Any person affected by any notice which has been issued in connection with the enforcement of any provision of this chapter, or of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the Permits and Inspections Department; provided, that such person shall file in the office of the Permits and Inspections Department a written petition requesting such hearing and setting forth a statement of the grounds therefor within ten days after the day the notice was served. Within ten days of receipt of such petition the Permits and Inspections Department shall set a time and place for such hearing and shall give the petitioner written notice thereof. At such hearing the petitioner shall be given an opportunity to be heard and to show cause why such notice should be modified or withdrawn. The hearing before the Permits and Inspections Department shall be commenced not later than 30 days after the date on which the petition was filed; provided, that upon written application of the petitioner to the Permits and Inspections Department, he may postpone the date of the hearing for a reasonable time beyond such 30-day period, if in his judgment the petitioner has submitted a good and sufficient reason for such postponement. Any notice served pursuant to the preceding section will automatically become an order if a written petition for a hearing is not filed in the office of the Permits and Inspections Department within ten days after such notice is served. Any permit which has been suspended by a notice shall be deemed to be automatically revoked if a petition for hearing is not filed in the office of the Permits and Inspections Department within ten days after such notice is served. The Permits and Inspections Department shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations in connection with the conducting of any hearing held in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(1964 Code, § 12A-3)