(A) Any person who intends to request an appeal hearing and who is financially unable to make the advance deposit of any applicable fine and appeal fee may file a request for an advance deposit hardship waiver form, available from the finance department. The Director of Finance ("Director") shall be authorized to establish a reasonable policy, including criteria, for determining financial ability to pay the applicable fine and appeal fee.
(B) The request shall be filed with the finance department within five days of the date of the issuance of the decision subject to appeal.
(C) The requirement of depositing the full amount of the fine and appeal fee shall be stayed unless or until the Director of Finance ("Director") makes a determination not to issue the advance deposit hardship waiver.
(D) The Director may waive the requirement for advance deposit only if the cited party submits to the Director a declaration under penalty of perjury supported by evidence that shows to the Director's reasonable satisfaction that such party is financially unable to deposit the total amount of the fine and appeal fee in advance of the hearing.
(E) If the Director determines not to issue an advance deposit hardship waiver, the cited party shall remit the fine and appeal fee to the City within five days of the date of that decision or 15 days from the date of issuance of the decision subject to the appeal, whichever is later.
(F) The Director shall list his/her reasons for granting or not granting an advance deposit hardship waiver in writing and serve it on the cited party. The Director's decision shall be final.
(Ord. 2883, § 1, 2007.)