(1) In a traffic infraction case involving an infraction detected through the use of a photo enforcement system under this chapter, as now enacted or hereafter amended, or detected through the use of an automated traffic safety camera under this section, proof that a particular vehicle described in the notice of infraction was in violation of any such provision of this chapter, together with proof that the person named in the notice of infraction was at the time of the violation the registered owner of the vehicle, constitutes a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of the vehicle was the person in control of the vehicle at the point where, and for the time for which the violation occurred.

(2) This presumption may be overcome at a contested hearing only if the registered owner states, under oath, in a written statement to the Court or in testimony before the Court, that the vehicle involved was, at the time, stolen or in the care, custody, or control of some person other than the registered owner. [Ord. 4392 § 1, 2018; Code 1970 § 10.22.040.]