(a) Any authorized department of the Village may institute an administrative adjudication hearing with the Code Hearing Unit by noting the violation on a multiple copy violation notice and report form indicating the following:
(1) The name and address of the defendant;
(2) The type and nature of the violation;
(3) The date and time the violation was observed; and
(4) The names of witnesses to the violation.
(b) The violation report form shall be forwarded to the Code Hearing Unit where a docket number shall be stamped on all copies of the report and a hearing date shall be noted in the blank spaces provided for that purpose on the form. The hearing date shall not be less than 30 nor more than 40 days after the violation is reported.
(1) One copy of the violation report form shall be maintained in the files of the code hearing department and shall be part of the record of hearing, one copy of the report form shall be returned to the individual representing the Village in the case so that he or she may prepare evidence of the code violation for presentation at the hearing on the date indicated.
(2) One copy of the report form shall be served by first class mail to the defendant along with a summons commanding the defendant to appear at the hearing.
(3) Service shall be deemed sent and shall be complete on the date the notice is deposited, postage prepaid, in the United States mail. The counting of any time period as set forth in the Village Code shall begin to run on the date the notice is deposited, postage prepaid, in the United States mail.
(Ord. 1240. Passed 10-10-05.)