(a) Any person who requests a hearing to contest an administrative citation and who claims to be financially unable to make the advance deposit of the penalty as required in Section 1.12.060 may file a request for an advance deposit hardship waiver.
(b) The request shall be filed with the director of administrative services within thirty days following the date of service of the administrative citation.
(c) The requirement of depositing the full or partial administrative penalty (as specified in Section 1.12.060) shall be stayed unless or until the director of administrative services makes a determination not to issue the advance deposit hardship waiver.
(d) The director of administrative services may waive the requirement of an advance deposit and issue the advance deposit hardship waiver only if the cited party submits to the director of administrative services a sworn declaration, together with any supporting evidence demonstrating to the satisfaction of the director of administrative services the person's actual financial inability to deposit the amount of the penalty (or portion thereof as specified in Section 1.12.060) in advance of the hearing.
(e) If the director of administrative services determines not to issue an advance deposit hardship waiver, the person shall remit the full or partial deposit (as specified in Section 1.12.060) to the city within ten days of the date of that decision in order to secure the hearing.
(f) The director of administrative services shall issue a written determination listing the reasons for determining to issue or not issue the advance deposit hardship waiver. The written determination of the director of administrative services shall be final, subject only to judicial review as provided by law.
(g) The written determination of the director of administrative services shall be served upon the person who applied for the advance deposit hardship waiver.
(Ord. 5491 § 4, 2020: Ord. 4572 § 2 (part), 1999)