(a) Any person affected by any notice of violation and order to comply, or revocation or denial of a permit, which has been issued in connection with the enforcement of any of the provisions of this Housing Code and authorized by the same, may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the Housing Appeals Board, provided that such person files in the office of the Housing Inspector a written petition requesting such hearing and setting forth the name, address and phone number of the petitioner and a brief statement of the grounds for such hearing or for the mitigation of any item appearing on any order of the Housing Inspector. The petition shall be filed within ten days after the date of the notice and order or the revocation or denial. Upon receipt of such a petition, the Board shall set a time and place for a hearing before the Board and shall give the petitioner written notice thereof. A hearing shall be commenced within a reasonable time, not to exceed 15 days after a petition has been filed. At such a hearing the petitioner shall be given an opportunity to be heard and to show cause why any item appearing on such notice and order should be modified or withdrawn. The failure of the petitioner or his or her representative to appear and state his or her case at such hearing shall have the same effect as if no petition were filed.
(b) After a hearing, the Board shall sustain, modify or withdraw any item appearing on the notice or order, by a majority vote, depending upon its findings as to whether or not this Housing Code has been complied with. The petitioner and the Housing Inspector shall be notified, in writing, of such findings.
(c) When any item appearing on a notice and order relating to a licensed rooming house has been modified or sustained by the Board, after a hearing, the rooming house license shall be revoked if compliance is not effected within the time specified for any item appearing on such notice and order, or as determined by the Board.
(d) The proceedings at such hearings, including the findings and decision of the Board and reasons therefore, shall be summarized and reduced to writing and entered as a matter of public record in the office of the Housing Inspector. Such record shall also include a copy of every notice and order issued in connection with the matter.
(Ord. 11-1977, passed 5-16-1977)