City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: RASHAD M. YOUNG, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Introduction and First Reading. Consideration, Passage on First Reading of an Ordinance to Amend Section 3-2-353 (Contested Parking Citations) of the Code of the City of Alexandria, Virginia.
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ISSUE: Consideration of an ordinance to:
* Amend and reordain City Code Section 3-2-353 to clarify the language regarding how a parking citation can be contested and extend the deadline for contesting a citation.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council pass the proposed ordinance (Attachment 1) on first reading and schedule it for public hearing, second reading and final passage on September 14, 2013. The proposed ordinance would modify the language of City Code Section 3-2-353.
DISCUSSION: Currently, City Code Section 3-2-353 includes language that registered owners may contest a parking citation by contacting the Parking Adjudication Office and provides a deadline for contesting within 10 calendar days of the issuance of the parking citation.
The City's FY 2014 adopted budget included elimination of the City's Parking Adjudication Office, which resulted in shifting the parking citation appeal process back to the Alexandria General District Court. The modifications being proposed to City Code Section 3-2-353 will codify this decision.
City Code Section 3-2-353 would clearly reflect language that only allows registered owners to appeal parking citations to the General District Court and to modify the deadline for contesting citations to 3 years of the issuance of the parking citation. In October 2011, this section of the City Code was amended to limit the time to contest a parking ticket at the adjudication office to 10 days, however the same limitation cannot apply ...
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