A. The following provisions regarding the time of receipt apply to all notices or other documents filed with or delivered to the city on or before a specified date as required by this code.
1. Notices or other documents filed or delivered by mail, registered mail, certified mail, or express mail shall be sent through the United States Postal Service or other express mail service, in a sealed envelope, with appropriate postage paid, and addressed to the city. Notices or other documents shall be deemed received by the city on the date that they are actually received by the city. Postmarks or cancellation marks shall not be used to determine the time of receipt by the city.
2. Notices or other documents filed or delivered by electronic mail shall be deemed received by the city at the time of transmission as electronically stamped by the electronic mail system maintained by the city.
3. Notices or other documents filed or delivered by facsimile transmission shall be deemed received by the city at the time of transmission as electronically stamped by a facsimile machine maintained by the city.
B. The following provisions regarding the time of receipt apply to all payments made or delivered to the city on or before a specified date as required by this code.
1. All payments to be made to the city as required by this code shall be delivered personally, by mail, or by electronic payment to the city on or before the specified payment due date. Payments delivered by mail, registered mail, certified mail, or express mail shall be sent through the United States Postal Service or other express mail service, in a sealed envelope, with appropriate postage paid, and addressed to the city. Payments delivered electronically shall be deemed received by the city at the time of transmission as electronically stamped by the electronic payment system maintained by the city.
2. Payments shall be deemed received by the city on the date that payments are actually received by the city. Postmarks or postal cancellation marks shall not be used to determine the time of receipt by the city, except for payments for parking citations issued pursuant to this code.
(Prior code §1.6-1 (Ord. 879 §1, Ord. 2113 §1) Ord. 2295 §2)