of twenty-five dollars within twenty-four hours of the time such alleged offense was committed. Such payment may be made to the arresting officer, and a numbered receipt shall be issued for all money so received, and such money shall be promptly turned over to the treasurer to be used in the manner provided for the disposition of fines for traffic violations.

C. In the event of the refusal of the accused to pay the arresting officer, he or she shall have the option of paying either the village treasurer or the village clerk within twenty-four hours of the time the offense was committed.

D. In the event the accused fails to pay a fine in the amount hereinabove established within the prescribed time, the arresting officer may sign and serve on the offender a compliant charging a violation of applicable ordinances together with a notice to appear and answer charges in Woodford County circuit court. Upon conviction the offender shall be subject to the general penalty provisions established by this code. (Ord. 1991-15 § 1, 1991: Ord. 8-1958 § 9.05, 1958)