Contra Costa County |
Ordinance Code |
Title 4. HEALTH AND SAFETY |
Division 46. TRAFFIC REGULATIONS |
Chapter 46-14. PRIVATE OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITIES |
§ 46-14.006. Parking violation charge.
(a)
A private parking operator may impose a parking violation charge on an owner of a vehicle for unauthorized parking by issuing a notice of parking charge.
(b)
A parking violation charge imposed by a private parking operator may not exceed fifty dollars.
(c)
A late fee equal to one-half of the amount of the parking violation charge may be charged if the initial mail-in parking charge remains unpaid after twenty-one days after the date the notice of parking charge is issued and the parking violation charge has not been timely disputed in accordance with this section.
(d)
If it is determined at the conclusion of an administrative hearing held in accordance with this section that a person owes a parking violation charge and the owed parking violation charge remains unpaid after twenty-one days after the administrative hearing decision, then a late fee equal to one-half of the parking violation charge may be charged.
(e)
A private parking operator is not authorized to add any charges from the Department of Motor Vehicles to the charges authorized by this section.
(Ord. No. 2016-15, § II, 8-16-16)