Chico Municipal Code Art. III Administrative Review and Hearings

Any person issued an administrative citation may, within 21 days of the issuance thereof, request an initial administrative review of the citation. The request for such initial administrative review shall be made in writing to the department and shall set forth the basis upon which that person asserts that a violation did not occur or that person was not responsible for the violation, shall include a copy of the citation, and shall contain the address to which the conclusions of the review should be mailed. A request for an initial administrative review shall be a mandatory prerequisite to a request for an administrative hearing. There shall be no charge for this initial administrative review.

(Ord. 2180 §§ 4, 5, Ord. 2268, Ord 2364 §19, Ord. 2439 §10)

The department shall forward requests for initial administrative review to the head of the enforcing department. Upon receipt of such requests from the department, the enforcing department head, or any designee thereof, shall cause the request to be reviewed and shall provide the department with a written notification that either:

A. The citation should be canceled because it has been determined that there was no violation, or that the person cited was not responsible for the violation, and setting forth the basis for that conclusion; or

B. No basis for the cancellation of the citation has been found and that the citation should not be canceled.

The finance department shall mail a copy of that notification to the person who received the administrative citation at the address set forth on the request for initial administrative review. If the review concludes that the citation should not be canceled, that mailing shall also include the date upon which the administrative fine is due, which shall be 15 days from the date of mailing of the notification, and the procedure for requesting an administrative hearing.

(Ord. 2180 §§ 4, 5, Ord. 2364 §20, Ord. 2439 §11)