§ III. Penalties.


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  • The Clarksville Parking Commission is authorized to establish a schedule of civil penalties, including late fees and costs, none of which may exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) for violation of any parking regulation. The Clarksville Parking Commission reserves the right to institute legal proceedings to collect any penalties, late fees, or other costs owed to it. The penalties associated with violations of the Clarksville Parking Commission's regulations are the following:

    • Overtime parking at a meter: First ticket ten dollars ($10.00).

    • Parking in a restricted zone: Thirty dollars ($30.00).

    • Parked facing wrong direction: Thirty dollars ($30.00).

    • Parking on or too close to sidewalk: Twenty dollars ($20.00).

    • Parking too close to or in front of fire hydrant/fire plug zone: Fifty dollars ($50.00).

    • Blocking or obstructing traffic: Thirty dollars ($30.00).

    • Parking in any reserved space: Forty dollars ($40.00).

    • Parking in handicapped zone: Fifty dollars ($50.00).

    • Parking in fire lane: Fifty dollars ($50.00).

    • Parking a disabled vehicle, boat, recreational vehicle, camper, trailer, or a motor vehicle having three (3) or more axles in a residential district on a street right of way: Thirty dollars ($30.00).

    • Any other violation: Thirty dollars ($30.00).

    • Parking on a city street for a period of time longer than seventy-two (72) hours: Thirty dollars ($30.00)

    • Parking on any city street with a missing or expired registration decal or without a license plate: Thirty dollars ($30.00).

    **All fines can be issued in two (2) hour increments.

    All fines must be paid within thirty (30) days of date fine was issued, failure to do so will result in all fines doubling in amount due; unless fine is in hold status due to pending voiding request or any other approved reasons.

    ADOPTED: September 24, 1996

    REVISED: August 24, 1999

    REVISED: June 27, 2000

    REVISED: August 29, 2000

    REVISED: April 17, 2001

    REVISED: March 30, 2006

    REVISED: April 28, 2010

    REVISED: October 15, 2013

    REVISED: October 1, 2015

    REVISED: October 25, 2016

    REVISED: February 22, 2016

    REVISED: April 18, 2017