Within five days after receiving notification by registered mail that his or her application for a permit to solicit under this chapter has been denied, any applicant may file a written request for a public hearing on the application before the Board, together with written exceptions to the findings of fact upon which the Board based its denial of the application. Upon the filing of a request, the Board shall fix a time and place for the hearing and shall notify the applicant thereof. The hearing shall be held within ten days after the request is filed. At the hearing, the applicant may present evidence in support of his or her application and exceptions. An interested person may, in the discretion of the Board, be allowed to participate in the hearing and present evidence in opposition to the application and exceptions. Within ten days after the conclusion of the hearing, the Board shall render a written report either granting or denying the application for a permit. In this report, the Board shall state the facts upon which this decision is based, and its ruling upon any exceptions filed to its original findings of fact upon the application. This report shall be filed in the Clerk's office for public inspection and a copy shall be served by registered mail upon the applicant and all parties to the hearing.
(1989 Code, § 9-312)