(a) A person who has been issued a parking citation shall answer to the charge of the parking violation by the date shown on the citation. An answer may be made in any of the following ways:
(1) An admission of liability with payment of the applicable civil fine, and any additional penalties and costs.
(2) A denial of liability made before a hearing officer at an administrative adjudication hearing on a date specified in the parking citation or at an instanter hearing before that date.
(3) An admission of liability with an explanation made before a hearing officer at an administrative adjudication hearing on a date specified in the parking citation or at an instanter hearing before that date.
(4) A request for permission from a hearing officer to adjudicate by mail.
(5) A request to reset a scheduled administrative adjudication hearing from the date shown on the parking citation. A scheduled hearing may not be reset more than once unless the person charged pays to the director of transportation an amount equal to the applicable civil fine for the parking violation, with any additional penalties and costs. The director of transportation shall issue a receipt for any amounts paid under this paragraph. After presentation of the receipt, all amounts paid will be refunded to the person charged if the hearing officer, or a municipal court on appeal, finds that the person is not liable for the parking violation.
(b) Payment of the civil fine and any additional penalties and costs may be made in person, by mail, or by other payment options to the director of transportation. Payment of the civil fine and all penalties and costs assessed pursuant to this division shall operate as a final disposition of the parking violation charge, except when payment is made to reset a scheduled hearing or to file an appeal. (Ord. Nos. 20012; 21612; 27697; 30654)