A parking infraction hearing examiner system for the city is established. The parking infraction hearing examiner is to operate in the manner and for the purposes set forth in this chapter and shall have the powers and duties as enumerated in this chapter, or as elsewhere provided by city ordinance.
(Ord. 1506 § 1, 2024)
A. 
The parking infraction hearing examiner shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by a majority of the members of the city council according to the confirmation process established by council resolution. The parking infraction hearing examiner shall be appointed for a term of one year and thereafter may be appointed for succeeding one-year terms. The mayor shall have the power of removal of such appointee upon filing a statement of the reasons therefor with the city council and subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of the city council.
B. 
The parking infraction hearing examiner shall have seven years' experience as an attorney with criminal law experience.
C. 
The mayor may, from time to time, appoint parking infraction hearing examiners pro tempore to serve on a day-to-day basis during the absence, unavailability, incapacity, or disqualification of the parking infraction hearing examiner, and each such parking infraction hearing examiner pro tempore shall, as a minimum, have similar qualifications to the parking infraction hearing examiner. The appointment shall be subject to the majority confirmation of the city council.
(Ord. 1506 § 1, 2024)
A. 
The parking infraction hearing examiner shall hear and determine civil infractions that are issued pursuant to Chapters 10.06 and 10.08.
B. 
The city adopts Chapter 7.80 RCW as now existing or as it may be amended.
C. 
The parking infraction hearing examiner hearings shall be conducted according to the Washington State Court Rules: Infraction Rules for Courts of Limited Jurisdiction with the exception of Rules 2.3, 4.1, 4.2, and 6.2. Additionally, Rule 2.2(b) is amended to allow the persons authorized in RCW 46.63.030 to issue notices of infractions and to mail those notices of infractions to the registered owner of the vehicle.
D. 
The parking infraction hearing examiner may adopt additional rules for hearings, provided those rules are consistent with the Washington State Rules: Infraction Rules for Courts of Limited Jurisdiction.
(Ord. 1506 § 1, 2024)