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Any member of the police department or any other person employed by the city with 204 <br />authority to enforce the city Code may issue administrative violations under this article. 205 <br />Notice shall be given to the violator setting forth the nature of the offenses, the date, time of 206 <br />the violation, the name of the official issuing the citation and the amount of the scheduled 207 <br />penalty. 208 <br />Sec. 66-253. - Payment. 209 <br />Once notice of an administrative violation is given, the person responsible for the violation shall, 210 <br />within 14 calendar days of issuance of the notice, pay the stated violation penalty to the City. At 211 <br />any time before the payment of the administrative penalty is due, the person who has been given 212 <br />notice of an alleged violation may request to appear before the city council to contest the request 213 <br />for payment of the penalty. After a hearing before the council, the council may determine to 214 <br />withdraw the request for payment or to renew the request for payment. Because the payment of 215 <br />the administrative penalty is voluntary, there shall be no appeal from the decision of the council. 216 <br />Sec. 66-254. - Failure to pay. 217 <br />If a violator fails to pay the penalty imposed by this administrative citation, or the situation that 218 <br />created the violation remains uncorrected, the City may issue a petty misdemeanor or 219 <br />misdemeanor citation for the violation of the ordinance. A person convicted of a violation of this 220 <br />Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, 221 <br />imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof; provided, however, 222 <br />that if the violation is declared to be a petty misdemeanor, the penalty shall be a fine not to 223 <br />exceed $300.00. Additionally, a person convicted of a violation of this article shall pay the costs 224 <br />of prosecution. The city, in its discretion, may bring criminal charges in the first instance, rather 225 <br />than requesting the payment of an administrative penalty, even if a penalty for the particular 226 <br />violation has been established by Council resolution. If the administrative penalty is paid, or if 227 <br />any requested correction of the situation resulting in the violation is completed, no criminal 228 <br />charges shall be initiated by the city for the alleged violation. 229 <br />SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be effective __________________________. 230 <br /> 231 <br /> ADOPTED this day of , 2020, by the City Council of the City of 232 <br />Orono. 233 <br /> 234 <br /> CITY OF ORONO 235 <br /> 236 <br /> BY: 237 <br /> Dennis Walsh, Mayor 238 <br /> 239 <br />ATTEST: 240