§ 6-487. Adjudication by mail.

(1)

In cases where a person charged with a parking violation shows good cause prior to the hearing date for not attending a hearing, either personally or through a representative, a Gulfport Municipal Court judge may permit the matter to be adjudicated by mail which adjudication shall be made within sixty (60) days of the date of the citation. Letters, memoranda, affidavits, photographs or other documentary materials shall be admissible as evidence for the purposes of adjudications by mail. The Gulfport Municipal Court judge may exclude from consideration any material which is not relevant to the adjudication of the alleged violation. Failure of the person charged to proceed with an adjudication by mail after requesting and receiving permission to adjudicate by mail shall constitute an admission by the person charged of liability of the parking violation and shall subject the person who requested the adjudication by mail to the appropriate fines and costs assessed by the parking adjudication bureau.

(2)

If a Gulfport Municipal Court judge determines that an adjudication cannot proceed by mail, the parking adjudication bureau shall advise the person charged by first-class mail that he must appear to answer the charge at a hearing.

(Ord. No. 2303, § 2, 11-20-01)