§ 21-205. Imposition of civil penalty for violations.

(a)

The city council finds and determines that a vehicle facing only a steady red signal displayed by an electrically operated traffic-control signal, and the vehicle is operated in violation of instructions of the traffic-control signals, as specified by § 544.007(d), Texas Transportation Code, harms the public by endangering motor vehicle operators and pedestrians alike, by decreasing the efficiency of traffic control and traffic flow efforts, and by increasing the number of serious accidents to which public safety agencies must respond at the expense of the taxpayers.

(b)

The owner of a motor vehicle is liable for a civil penalty of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) if the motor vehicle proceeds into an intersection when the traffic control signal for that motor vehicle's direction of travel is emitting a steady red signal.

(c)

An owner who fails to pay the civil penalty, or to contest liability not later than thirty (30) days from mailing the notice of violation, is an admission of liability and waiver of the right to appeal and shall be subject to a late penalty of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).

(d)

An owner who fails to pay the civil penalty imposed by an administrative adjudication hearing officer, or contest the determination of the administrative adjudication hearing officer not later than thirty (30) days from that determination, shall be subject to a late penalty of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).

(Ord. No. 8746, § 1, 1-25-07; Ord. No. 8865, § 1, 9-20-07)