(A) At the scheduled hearing, the Hearing Party shall first give the person requesting the hearing adequate time to present and explain the complaint, request, inquiry, or challenge to the impending administrative action. An adequate opportunity shall be afforded to all persons requesting a hearing to be represented by legal counsel and to respond and present evidence and argument.
(B) The Hearing Party shall afford the person requesting the hearing an opportunity to review and respond to all records provided by the city and shall afford an opportunity to the person requesting the hearing to question a representative of the city concerning the documents presented by the city.
(C) The Hearing Party shall afford the person requesting the hearing an opportunity to observe all statements by personnel of the city that are pertinent to the city's resolution of the complaint, request, or inquiry, or challenge the impending administrative action, and shall afford such person an opportunity to cross-examine the personnel of the city.
(D) Upon specific request of the person requesting the administrative hearing, the Hearing Party may exclude other personnel of the city to afford the person requesting the hearing to make statements pertinent to the complaint, request, inquiry, or challenge outside the presence of the personnel of the city. Further, the Hearing Party shall endeavor to preserve the confidentiality of such statements out of the presence of the personnel of the city unless disclosure of such statements are necessary to implement the findings and rulings of the Hearing Party.
(`79 Code, § 51.116) (Ord. 1097, passed 11-16-87; Am. Ord. 95-401, passed 5-3-95; Am. Ord. 97-057, passed 4-28-97)