(A) An administrative hearing shall be held for the following:
(1) To adjudicate any alleged ordinance violation on its merits; and
(2) To contest the validity of a notice of impending immobilization or impending impoundment or the validity of a notice of impending driver’s license suspension. The hearing shall be granted to the registered owner or operator of the “cited vehicle”, pursuant to 625 ILCS 5/11-208.3 or the lessee of the “cited vehicle”, 625 ILCS 5/11-1306, incorporated herein by reference, and at the date, time and place as is set forth by the Ordinance Enforcement Administrator and served upon the registered owner, operator or lessee for hearings contesting the validity of notices of impending immobilization or impending impoundment or driver’s license suspension.
(B) All administrative hearings shall be recorded and shall culminate in a determination of liability or non-liability, made by the Hearing Officer, who shall consider facts and/or testimony without the application of the formal or technical rules of evidence. Evidence including hearsay, may be admitted only if it is of a type commonly relied upon by reasonably prudent persons in the conduct of their affairs.
(Prior Code, § 11.08) (Ord. 06-019, passed 3-28-2006; Ord. 2016-002, passed 2-9-2016)