(a) Any person affected by any notice and order which has been issued in connection with the enforcement of any provisions of this chapter, may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the Housing Appeals Board provided that such person shall file in the office of the Housing Inspector a written petition requesting such hearing and setting forth the name, address and phone number of the petitioner and a brief statement of the grounds for such hearing or for the mitigation of any order of the Housing Inspector. Petition shall be filed within ten days after the day the notice and order are served. Upon receipt of such a petition, the Chairman of the Housing Appeals Board shall set a time and place for a hearing before the Housing Appeals Board and shall give the petitioner written notice thereof. The hearings shall be commenced within a reasonable time after a petition has been filed. At such hearing the petitioner shall be given an opportunity to be heard and to show cause why such notice and order should be modified or withdrawn. The failure of the petitioner or his representative to appear and state his case at such hearing shall have the same effect as if no petition were filed. The Chief Housing Inspector or his authorized agent shall appear before the Housing Appeals Board and first present to the Board any and all notices, orders, or other material facts regarding the violations of any sections of this chapter from which the petitioner is appealing.
(b) After a hearing, the Housing Appeals Board shall sustain, modify or withdraw the notice and order by majority vote, depending upon its findings as to whether the provisions of this chapter have been complied with, and the petitioner and the Housing Inspector shall be notified in writing of such findings.
When any notice and order relating to a licensed rooming house has been modified or sustained by the Housing Appeals Board after a hearing, the permit shall be revoked if compliance is not effected within the time period specified in such notice and order or as determined by the Housing Appeals Board. The proceedings at such hearings, including the findings and decision of the Housing Appeals Board and reasons therefor shall be summarized and reduced to writing and entered as a matter of public record in the office of the Housing Inspector. Such record shall also include a copy of every notice and order issued in connection with the matter.
(Ord. 2004-15. Passed 5-20-04.)