What is the City’s policy on ticketing?

The wording of Union Code Section 351.99 on Ticketing, which was passed April 3, 1990, by City Council reads:
Any motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer parked in violation of Union Code Section 351.14 shall be ticketed by leaving a ticket affixed in a visible location upon the vehicle. The owner or operator of the vehicle shall be subject, for a violation of Union Code Section 351.14, to pay a prescribed fine in the sum of thirty dollars ($30.00). The owner or operator of the vehicle may pay the fine to the Police Department within seven days of the ticket. The payment shall be deemed a plea of guilty, waiver of court appearance, and acknowledgement of conviction of the alleged offense, and may be accepted in full satisfaction of the prescribed penalty of the violation. If not paid within the seven-day period, the prescribed fine shall be sixty dollars ($60.00). The payment shall be accepted in full satisfaction of the prescribed penalty of the violation. If payment is not made within thirty days, a charge shall be filed in municipal court, and the Clerk of Courts shall cause the issuance of summons upon the owner of the vehicle as prescribed by law and tax municipal court costs. Payment prior to the issuance of summons as aforesaid shall not be accepted by mail or at the Police Department if the owner or operator has been so convicted of this offense on two previous occasions within sixty days immediately preceding the date of violation. Ordinance 883, passed 4-3-90.