Bloomfield, Conn., Code of Ordinances ch. 12 § 12-55

(a) An owner/occupier may request a hearing after receiving a citation. Said owner/occupier must make their request in writing to the town manager for a hearing within ten (10) days of receipt of the citation.
(b) The citation hearing officer is designated to conduct hearings in accordance with C.G.S. § 7-152c(a)--(f), when requested by an owner/occupier who has been cited under this chapter.
(c) Any cited person who wishes to admit liability without requesting a hearing may pay the full amount of the fines, penalties, costs, or fees admitted to in person or by mail to the town manager. Such payment shall be inadmissible in any proceeding, civil or criminal, to establish the conduct of such person or other person making the payment. Any person who does not deliver or mail a written demand for a hearing within ten (10) days of the citation shall be deemed to have admitted liability and waived their right to a hearing. At that time, the citation hearing officer shall thereupon enter and assess the fines, penalties, costs, or fees provided for by the applicable ordinances, and shall follow the procedures set forth in C.G.S. § 7-152c.
(d) Any person who requests a hearing shall be given written notice of the date, time, and place for a hearing to be held not less than fifteen (15), nor more than thirty (30) days, from the date of the mailing of the mailing of notice. The citation hearing officer may grant a postponement or continuance for good cause. An original or certified copy of the citation and notice by the issuing official shall be filed and retained by the town manager or his/her designee.
(e) An original or certified copy of the initial N.O.V. issued by the issuing official shall be filed and retained by the town and shall be deemed to be a business record within the scope of C.G.S. § 52-180 and evidence of the facts contained therein. The presence of the issuing official shall be required at the hearing if the cited person so requests. A person wishing to contest liability shall appear at the hearing and may present evidence on his/her behalf. A designated municipal official, other than the citation hearing officer, may present evidence on behalf of the town. If such cited person fails to appear, the citation hearing officer may enter an assessment by default against him/her upon a finding of proper notice and liability under the applicable statues or ordinances. The citation hearing officer may accept from such person copies of police reports, investigatory and citation reports, and other official documents by mail and may determine thereby that the appearance of such person is unnecessary. The citation hearing officer shall conduct the hearing in the order and form and with such methods of proof as he/she deems fair and appropriate. The rules regarding the admissibility of evidence shall not be strictly applied, but all testimony shall be given under oath or affirmation. The citation hearing officer shall announce his/her decision at the end of the hearing. If he/she determines that the person is not liable, he/she shall dismiss the matter and enter his/her determination in writing accordingly. If he/she determines that the person is liable for the violation, he/she shall forthwith enter and assess the fines, penalties, costs, or fees against such person, as provided by the applicable ordinances of the town.
(f) If such assessment is not paid on the date of its entry, the citation hearing officer shall send by first class mail a notice of the assessment to the person found liable and shall file, not less than thirty (30) days or more than twelve (12) months after such mailing, a certified copy of the notice of assessment with the clerk of the superior court facility designated by the chief court administrator together with any entry fee. The certified copy of the notice of assessment shall constitute a record of assessment. Within such twelve-month period, assessments against the same person may be accrued and filed as one record of assessment. The clerk shall enter judgment, in the amount of such record of assessment and court costs, against such person in favor of the municipality.
(g) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the citation hearing officer's assessment, when so entered as a judgment, shall have the effect of a civil money judgment and a levy of execution on such judgment may issue without further notice to such person.
(1) Pending the hearing before the citation hearing officer no further enforcement activity as contemplated by section 12-57 shall occur until either a hearing is held, and the citation hearing officer assesses fines, penalties, costs and/or fees or until the petitioner fails to appear for a scheduled hearing and the citation hearing officer assesses fines, penalties, costs and/or fees. This section shall not preclude the accrual of fines during the period from the issuance of the notice until a hearing is held.