(A) Any person affected by any notice which has been issued in connection with the enforcement of any provision of this chapter, or of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, may request, and shall be granted, a hearing on the matter before the Health Officer, provided that such person shall file in the office of the Health Officer a written petition requesting such hearing and setting forth a brief statement of the grounds therefor, within ten days after the day the notice was served. Upon receipt of such petition, the Health Officer shall set a time and place for such hearing and shall give the petitioner written notice thereof. At such hearing, the petitioner shall be given an opportunity to be heard and to show why such notice should be modified or withdrawn.
(B) The hearing shall be commenced not later than ten days after the day on which the petition was filed; provided, that upon application of the petitioner, the Health Officer may postpone the date of the hearing for a reasonable time beyond a ten-day period if, in his or her judgment, the petitioner has submitted a good and sufficient reason for such postponement.
(2011 Code, § 15.08.040) (Ord. 67, passed - -1974)