(A) Service of any violation notice shall be made by the person issuing the notice by:
(1) Affixing the original or a facsimile of the notice to an unlawfully standing or parked vehicle, an unstickered vehicle or a vehicle violating any compliance regulation;
(2) Handing the notice to the registered owner, operator or lessee of the vehicle, if present; or
(3) Handing the notice to the responsible person or leaving the notice with any person 12 years of age or older at the residence of the responsible owner.
(B) The correctness of facts contained in any violation notice shall be certified by the person issuing the notice by:
(1) Signing his or her name to the notice at the time of issuance; or
(2) In the case of a notice produced by a computer device, signing a single certificate, to be kept by the Ordinance Enforcement Administrator, attesting to the correctness of all notices produced by the device while under his or her control.
(C) The original or a facsimile of the violation notice shall be retained by the Ordinance Enforcement Administrator and kept as a record in the ordinary course of business.
(D) Any violation notice issued, signed and served in accordance herewith, or a copy of the notice, shall be prima facie correct and shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness of the facts shown on the notice and shall be admissible in any subsequent administrative or legal proceeding.
(Ord. 96-07, passed 2-13-1996)