10.42.020 Notice of infraction for automated traffic safety camera violations.
A. When an automatic traffic safety camera detects a violation under this section, a notice of infraction may be mailed to the registered owner of the vehicle within 14 days of the violation, or to the renter of a vehicle within 14 days of establishing the renter’s name and address under this section.
B. If the registered owner of the vehicle is a rental car business, the law enforcement agency shall, before issuing a notice of infraction, provide a written notice to the rental car business that a notice of infraction may be issued to the rental car business if the rental car business does not, within 18 days of receiving the written notice, provide to the issuing agency by return mail:
1. A statement under oath stating the name and known mailing address of the individual driving or renting the vehicle when the infraction occurred; or
2. A statement under oath that the business is unable to determine who was driving or renting the vehicle at the time the infraction occurred.
A rental car business’s timely mailing of this statement to the issuing law enforcement agency relieves the business of any liability for the notice of infraction under this chapter. In lieu of identifying the vehicle operator, the rental car business may pay the applicable penalty.
C. The law enforcement officer issuing the notice of infraction shall include with it a certificate or facsimile thereof, based upon inspection of photographs, microphotos, or electronic images produced by an automated traffic safety camera, stating the facts supporting the notice of infraction. This certificate or facsimile is prima facie evidence of the facts contained in it and is admissible in a proceeding charging a violation under this chapter. (Ord. 6868 § 1 (Exh. A), 2022; Ord. 5957 § 1, 2005.)