(a) The treasurer shall cause a complaint or summons to be issued for delinquent parking citations.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) above, before any summons shall issue for the prosecution of a violation of this Code or other ordinance of the county regulating parking, the violator shall have been first notified by certified mail at his last known address or at the address shown for such violator on the records of the state Department of Motor Vehicles, that he may pay the fine provided by law for such violation, within five (5) days of receipt of such notice, and the officer issuing such summons shall be notified that the violator has failed to pay such fine within such time. The notice to the violator required by the provisions of this section shall be contained in an envelope bearing the words "Law Enforcement Notice" stamped or printed on the face thereof in fourteen point or larger type.