(A) Any person affected by any order or notice issued by the Health Department in connection with the enforcement of any section of this chapter, may file in the office of the Health Department a written request for a hearing before the Health Officer. Unless stated elsewhere in this chapter, the Health Officer shall hold the hearing at a time and place designated by him or her within 14 days from the date in which the written request was filed.
(B) The petitioner for the hearing shall be notified of the time and place of hearing not less than five days prior to the date on which the hearing is to be held.
(C) If, as a result of the hearing, the Health Officer finds that strict compliance with the order or notice would cause undue hardship on the petitioner, and that the public health would be adequately protected and substantial justice done by varying or withdrawing the order of notice, the Health Officer may modify or withdraw the order of notice as a condition for such action, may where deemed necessary, make requirements which are additional to those prescribed in this chapter for the purpose of properly protecting the public health.
(D) The Health Officer shall render a decision within ten days after the date of the hearing, which shall be reduced to writing and placed on file in the office of the authorized representative as a matter of public record. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Health Officer may seek relief therefrom through a hearing before the County Board of Health.
(Ord. 17-2, passed 2-14-2017)