Section 19-211. Additional penalties for parking violations  


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  • In accordance
      with paragraph b-1 of subdivision two of section two hundred thirty-five
      of the vehicle and traffic law, the parking violations bureau may  adopt
      a  rule  providing  for  the  imposition of the additional penalties set
      forth in the following schedule for failure to respond to  a  notice  of
      violation for a parking violation:
        a. Failure to respond to a notice of violation for a parking violation
      within  thirty  days  shall  result  in  liability,  commencing  on  the
      thirty-first day, for an additional penalty in an amount, not to  exceed
      ten  dollars,  indicated  on  the  notice  of  violation  for  a parking
      violation; where a city has given a second notice pursuant to  paragraph
      a  of  subdivision two of section two hundred thirty-five of the vehicle
      and traffic law failure to respond  to  a  notice  of  violation  for  a
      parking  violation  within  forty-five  days  may  result  in liability,
      commencing on the forty-sixth day, for the penalty prescribed above  for
      failure  to  respond within thirty days and an additional penalty not to
      exceed twenty dollars; and where  a  city  has  given  a  second  notice
      pursuant  to  paragraph  a  of  subdivision  two  of section two hundred
      thirty-five of the vehicle and traffic  law  failure  to  respond  to  a
      notice of violation for a parking violation within seventy-five days may
      result  in  liability,  commencing  on  the  seventy-sixth  day, for the
      penalty prescribed above for failure to respond within thirty  days  and
      for  a  failure  to  respond  within  forty-five  days and an additional
      penalty not to exceed thirty dollars.
        b. Notwithstanding the foregoing schedule of additional penalties,  if
      an  owner  makes a plea or appears within twenty days after the issuance
      of a second notice of  violation  in  accordance  with  paragraph  a  of
      subdivision  two  of  section two hundred thirty-five of the vehicle and
      traffic law, or prior to such mailing, such additional penalty shall not
      exceed ten dollars.