ARTICLE IV. ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS HEARINGS DIVISION (2-14-160 et seq.)

2-14-160 Environmental safety and consumer affairs hearings division.

   (a)   The department of administrative hearings shall operate a system of administrative adjudication of violations of ordinances, and similar matters pursuant to Section 2-14-030(6), regulating business affairs and consumer protection, public health and safety, streets and sanitation, transportation, aviation and the environment.

   (b)   The system shall be operated within an environmental safety and consumer affairs hearings division created within the department of administrative hearings.

   (c)   [Reserved.]

   (d)   [Reserved.]

   (e)   If the administrative law officer issues a final determination of liability as to a violation of the sanitation code but finds that the liable party has already begun to correct the violation proved, the administrative law officer may, in his or her discretion, schedule a separate hearing on the imposition of fines or other sanctions for a date no less than 30 days from the date of issuance of the final determination of liability, unless the administrative law officer finds that good cause has been shown that a longer period is necessary. The administrative law officer may order a reinspection of the property to verify code compliance and the extent of any corrective measures prior to hearing on the fines or other sanctions.

(Added Coun. J. 7-10-96, p. 24982; Amend Coun. J. 11-12-97, p. 56813; Amend Coun. J. 4-29-98, p. 66564; Amend Coun. J. 3-27-02, p. 82086, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. V, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 2-15-12, p. 20496, § 4)

ARTICLE V. RESERVED

Editor's note – Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. V, § 1, repealed Ch. 2-14, Art. V (§ 2-14-170) which pertained to the consumer affairs hearings division.

ARTICLE VI. MUNICIPAL HEARINGS DIVISION (2-14-190 et seq.)

2-14-190 Municipal hearings division – Jurisdiction.

   (a)   The department of administrative hearings is authorized to establish a system of administrative adjudication for the enforcement of all provisions of the Municipal Code, and similar matters pursuant to Section 2-14-030(6), that are not adjudicated by the vehicle, buildings, or environmental safety and consumer affairs hearings divisions.

   (b)   The system may be operated within a municipal hearings division or such other division or divisions established by the director within the department of administrative hearings.

   (c)   Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, except Section 2-14-130(c), the jurisdiction granted to the department of administrative hearings by this article shall be exercised exclusively by the department of administrative hearings upon written notification by the director to any affected department or agency of the city. Subsequent to the issuance of the written notification, no city department or agency, except those specified in Section 2-14-130(c), may adjudicate code provisions identified in the notice other than the department of administrative hearings.

(Added Coun. J. 7-10-96, p. 24982; Amend Coun. J. 11-12-97, p. 56813; Amend Coun. J. 4-29-98, p. 66564; Amend Coun. J. 7-2-10, p. 96234, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. V, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 2-15-12, p. 20496, § 4; Amend Coun. J. 6-25-14, p. 83727, § 1)