(A) 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 Director of Public Works or his or her designee, together with written exceptions to the findings of fact upon which the Director of Public Works or his or her designee based his or her denial of the application. Upon the filing of such a request, the Director of Public Works or his or her designee shall fix a time and place for the hearing and shall notify the applicant thereof.
(B) The hearing shall be held within five days after the request is filed. At the hearing, the applicant may present evidence in support of his or her application and exceptions. Any interested person may, in the discretion of the Director of Public Works or his or her designee, be allowed to participate in the hearing and present evidence in opposition to the application and exceptions.
(C) Within ten days after the conclusion of the hearing, the Director of Public Works or his or her designee shall render a written report either granting or denying the application for a permit. In this report, the Director of Public Works or his or her designee shall state the facts upon which his or her decision is based and his or her ruling upon any exceptions filed to his or her original findings of fact upon the application. This report shall be filed in the Public Works Department for public inspection, and a copy shall be served by registered mail upon the applicant and all parties to the hearing.
(Prior Code, § S-2-11)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see SDCL §§ 9-34-1, 9-34-8 and 9-34-18