Parking ticket, service and liability.
Columbus City Codes § 2150.05
in effect2150.05 - Parking ticket, service and liability.
(A) The parking ticket adopted by the Bureau shall be used by Officers in all cases in which a person is charged with committing a Parking Infraction.
(1) Each parking ticket shall contain the following:
(a) Specify the Bureau's name and the fine amount of the Parking Infraction(s);
(b) Notification that the owner or operator served the parking ticket must answer the Parking Infraction(s) charged within the time provided and that penalties will result from failure to timely answer:
(c) Indicate the allowable answers that may be made and that a hearing will be granted if the person contests committing the parking infraction(s);
(d) Notification that failure to timely answer the Parking Infraction(s) will result in Default Judgment entered against both the Vehicle owner and operator, if different; and
(e) The information required to be completed by the Officer pursuant to section 2150.05 (B).
(2) The parking ticket shall be the summons and complaint for purposes of this chapter.
(B) The Officer issuing the parking ticket shall:
(1) Provide all of the following information on the ticket:
(a) Code section(s) of the Parking Infraction(s) charged;
(b) License plate number or Vehicle Identification Number (VIN), when the license plate number is not available;
(c) Vehicle type, make and model; and
(d) Date, time, and the location of the Parking Infraction(s).
(2) Physically or electronically sign the ticket and affirm the facts it contains and file a copy with the Bureau.
(3) If the operator of the Vehicle is present, the officer shall record the name of the operator in the space provided on the ticket for identification of the offender, and then shall personally serve the parking ticket upon the operator.
(4) If the operator of the Vehicle is not present, or the operator is present and will not provide their name, the officer shall insert the word "owner" in the space provided on the ticket for identification of the offender and constructively serve the parking ticket by affixing the ticket to the Vehicle in a conspicuous place.
(a) Constructive service of a parking ticket upon an owner or operator of a Vehicle by affixation or by the procedure described in division (D) of this section has the same force and effect and subjects both the owner and the operator of the Vehicle, if different, to the same fine, penalties, fees and costs for failure to timely answer or to appear at a requested hearing, as if the parking ticket were personally served on both the owner and operator of the Vehicle at the time of the violation.
(C) The original, electronic or true copy of a parking ticket pursuant to this section shall be considered a record kept in the ordinary course of business of the City and shall be prima-facie evidence of the facts it contains.
(D) An operator of a Vehicle who is not the owner, but who operates it with the express or implied permission of the owner, is the Owner Agent for purposes of the receipt of a parking ticket served in accordance with this Section. The operator of a rented or leased Vehicle who receives a parking ticket shall not be considered an Owner Agent if the owner is engaged in the business of renting and leasing Vehicles pursuant to a written rental or lease agreement and if the owner follows the procedures set forth in Section 2150.07.
(Ord. No. 3360-2025, § 1, 12-15-2025)
Source: City of Columbus, City Codes and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/oh/columbus/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT21TRCO_CH2150PAVI_2150.05PATISELIFetched: 10/27/2026