(a) Administrative hearings for the adjudication of parking violations shall be held before the City’s Administrative Hearing Officer and conducted in accordance with this section.

(b) The respondent may appear pro se or, at his own expense, by an attorney. An attorney who appears on behalf of any person shall file with the Hearing Officer a written entry of appearance.

(c) The formal and technical rules of evidence shall not apply in the conduct of the administrative hearing.

(d) All testimony shall be given under oath or affirmation, which shall be administered by the Hearing Officer.

(e) No violation may be established except upon proof by a preponderance of the evidence; provided, however, that a parking violation notice, or a copy thereof, shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness of the facts specified therein.

(f) The Hearing Officer may, on a showing of good cause, grant one continuance to a date certain.

(g) The Hearing Officer shall cause a record to be made of each hearing.

(h) The Hearing Officer may, if factual circumstances dictate, take the matter under advisement for a period no longer than five work days. In such instances and in the case of an adverse determination, the date of Hearing Officer’s determination shall govern for purposes of the fine schedule. (Ord. 19765 § 2, 10-2-12.)