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<section number="13-1121" name="Definitions" law="code" slug="sec-13-1121" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_13HOPRST_DIV15ADHE_SD1GEPR_S13-1121DE">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this Division, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Administrative Citation means a prepayable citation issued for the violation of any law or regulation for which this Code provides for administrative adjudication under this Division and which charges a person with violation of the law or regulation and requires the person to pay a fine and abate the infraction.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Administrative Hearing Officer means an individual nominated by the Director, but shall be approved by the Board to conduct hearings or proceedings pursuant to this Division.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Administrative Hearing Unit means the panel of Administrative Hearing Officers that conduct hearings or proceedings pursuant to this Division.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Board means the Prince George's County Nuisance Abatement Board under Section 14-173 of the County Code.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Board or the Chairperson's designee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Charging agency means the Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Day in this Division, shall mean calendar days.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Department means the Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Director means the Director of the Prince George's County Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement or the Director's designee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Hearing Administrator means an individual nominated by the Director and approved by the Board to consider and issue decisions where reconsideration of an Administrative Hearing Officer's decision is requested pursuant to Sec. 13-1128 of this Code.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>Inspector means a County employee of the Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement who has been authorized by the employee's agency to issue citations, or violation notices, under this Subtitle, or any other relevant provisions of the County Code.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>Party means a charging agency or a respondent.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>Person means:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>an individual;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>a receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, or representative of any kind; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="C">
        <text>a partnership, firm, association, corporation, governmental agency, or other entity of any kind.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="14">
      <text>Prima facie evidence means evidence that, on its face, would be sufficient to establish something as a fact unless later rebutted by subsequent evidence to the contrary.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="15">
      <text>Probative means tending to prove or disprove a point in a dispute.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="16">
      <text>Respondent means the person to whom a citation is issued.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="17">
      <text>Violation notice means a document issued by a department inspector, or enforcement officer informing a party of non-compliance with the law that requires abatement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
