(a) After a vehicle has been impounded or immobilized pursuant to this chapter, the registered owner or any other person who reasonably appears to have an interest in the vehicle is entitled to request a hearing to contest the validity of the impoundment of the vehicle. The request for a hearing must be in writing and will state the grounds upon which the person requesting the hearing believes the impoundment is invalid or unjustified, and such other information as the Hearing Officer may require.
(b) The Hearing Officer shall set and conduct an administrative hearing on the matter within fourteen (14) days of receipt of a proper request filed pursuant to this section, except where a vehicle has not yet been released from impoundment, in which case the Hearing Officer will set and conduct the hearing within seventy-two (72) hours of receipt of the request, not including Saturdays, Sundays or federally sanctioned holidays.
(c) The owner or any other person who has an interest in the vehicle is only entitled to one hearing for each tow of that vehicle. Any person who fails to appear at the hearing without good cause will not be entitled to have such hearing rescheduled.
(Ord. 44-04. Passed 10-18-04.)