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 Hernando County
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 20. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
 Article III. STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING

  § 20-45. Civil penalties.  

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  • (a)

    Any person who stops, parks or stands a vehicle in violation of the terms of section 20-40 or 20-42, but specifically excluding subsection 20-40(a)(9), (13), and (14) shall be deemed to be charged with a noncriminal violation and shall be assessed a civil penalty of eleven dollars ($11.00).

    (b)

    Any person who stops, parks or stands a vehicle in violation of the terms of section 20-40 or 20-42 on county right-of-way or other property owned or leased by the county where a no-parking zone is additionally marked by "TOW-AWAY ZONE" signs conforming to the manual and specifications of the Florida Department of Transportation shall be deemed to be charged with a noncriminal violation and shall be assessed a civil penalty of one hundred one dollars ($101.00).

    (c)

    Any person who stops, parks or stands a vehicle in violation of the terms of section 20-41 shall be deemed to be charged with a noncriminal violation and shall be assessed a civil penalty of one hundred one dollars ($101.00).

    (d)

    Any person who stops, parks or stands a vehicle in violation of the terms of subsection 20-40(a)(13), regarding parking in any pay-designated parking space without paying the required fee, or subsection 20-40(a)(14), regarding stopping, standing and parking a vehicle in the vicinity of a school entrance, shall be deemed to be charged with a noncriminal violation and shall be assessed a civil penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00).

    (e)

    Each day any violation occurs or continues shall be a separate offense.

    (f)

    The amount of any civil penalty specified in this section shall be increased by sixteen dollars ($16.00) if payment is not received by the county within the described thirty-day period after the parking ticket.

    (g)

    The owner of a vehicle is responsible and liable for payment of any parking ticket violations, except that the owner of a vehicle is not responsible for any parking ticket violations if the vehicle involved was reported as stolen at the time.

(Ord. No. 2011-1, § I, 1-11-11; Ord. No. 2013-4, § II, 1-22-13)