§ 56-37. Payment of administrative citation fine.

(a)

The alleged violator must either pay the scheduled civil fine or request a hearing within 20 days from the date of the administrative citation.

(b)

Any administrative citation fine paid pursuant to subsection (a) and the administrative hearing filing fee paid shall be refunded if it is determined, after a hearing, that the person charged in the administrative citation was not responsible for the violation or that there was no violation as charged in the administrative citation.

(c)

Payment of a fine under this chapter shall not excuse or discharge any continuation or repeated occurrence of the code violation that is the subject of the administrative citation.

(d)

If a civil fine is not paid within the time specified and no request for a hearing is timely received, the nonpayment of the civil fine will constitute a personal obligation of the violator. A personal obligation may be collected by the city by any appropriate legal means including assessing the applicable property pursuant to section 56-295 of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 070851, § 1, 9-6-07)