(A) Any person who intends to request a hearing to contest that there was a violation of the code or that he or she is the responsible party and who is financially unable to make the advance deposit of the fine may file a request for an advance deposit hardship waiver.
(B) The request shall be filed with the City Clerk on an advance deposit hardship waiver application form, available from the City Clerk, within ten days of the date of the administrative citation.
(C) The requirement of depositing the full amount of the fine shall be stayed unless or until the City Clerk makes a determination not to issue the advance deposit hardship waiver.
(D) The City Clerk may waive the requirement of an advance deposit and issue the advance deposit hardship waiver only if the cited party submits to the City Clerk a sworn affidavit, together with any supporting documents or materials, demonstrating to the satisfaction of the City Clerk the person’s actual financial inability to deposit with the city the full amount of the fine in advance of the hearing.
(E) If the City Clerk determines not to issue an advance deposit hardship waiver, the person shall remit the deposit to the city within ten days of that decision or 30 days from the date of the administrative citation, whichever is later.
(F) The City Clerk shall issue a written determination listing the reasons for his or her determination to issue or not issue the advance deposit hardship waiver. The written determination of the City Clerk shall be final.
(G) The written determination of the City Clerk shall be served upon the person who applied for the advance deposit hardship waiver.
(Ord. 2008-17, passed 1-6-2009)