(A) The Human Services Coordinator, at his or her own request or at the request of any Commission member, any complainant, any respondent or other party in the hearing, may through the office of the City Attorney compel the attendance of any person believed to have knowledge of any facts relevant to a hearing under this subchapter or compel the presentation of any tangible evidence relevant to the hearing by the issuance of a subpoena to any person believed to have that knowledge or to have custody or control of any relevant books, papers, records or other tangible items to be copied and/or for examination at a convenient location. All subpoenas may be personally served by the Police Department or by any other person legally authorized to serve process as provided by state law.
(B) (1) Any witness so summoned may petition the Commission to vacate or modify a subpoena. The chairperson shall set a hearing on each petition and shall give prompt notice of each petition and of the hearing date, time and place thereof to the party who requested the issuance of the subpoena and the petitioner. The chairperson, with the advice of the Legal Department of the city, shall conduct each hearing. The Commission, by majority vote, may grant the petition in whole or in part upon finding that the testimony, or the evidence whose production is required, does not relate to any matters in question, or that a subpoena for the production of evidence is unreasonable and oppressive.
(2) Upon failure of any person to comply with the subpoena issued as herein provided, the Human Services Coordinator may, through the office of the City Attorney, petition any court of competent jurisdiction to compel the attendance of the person subpoenaed and/or the production of subpoenaed evidence.
(1990 Code, § 13-42) (Ord. 87-1178, passed 9-9-1987; Ord. 88-1234, passed 9-6-1988)