Any person found to have committed a violation under this chapter shall pay a sum of $25.00 if so paid within 15 days from the date of issuance of such notice, or in the sum of $30.00 if so paid after the fifteenth day from the issuance of said notice, by paying the same directly with the court of limited jurisdiction authorized to hear cases of the city. It shall be a separate violation, subject to the fines and penalties provided herein, chargeable independently and successively, for each instance of overtime parking when the same vehicle is parked for consecutive periods longer than the parking time limit. The monetary penalty provided for by this section may be forfeited or a contested or mitigated hearing may be requested as authorized by law. (Ord. 6429 § 12, 2012; Ord. 5724 § 11, 2002; Ord. 5111 § 2, 1998; Ord. 4218 § 3, 1987; Ord. 3338 § 4, 1978; 1957 code § 9.26.030.)