For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CODE. Any municipal ordinance, law, rule, regulation or code set forth in the code of the Village of Bellwood, except such ordinances for which the potential penalty described therein includes a period of incarceration.
HEARING OFFICER. A person appointed by the Village President to preside over Administrative Hearings as set forth in this chapter.
OWNER.
(1) For the purpose of a violation relating to real property, the person to whom the County Collector sent the last ascertainable tax bill; and
(2) For the purpose of a violation relating to motor vehicles, the person to whom the motor vehicle is registered, as provided by the records of the Secretary of State of Illinois.
(3) Any person so described herein may present evidence to overcome the presumption that such person is the owner of the property and/or motor vehicle for which the person received a notice of violation.
(Ord. 01-26, passed 8-22-01)