§ 82.157. Parking citations; notices.

(a)

A parking citation serves as summons and notice of the administrative adjudication hearing under this article.

(b)

A parking citation may be issued by a parking technician, a park ranger, a police officer, a code enforcement officer, or any other authorized parking enforcement agent designated by or upon authority of the city.

(c)

If the owner or operator of the vehicle is not present at the time the citation is issued, the person issuing the citation may affix the citation to the vehicle in a conspicuous place.

(d)

The citation shall include:

(1)

The charged offense;

(2)

The, date, time and location of the violation;

(3)

The make, model and state license plate number of the vehicle, or if the license plate number is not visible or legible, the VIN number or state inspection number in lieu of the license number;

(4)

Notice of the recipients right to an instanter hearing within ten days, that such right shall be exercised by either requesting a hearing by mail postmarked within ten days of the date of citation or appearing before a hearing officer within ten days of the date of citation, and the hours instanter hearings are available; and,

(5)

Notice that failure to answer the citation or appear within ten days is considered an admission of liability.

(Code 1970, § 29-45; Ord. No. 2007-61, § 3, 10-16-07)