(A) The system of administrative adjudication of ordinance violations shall afford all parties due process of law, including notice of a hearing and an opportunity to be heard.
(B) A proceeding before an Administrative Hearing Officer shall be instituted upon the filing of a written notice of violation or complaint by any authorized official of the Village, including police officers, community service officers and/or code enforcement officers, and such other employees, agents or contractors, as may be authorized to issue notices of violation of Village ordinances.
(C) Respondents shall be served with a copy of the notice of violation or complaint along with a notice of adjudicatory hearing in any manner reasonably calculated to give them actual notice of the proceeding instituted against them including:
1. Personal service upon a party;
2. Service by certified mail return receipt requested at the party's address;
3. Service by first class mail postage prepaid at the party's address; or
4. Service by posting a copy of the sworn pleading or complaint upon the property where the violation is found when the Respondent party is the owner or manager of the property; and
5. In the case of a motor vehicle parking, standing or compliance regulation service of the violation notice shall be by affixing the notice to the vehicle.
(D) Notices of the adjudicatory hearing shall include:
1. The date, time, type, nature and location of the alleged ordinance violation to be adjudicated, and the signature and identification number, if applicable, of the person issuing the violation;
2. The date, time and location of the adjudicatory hearing;
3. The legal authority and jurisdiction under which the hearing is to be held; and
4. The penalties for failure to appear at the hearing and in the case of a motor vehicle parking, standing or compliance violation, the amount of the fine, any penalty for late payment and that payment of the fine shall act as a final disposition of the violation.
5. The correctness of the facts contained in the violation notice shall be certified by the issuing person by:
(a) Signing his or her name or identification number to the violation notice at the time of issuance.
(b) Any violation notices, citations issued, signed and served in accordance herewith, or a copy of the notice or computer-generated record shall be prima facie correct and shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness of the facts alleged therein, and shall be admissible in any subsequent administrative or legal proceeding. (Ord. 23-O-26, 12-18-2023)