(a) A parking citation serves as the summons and complaint for purposes of this division.
(b) A parking citation must be on a form prescribed by the director of transportation and must include the following information:
(1) the nature, date, time, and location of the alleged parking violation and the meter number, if applicable;
(2) the state license plate number of the illegally parked vehicle, or if not visible or legible, the vehicle identification number or the brake inspection tag number;
(3) the make of the illegally parked vehicle;
(4) the date, time, and location of the administrative adjudication hearing, to be set not later than 15 calendar days after the date of issuance of the parking citation;
(5) a notification that the person charged with the parking violation has the right to an instanter hearing any business day before the scheduled administrative adjudication hearing; and
(6) a notification that failure to timely appear at either an instanter hearing or a scheduled administrative adjudication hearing is considered an admission of liability for the parking violation charge and will result in the assessment of appropriate fines, penalties, and costs and may result in the immobilization, towing, and impoundment of the vehicle for which the citation was issued.
(c) The original or any copy of a parking citation is a record kept in the ordinary course of city business and is prima facie evidence of the facts contained in the parking citation. (Ord. Nos. 20012; 20269; 21612; 27697; 30654)