(a) The director may deny the issuance of a pool or spa permit:
(1) If the applicant for the permit of the pool(s)/spa(s) being permitted has been convicted of one or more violations of this article, Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.064, Tex. Administrative Code Title 25 Chapter 265 Subchapter L, or Tex. Health and Safety Code Chapter 757 within the 12 months preceding the date of the application; or
(2) If any of the permit conditions of § 16-462 are not met.
(b) An applicant whose permit is denied will be notified by the director, in writing, within ten days of the date of the denial. The director shall set out the grounds for the denial.
(c) The notice will be personally delivered to the applicant or sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address listed on the application.
(d) An applicant whose permit is denied may request an appeals hearing within ten days after service of the notice of denial. Such request shall be in writing, shall specify the reasons why the permit should not be denied, and shall be filed with the director.
(Ord. 12156, § 1, passed 9-12-1995; Ord. 16313, § 12, passed 3-1-2005)