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• M <br />(a) .The request for hearing must be submitted to the City department indicated <br />` ~~~. in the notice not more than five days from the mailing date of the notice. The five-day <br />. period provided for in this subsection does not include holidays,., Saturdays, or Sundays. <br />(b) ~ If the City receives a request for hearing pursuant to a notice issued under <br />R-5.695-B before the vehicle is taken into custody and removed, the vehicle. shall not be <br />removed unless it constitutes a hazard. <br />(c) A request for hearing shall be in writing and shall state grounds upon which <br />the person requesting the hearing believes the custody and removal. of the vehicle is not <br />justified. <br />(d) The City shall set. a time for the hearing within 48 hours of the receipt of <br />the.request and provide notice of the hearing to the person requesting the hearing and to, <br />the owners of the vehicle and any lessors or security interest holders shown in the records <br />of the state Department of Transportation, if not the same as the person. requesting the <br />hearing. The 48-hour period in this subsection does not include holidays, Saturdays, or <br />Sundays.. <br />(e) If the. City fmds, after. hearing and by substantial evidence. on the record, <br />that the.custody-and removal of the vehicle was: <br />1. ~ Invalid, the Gity shallorder the immediate release of the vehicle to <br />the owner or person with right of possession. If a vehicle is released under this <br />- subsection, the person to whom the vehicle is released is not liable for any towing <br />or storage charges. If the person has already paid .the towing and storage charges, <br />the City shall reimburse the amount paid to that person. New. storage charges will <br />. not start to accrue, however, until more than 24 hours. after the time the vehicle is <br />ordered released to the person under this subsection. <br />' ~ 2. .Valid, the City shall order the vehicle to be held in custody until the <br />costs of the hearing, all towing and storage costs, and other'amounts due are paid <br />by the person claiming the vehicle. If the vehicle has not>yet been removed, the <br />City shall order its removal. <br />(f) A person who fails to appear at a hearing scheduled pursuant to this section <br />is not entitled to another hearing unless the person provides reasons satisfactory to the City <br />for the person's failure to appear. <br />(g) The City is only required to provide one hearing. for. each time the City <br />takes a vehicle into custody and removes the vehicle, or proposes'to do so. <br />(h) A hearing scheduled pursuant to this section may also be used to determine <br />the reasonableness of the charge for towing and storage of the vehicle. For purposes of <br />this subsection, towing and storage charges set by law, ordinance or rule, or that comply <br />Administrative Order - 4 o2io7/s6 <br />