Moraga-Orinda Fire District, CA
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ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION
FINE PAYMENT PROCESS
The fine amount may be paid online at www.CitationProcessingCenter.com by credit or debit card.
Or you may mail a check payable to Moraga-Orinda Fire District at the following address. If paying by check you must include the Citation Number.
Citation Processing Center
C/O Moraga-Orinda Fire District
PO Box 7275
Newport Beach, CA 92658-7275
The toll-free number in order to make payment by credit/debit card or for questions about payment
of the fine is 800-969-6158.
Failure to timely pay the fines assessed by this Administrative Citation will result in the imposition of
a late payment penalty and interest charges.
ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION REVIEW PROCESS:
Request for Hearing: You may contest the Administrative Citation on the basis that there was:
(Please note, if you are requesting for your fine to be waived, you must submit that request via the self-compliance portal and have mitigated all violations).
- no violation(s), or
- you are not the person responsible for the violation(s)
- If this is a repeat violation you may seek a reduction in the amount of the fine imposed on the ground that you made a bona fide effort to comply after the first violation and payment of the full fine amount would impose an undue financial burden.
To contest the Administrative Citation, or to seek a reduction of the fine imposed for a repeat violation, you must submit a Request for Hearing to the District Clerk via www.CitationProcessingCenter.com within thirty (30) days following the date of the Administrative Citation. The request form may be obtained from www.CitationProcessingCenter.com.
The completed request must be submitted together with either an advance deposit of the fine or notice that a request for an advance deposit hardship waiver has been filed under Section 10 of Ordinance 23-07.
If you have received multiple citations for repeat violations of the same Code provision(s), and you wish to contest some or all of the fines imposed by those multiple citations, your request for a hearing must identify each Administrative Citation that you are contesting, submitted with either an advance deposit of the total fine amount of all Administrative Citations being contested, or notice that you have filed a request for an advance deposit hardship waiver.
Request for Hardship Waiver. A person who intends to contest an Administrative Citation under Section 11 of Ordinance 23-07 and who is financially unable to make the required advance deposit of the fine may file a request for an advance deposit hardship waiver.
Filing. An advance deposit hardship waiver shall be filed with the District Clerk on a form provided by the District. The application submitted shall include an affidavit, together with any supporting documents or materials, demonstrating the person’s actual financial inability to deposit with the District the full amount of the fine. The waiver form shall be filed within ten (10) calendar days following the date of the Administrative Citation. Please contact Marcia Holbrook, District Clerk via email or phone (925) 258-4501 to request a Hardship Waiver.
Deposit Requirement Stayed. The requirement of advance deposit of the fine shall be stayed until the District issues a determination on the application for an advance deposit hardship waiver.
Standard for Waiver. The Fire Chief or designee may waive the requirement of an advance deposit under Section 7 of this Ordinance and issue the waiver only if the evidence submitted demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Fire Chief or designee the person’s actual financial inability to deposit with the District the full amount of the fine in advance of the hearing.
Written Determination. The Fire Chief or designee shall issue a written determination listing the reasons for his or her determination to issue or not issue the advance deposit hardship waiver. The written determination of the Fire Chief or designee is final.
Deposit Required If Waiver Denied. If the Fire Chief or designee determines not to issue a waiver, the person cited shall deposit the fine with the District Clerk via www.CitationProcessingCenter.com within ten (10) days following the date of that decision, or thirty (30) days following the date of the Administrative Citation, whichever is later.