(A) Any person who requests a hearing to contest an administrative citation and who is financially unable to make the advance deposit of the administrative fine, as otherwise required by this subchapter, may file for a hardship waiver. The request for a hardship waiver shall be filed with the finance office on an advance deposit hardship waiver application form available from the finance office within ten days of the date of the administrative citation. Upon the filing of a hardship waiver, the finance officer or designee shall make a determination whether or not the advance deposit of the fine shall be waived. The finance officer or designee may waive the requirement of an advance deposit of the fine only if the person requesting the waiver submits to the director a sworn affidavit, together with any supporting documents or materials, demonstrating to the satisfaction of the finance officer or designee such person's actual financial inability to deposit the full amount of the fine with the city in advance of the hearing.
(B) The finance officer or designee shall issue a written determination to issue or not issue the advance deposit hardship waiver. The written determination of the director shall be served upon the person who applied for the advance deposit hardship waiver by mail at the address provided in the waiver application. The determination of the finance officer shall be final.
(C) If the finance officer determines not to issue an advance deposit hardship waiver, the person shall remit the advance deposit to the city no later than ten days after the date of that decision. If a hardship waiver is not issued and the advance deposit is not made on or before the tenth day after the date of the notice of that decision, the applicant shall be deemed to have waived his or her right to an administrative hearing and the administrative fine shall be deemed to be delinquent.
(Ord. 638-C.S., passed 2-6-01)