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§ 8-518 GOVERNING BODY; APPEALS.
   (a)   Any person, firm or corporation considering themselves aggrieved by the decision of the public officer and who desires to present a formal protest to the governing body shall in writing, request a hearing before the governing body within ten days after receiving notice of the decision from the public officer, as provided in § 8-512(b). Such protest and request for a hearing shall be filed with the office of the City Clerk.
   (b)   Upon receipt of a protest and request for a hearing, the City Clerk shall notify in writing the governing body of such appeal.
   (c)   The governing body shall, within 30 days of receipt of protest and request for a hearing, determine a date for the hearing.
   (d)   Notice of the date for the hearing shall be sent to the appellant at least ten days before the hearing.
   (e)   Except where an immediate hazard exists as described in § 4-612 of this code, the filing of a protest and request for a hearing before the governing body as specified in division (a) above shall operate as a stay of the enforcement of the public officer’s order until such time as the governing body has reached a decision on the matter.
§ 8-519 RIGHT OF PETITION.
   After exhausting the remedy provided in § 8-518, any person aggrieved by an order issued by the public officer and approved by the governing body after a hearing on the matter may, within 30 days from the date that the order became final, petition the District Court of the county in which the property is located to restrain the public officer from carrying out the provisions of the order.
ARTICLE 6: RODENT CONTROL
Section
   8-601   Definitions
   8-602   Building maintenance
   8-603   Notice to rat-stop; when city to do work
   8-604   Failure to comply
   8-605   Replace rat-stoppage
   8-606   Notice to eradicate rats
   8-607   Conditions conducive to harborage of rats
   8-608   Inspections
§ 8-601 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   BUILDING. Any structure, whether public or private, that is adapted for occupancy as a residence; the transaction of business; the rendering of professional services; amusement; the display, sale or storage of goods, wares or merchandise; or the performance of work or labor, including office buildings, public buildings, stores, theaters, markets, restaurants, workshops and all other houses, sheds and other structures on the premises used for business purposes.
   OCCUPANT. The person that has the use of, controls or occupies any business building or any portion thereof, whether owner or tenant. In the case of vacant business buildings or any vacant portion of a business building, the owner, agent or other person having custody of the building shall have the responsibilities of an OCCUPANT of a building.
   OWNER. The owner of any building or structure, whether individual, firm, partnership or corporation.
   RAT HARBORAGE. Any condition that provides shelter or protection for rats, thus favoring their multiplication and continued existence in, under or outside a structure of any kind.
   RAT-STOPPAGE. A form of rat-proofing to prevent the ingress of rats into buildings from the exterior or from one building to another, consisting essentially of the closing of all openings in the exterior walls, ground or first floors, basements, roofs and foundations, that may be reached by rats from the ground by climbing or by burrowing, with material or equipment impervious to rat-gnawing.
§ 8-602 BUILDING MAINTENANCE.
   All buildings and structures located within the present or future boundaries of the city shall be rat-stopped, freed of rats and maintained in a rat-stopped and rat-free condition.
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