(A) If a written request for hearing has been received by the City Manager within the time specified, the City Manager shall forthwith fix a date to hear the owner and/or occupant of the real property whereon the alleged nuisance is claimed to exist and of any other person desiring to be heard.
(B) At the hearing before the City Manager or the City Manager's designee, the respondent and the City shall each be given an opportunity to present arguments and evidence, to include witness testimony. The rules of evidence shall not apply. The City Manager or the City Manager's designee may terminate the hearing at a time determined in advance by the City Manager or the City Manager's designee, provided a reasonable time shall be given to permit the respondent and the City to present their respective arguments and evidence. The City Manager or City Manager's designee may terminate a hearing at any time upon a determination that the additional evidence and argument to be proffered by the respondent and the City will be duplicative or not relevant to the issues to be resolved. The City Manager or the City Manager's designee shall issue and serve a written decision upon the respondent with five (5) business days of the hearing. The written decision shall set forth the findings concerning the nuisance matter, the fines, penalties and remedies ordered in conjunction therewith, if any, and the appeal rights applicable to the decision, if any. (Ord. 253, 9-14-2022)