(a) Except as otherwise set forth in sections 18-177 and 18-178, any person cited for a parking violation may contest the determination that a violation occurred by requesting in writing a hearing before the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Parking Citation Enforcement Hearing Board. Such hearing shall be held no later than thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of the request, unless prior to the hearing the person requesting such a hearing requests an extension of time not to exceed fourteen (14) days. No less than seven (7) days prior to the date set for the hearing, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Parking Citation Enforcement Hearing Board shall notify the registered owner of the vehicle of the date, time and place of the hearing. Any person requesting a hearing who fails to appear at the time and place set for the hearing shall be deemed to have refused to pay the fine levied by the citation.
(b) The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Parking Citation Enforcement Hearing Board may consider the parking citation and any other written report made under oath by the officer who issued the citation in lieu of the officer's personal appearance at the hearing.
(c) At the hearing, after consideration of the evidence, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Parking Citation Enforcement Hearing Board shall determine whether a violation was committed. Where it has not been established that the violation was committed, an order dismissing the citation shall be entered. Where it has been established that a violation was committed, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Parking Citation Enforcement Hearing Board shall uphold the citation and order the owner to pay the citation within seven (7) days. A copy of such order shall be furnished the owner. Any person ordered to pay the fine who fails to do so within seven (7) days shall be deemed to have refused to pay the fine levied by the citation.
(Ord. No. 188-2003, § 6, 7-10-03; Ord. No. 329-2005, § 16, 12-13-05)