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APPEAL OF CITATION:

a. Any recipient of an administrative citation may contest that there was a violation of this code or that he or she is the responsible person by completing a request for hearing form and returning it to the city within thirty (30) days from the date the administrative citation is served. The request must be made in writing, and may be delivered by mail, it shall be deemed received as of the two (2) days following the date of the posting. The request shall be filed with the code enforcement division of the quality of life services department. The person requesting the administrative review shall set forth, with particularity, the reasons he or she believes a violation did not occur or that the person cited is not the responsible party, together with a copy of the administrative citation in question. Failure to timely file a written request for an administrative hearing shall constitute a bar to any further administrative review rights.

b. The request for hearing form must be accompanied by either an advanced deposit of the fine or a request for a hardship waiver. Any administrative citation fine which has been deposited shall be refunded if it is determined, after a hearing that the person charged in the administrative citation was not responsible for the violation(s), or that there was no violation(s) as charged in the administrative citation. (Ord. #1598, §3)