(a) Any person who intends to request a hearing to contest the results of the initial review and who is financially unable to make the advance deposit of the fine as required in § 1-5.06(f) may file a request for an advance deposit hardship waiver.
(b) The request shall be filed with the Code Enforcement Division on an advance deposit hardship waiver application form, available from the Code Enforcement Division, within seven (7) days of the date of the request for a hearing.
(c) The requirement for depositing the full amount of the fine as described in § 1-5.06(f) shall be sustained unless or until the Code Enforcement Manager makes a determination to issue the advance deposit hardship waiver.
(d) The Code Enforcement Manager may waive the requirement of an advance deposit set forth in § 1-5.06(f) and issue the advance deposit hardship waiver only if the cited party submits to the Code Enforcement Manager a sworn affidavit, together with any supporting documents or materials, demonstrating to the satisfaction of the Code Enforcement Manager 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 Code Enforcement Manager determines not to issue an advance deposit hardship waiver, the person shall remit the deposit to the City within ten (10) days of that decision or thirty (30) days from the date of the administrative citation, whichever is later.
(f) The Code Enforcement Manager 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 Code Enforcement Manager shall be final.
(g) The written determination of the Code Enforcement Manager shall be served upon the person who applied for the advance deposit hardship waiver.
(Ord. 2628, eff. March 6, 1997)