§ 86-178. Imposition of civil penalty for violations enforced by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system.  


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  • (a)

    The city-parish council finds and determines vehicles proceeding into an intersection when the traffic control signal for that vehicle's direction of travel is emitting a steady red signal damages the public by endangering vehicle operators and pedestrians alike, by decreasing the efficiency of traffic control and traffic flow efforts, and by increasing the number of serious traffic crashes to which public safety agencies must respond at the expense of the taxpayers.

    (b)

    Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) below, the owner of a vehicle is responsible for a civil violation penalty of $125.00 if the vehicle proceeds into an intersection at a system location when the traffic control signal for that vehicle's direction of travel is emitting a steady red signal.

    (c)

    Exemption—Right turn on red after stop. The owner of a vehicle facing a steady red signal may cautiously enter the intersection to turn right after stopping. Such vehicle owner shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within an adjacent crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection. Vehicle owners who comply with this paragraph are exempt from article X, electronic enforcement, division 1, red light running, of this Code of Ordinances. Vehicle owners who fail to comply with the requirements in the above paragraph at a system location are responsible for a civil violation penalty of $25.00. Subsection (d) below regarding late payment penalty described therein also applies to this paragraph.

    (d)

    An owner who fails to pay a civil violation penalty beyond 40 calendar days from the date of mailing the notice of civil violation, inclusive of weekends and legal holidays, shall be subject to a late payment penalty factor of 1.5 times the original civil violation, e.g. (original civil violation × 1.5 = total civil violation amount including late payment penalty).

(Ord. No. O-149-2012, § 2, 7-17-12)