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ORDINANCE NS-2331 009 SECTION 5: That section 16-119 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Bec. ~6-~19. Bame-~onduct; rules of evidence; appe&r&nce or statement of owner of land; determination by hearing officer; order; notice of decision. Ail hearings under this article shall be held before the Executive Director of the Planning and Building Agency or his or her designee who shall hear all facts and testimony he or she deems pertinent. Said facts and testimony may include testimony on the condition of the vehicle, or parts thereof, and the circumstances concerning its location on the said private property or public property. The Executive Director of the Planning and Building Agency or his or her designee shall not be limited by the technical rules of evidence. The owner of the land may appear in person at the hearing or present a sworn written statement in time for consideration at the hearing, and deny responsibility for the presence of the vehicle on the land, with his or her reason for such denial. The Executive Director of the Planning and Building Agency or his or her designee may impose such conditions and take such other action as he or she deems appropriate under the circumstances to carry out the purpose of this article. He or she may delay the time for removal of the vehicle or parts thereof if, in his or her opinion, the circumstances justify it. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the Executive Director of the Planning and Building Agency or his or her designee may find that a vehicle or parts thereof have been abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or is inoperative on private or public property and order the same removed from the property as a public nuisance and disposed of as hereinafter provided and determine the administrative costs and the cost of removal to be changed against the owner of the land. The order requiring removal shall include a description of the vehicle or parts thereof and the correct identification number and license number of the vehicle, if available at the site. If it is determined at the hearing that the vehicle was placed on the land without the consent of the owner of the land and that he or she has not subsequently acquiesced in its presence, the Executive Director of the Planning and Building Agency or his or her designee shall not assess the costs of administration or removal of the vehicle against the property upon which the vehicle is located or otherwise attempt to collect such costs from such owner of the land. If the owner of the land submits a sworn written statement denying responsibility for the presence of the vehicle on his or her land but does not appear, or if an interested party makes a written presentation to the Executive Director of the Planning and Building Agency or his or her designee but does not appear, he or 5