(A) Each authorized officer of the Village shall attach to every vehicle parking in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter a notice that the vehicle has been so illegally parked and instruct the operator or owner that he or she, within 10 days, has the right to request a hearing on the violation or that he or she may voluntarily waive the right to a hearing and plead guilty as charged to the violation. Each person may, within 10 days of the time when the notice was attached to the vehicle, pay the penalty for and in full satisfaction of the violation, the sum provided by § 72.67. The failure of the person to pay the payment within 30 days shall render the person subject to penalties hereinafter provided for in § 72.67.
(B) Any such person arrested by a warrant after failing to appear for a hearing in response to a complaint filed herein will be allowed to post a bond in an amount not less than a sum equal to each individual parking violation penalty, penalties for late payment, plus any other penalties as provided by this chapter.
(C) If a request for hearing is timely made, the Village shall provide notice of the hearing date and time when the person who has been issued the ticket is to appear in person before the Village Administrative Hearing Officer, under the rules and regulation set forth in Chapter 38 of this Code, for a hearing on the ticket to contest the violation notice. It shall be a duty of the Village’s Administrative Hearing Officer to hear all timely filed contests of violation notices.
(D) The following grounds shall be the only reasons for a dismissal of a properly issued parking violation notice within the Village:
(1) The cited vehicle or its state registration plates were stolen at the time the violation occurred;
(2) Any relevant signs, if applicable, prohibiting or restricting parking were missing or obscured;
(3) The person listed, if any, on the violation notice is not the owner, operator, or lessee of the cited vehicle;
(4) That the facts alleged in the parking or compliance violation notice are inconsistent or do not support a finding that the specified regulation was violated;
(5) That the illegal condition described in the violation notice did not exist at the time the notice was issued; or
(6) For handicapped violations, the operator of the cited vehicle at the time of the violation is a qualified handicapped person pursuant to ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-1301.1, and has an excusable reason for not displaying the handicapped person card.
(Prior Code, § 8-36) (Ord. 1997-19, passed - -; Ord. 1998-15, passed - -; Ord. 2012-1, passed 1-19-2012)