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DES:djm 11/07/89 (0081#8) available to determine ownership. If such a request for hearing is not received within said ten (10) days after mailing of the notice of intention to abate and remove, the city shall have the authority to abate and remove the vehicle or parts thereof as a public nuisance without holding a public hearing, The hearing officer shall hear all facts and testimony he or she deems pertinent to the determination on the question of abatement and removal of the vehicle or parts thereof. In conducting the hearing the hearing officer 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 prior to the hearing containing a denial of responsibility for the presence of the vehicle on the land with reasons in support thereof, The hearing officer 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 chapter, The hearing officer may delay the time for removal of the vehicle or parts thereof if, in the hearing officer's opinion, the circumstances justify it. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the hearing officer may find that a vehicle or parts thereof has, or have, been abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or is, or are, 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 amount of administrative costs 2 2006 ,_.._.~-_.-