Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms have the following meaning:
“City” means The Corporation of the City of Burlington;
“Document” includes a written document, file, photograph, chart, graph, map, or anything else the Hearing Officer deems appropriate to admit as evidence;
“Hearing” means a hearing before a Hearing Officer pursuant to the City’s Parking Administrative Penalty By-law 040-2016;
“Hearing Officer” means a Hearing Officer appointed under the City’s appointment By-law 041-2016;
“Declared or Statutory Holiday” means an Ontario statutory or declared holiday;
“Notice of Hearing Meeting” means the document attached as Appendix “B”;
“Notice of Intention to Appear at a Hearing Meeting (NIA)” means the document attached as Appendix “A”;
“Oral Hearing” means a hearing at which the parties or their counsel, agents, or other representatives attend in person;
“Owner” means the registered owner of the motor vehicle, as provided by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO), that appears on the Penalty Notice that is being challenged under this process, or the Owner’s designate;
“Parking Services” means the Parking Services Unit, Transportation Services at the City;
“Party” means the Owner and the City and any person who has been given party status by a Hearing Officer;
“Rules” means these rules in this policy;
“Summons Request Form” means the document attached as Appendix “C;” and
“Supervisor” means the supervisor of Parking Services at the City, or his or her designate.
“Virtual Meetings” means conducted online by electronic means, using ZOOM Video Web conferencing or like web conferencing technology.
The above terms shall have these meanings, whether or not they are capitalized, unless the context otherwise requires.