If a permit or license is denied because of a locational restriction and the applicant is seeking an exemption to the locational restriction from the permit and license appeal board, a nonrefundable public notice fee of $100 must be paid to the director of development services at the time the written request for the exemption hearing is filed. Not less than 10 days before the hearing date, the director of development services shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation and provide written notice of the hearing to all neighborhood associations registered with the department of development services to receive zoning notices for the area in which the subject of the exemption is located. The director of development services may waive the $100 public notice fee upon receipt of an affidavit from the applicant showing financial hardship. (Ord. Nos. 23386; 25002; 25047; 27697; 32002)