Service of parking, standing, or compliance violation notice shall be effected either by affixing the original or a facsimile of the notice to an unlawfully parked vehicle or by handing the notice to the operator of a vehicle if he or she is present. A parking, standing, or compliance violation notice issued, signed and served in accordance with this chapter, or a copy of the notice, shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness of the facts shown on the notice. The notice or copy shall be admissible in any subsequent administrative or legal proceedings without foundation or authentication.
The lessee of a leased vehicle shall be served in the same manner as service on the owner and/or operator of the vehicle, and shall have the right to participate in the administrative hearing to contest the violation as set forth in this chapter.
Service of all other violation notices shall be in a matter reasonably calculated to give them actual notice, including, as appropriate, personal service of process upon a party or its employees or agents; service by mail at a party's address; or service by posting notice on the property where the violation is found. The signed violation notice, or a copy thereof if the original is unavailable, shall be admissible without foundation or authentication in any administrative or legal proceeding, and shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness of the facts shown in the violation notice. (Ord. M-101-07, 12-17-2007; amd. Ord. M-22-08, 6-16-2008)