The registered owner of a vehicle(s) immobilized or towed and impounded under this section, shall have the right to a prompt administrative hearing without the requirement of payment of outstanding fines and penalties for which final determination has been made.
A) The Traffic Compliance Administrator shall serve a post-towing notice upon the registered owner of a vehicle immobilized or towed and impounded under this section which notice shall contain, but not be limited to the following information:
1) Date of immobilization or towing and date of impoundment.
2) Location of vehicle.
3) That the vehicle was immobilized under this section of this Ordinance for non-payment of fines or penalties assessed for the violation of three (3) or more violation(s) of vehicular standing, parking, or compliance or automated traffic law (also known as red light) regulation(s) for which the registered owner has been determined liable and notified of impending immobilization or towing and impoundment.
4) Date of notice of impending immobilization or towing and impoundment.
5) That the registered owner may contest the validity of the immobilization or towing and impoundment by completing and signing the request for hearing portion of the notice and filing the request for hearing with the Traffic Compliance Administrator within, but not later than, fourteen (14) days of the date of the notice which shall be deemed field upon receipt by the Traffic Compliance Administrator.
6) That if the vehicle is not claimed within 30 days from the date of the notice, the vehicle may be sold or otherwise disposed of in accordance with 625 ILCS 5/4- 208, the Illinois Vehicle Code.
B) Upon the receipt of the request for hearing to contest the validity of the immobilization or towing and impoundment, the Traffic Compliance Administrator shall schedule an administrative hearing to contest the validity of the immobilization or towing and impoundment on the next available hearing date or if sooner scheduled by the Traffic Compliance Administrator for good cause shown, but in no case shall the hearing be scheduled later than sixty (60) days after the request for hearing is filed.
1) The Traffic Compliance Administrator shall serve notice of the hearing date upon the registered owner.
2) Notice shall be sent by first class mail, postage prepaid to the address as is set forth on the request for hearing.
3) Service of the notice shall be complete on the date it is placed in the United States mail.
C) An order entered after the hearing to contest the validity of the immobilization or towing and impoundment is a final administrative decision within the meaning of 735 ILCS 5/3-101 et. seq., incorporated herein by reference.
(Ord. 4657, 7-5-11)