(A) A person who is served with a parking ticket charging the commission of a parking infraction may answer the charge by personal appearance at the Oak Harbor Village Hall during normal business hours or by mail. The answer shall be made within seven calendar days of the issuance of the parking ticket and shall be either:
(1) An admission that the person committed the parking infraction by payment of the fine; or
(2) An admission that the person committed the parking infraction with an explanation; or
(3) A denial that the infraction occurred and a request for a hearing.
(B) A denial must be written on the back of the ticket when a denial is entered. Otherwise, the person need only pay the fine to the Clerk.
(C) When a person denies that he or she has committed a parking violation, he or she shall be granted a hearing which shall be civil in nature. The Bureau shall set a date for the hearing and notify the person, in writing, of the date, time and place of the hearing, The hearing shall be conducted by the Hearing Examiner in accordance with R.C. § 4521.08 which is incorporated herein by reference.
(D) A person who admits that he or she committed a parking infraction shall, and a person who admits that he or she committed a parking infraction with explanation may, when he or she makes his or her answer, pay the fine arising out of the infraction admitted to the Violations Clerk of the Bureau to which the answer is made.
(E) If a person fails to timely answer to a parking ticket citation, after that person has been personally or constructively served with the citation charging the offense, the Clerk or Deputy Clerk of the Oak Harbor Parking Violations Bureau shall issue a notice of infraction and shall proceed pursuant to § 76.29. Failure to answer a charge may result in the imposition of additional penalties set forth in this chapter.
(Ord. 15-2013, passed 8-5-13)