Common use of Parking Violations Clause in Contracts

Parking Violations. A field employee who, in the regular and authorized performance of his/her duties and because of unavoidable circumstances, receives a City of Berkeley parking violation citation shall be relieved of any and all fines connected therewith if such citation is submitted to the Department Head within three days of the issuance of such citation and the employee submits on a form provided by the City a written explanation of the circumstances under which the parking citation was issued. It is expected that employees shall use their best efforts to avoid parking violations. The City shall not be responsible for payment of parking citations and/or any fines or penalties associated with the failure of an employee to pay a parking citation if the employee did not submit the parking citation to the Department Head within the time limit specified in this paragraph and/or the Department Head determines that the citation was avoidable.