Washington Administrative Code › Title 132I - Highline College › Chapter 132I-116 - Parking and traffic regulations › Section 132I-116-300 - Appeal of fines and penalties

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Any citation for violation of these rules and regulations, may
				be appealed. The appeal must be submitted in writing, within twenty calendar
				days from the date of the citation, to the public safety and emergency
				management director or designee, who will:
(1) Review the appeal and confer with the
			 appellant to determine whether a satisfactory solution, to all parties, can be
			 reached without further administrative action. If a solution satisfactory to
			 all parties cannot be reached, the public safety and emergency management
			 director or his designee will issue and serve the appellant with a brief
			 written order explaining why the appeal was denied. Service shall be in person
			 or by first class mail. For purposes of this regulation, service by mail will
			 be deemed complete on the third business day after the order is deposited in
			 the mail.
(2) An appeal of the
			 public safety and emergency management director's or designee's order may be
			 submitted in writing to the college's vice-president for administration or
			 designee within twenty-one calendar days after service of the public safety
			 supervisor's order is complete. The written appeal must be accompanied by a
			 copy of the public safety and emergency management director's or designee's
			 order. Within twenty calendar days from the receipt of any such appeal, the
			 college's vice-president for administration or designee shall render a written
			 decision. This decision will be final.
(3) The final legal recourse for an appellant
			 is to the Washington state superior court system.
(4) In the event that the appeal involves an
			 impounded vehicle, the vehicle's owner shall have the right to a hearing before
			 the public safety and emergency management director or designee within
			 forty-eight hours of a request, or on the next business day if the forty-eight
			 hour period terminates on a weekend or holiday. The vehicle's owner shall also
			 be entitled to a release of the vehicle upon payment of a bond to the college
			 in the amount of the sum of the impoundment costs and the total of all fines
			 due and owing. If at the hearing it is shown that the vehicle was improperly
			 impounded, the owner of the vehicle shall be entitled to a refund of the costs
			 of impoundment. The vehicle's owner may appeal the public safety and emergency
			 management director's or designee's order as provided in WAC
			 132I-116-300(2).
(5) In all appeals under this section, the
			 appellant carries the burden of proof, which shall be a preponderance of the
			 evidence.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				    28B.50.140. 12-16-111, §
										132I-116-300, filed 8/1/12,
				  effective 9/1/12. Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  34.05 RCW et seq. and
				  RCW
				    28B.50.140. 04-23-044, §
										132I-116-300, filed 11/12/04,
				  effective 12/13/04. Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  34.05 RCW et seq.,
				  RCW
				    28B.50.100 and
				  28B.50.140. 92-15-115, §
										132I-116-300, filed 7/21/92,
				  effective 8/21/92. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				    28B.50.140. 84-14-020 (Order 020), §
										132I-116-300, filed 6/26/84;
				  Order 014, §
										132I-116-300, filed 1/6/76;
				  Order 003, §
										132I-116-300, filed
				  9/27/73.