At the June 21, 2022, Special Legislative Meeting, the Mayor and City Council for the City of Mount Rainier, voted on Emergency Ordinance N0. 06-2022. This Ordinance amended the Code of Ordinances of the City of Mount Rainier in the following manner:

Chapter 9, “Parking Meters”, Section 9-108, “Collections”, to provide for the engagement of debt collection contractors to recover outstanding and unpaid fines for parking meter violations.

• If a person charged in a citation for an infraction fails to pay the fine by the date of payment set forth in the citation and fails to give the City written notice of intent to stand trial, the person is liable for the assessed fine. The municipality may double the fine to an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and request adjudication of the case through the District Court, including a request for the Court to order the person to abate the infraction or an order permitting the City to abate any such infraction at the person's expense. 

The Mayor and City Council may contract with a collection agency or law firm or use other legal means to collect unpaid fines and may charge the costs of such collection to the violator. 

If you have any questions, please contact Melissa Sam, City Clerk, City of Mount Rainier at 240-623-4648 or cityclerk@mountrainiermd.org.