Citations shall be issued in accordance with the following procedures:
A. If a vehicle/property is unattended at the time the citation is issued for a violation, the issuing officer shall securely attach to the vehicle and/or property the citation setting forth the violation, including references to the section of the Vehicle Code, the City’s Municipal Code/City ordinance(s), or other regulations violated; the approximate time of the violation; the location of the violation; and the date by which the recipient is to deposit the penalty or contest the citation pursuant to Section 10.20.030. The citation shall state the amount of the penalty and the address of the agent authorized to receive deposit of the penalty.
B. The citation shall also set forth the vehicle license number and registration expiration date, if such date is visible; the last four (4) digits of the vehicle identification number, if that number is visible through the windshield; the color of the vehicle; and, if possible, the make of the vehicle. For code enforcement citations, the citation shall also set forth the address of the violation.
C. The citation or copy thereof shall be considered a record kept in the ordinary course of business of the issuing agency and the processing agency and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein.
D. Once the citation is prepared and attached to the vehicle and/or property pursuant to Subsection A. above, the issuing officer shall file notice of the violation with the processing agency.
E. If during issuance of a parking citation, without regard to whether the vehicle was initially attended or unattended, the vehicle is driven away prior to attaching the citation to the vehicle, the issuing officer shall file the notice with the processing agency. The processing agency shall mail, within fifteen (15) days of issuance of the citation, a copy of the citation to the registered owner.
F. If after a copy of the citation is attached to the vehicle, property or personally given to the recipient, the issuing agency or the issuing officer determines that the issuing officer was in error in issuing the citation, the issuing officer or the issuing agency may recommend, in writing, that the citation be canceled. The recommendation shall state the reason or reasons for cancellation and shall be filed with the processing agency. Under no circumstances shall a personal relationship with any public official, officer, issuing officer or law enforcement agent be grounds for cancellation.
G. If a processing agency makes a finding that there are grounds for cancellation as set forth in the City’s administrative policy or pursuant to any other basis provided by law, then the finding or findings shall be filed with the processing agency; and the parking citation shall be canceled pursuant to Subsection A. of Section 10.20.030.