(a) If an application for a license is not approved, or if a license issued under this chapter is revoked, the applicant shall be notified of the refusal or revocation, in writing, and such notice shall be sent by certified mail to the applicant at the address of the applicant, as set forth in the application for the license. The applicant shall have ten days after receipt of such notice to appeal such refusal or revocation. Such appeal shall be perfected by filing a written notice of appeal with the Director of Safety. Thereupon, the applicant shall have not less than ten days notice of the date and place of the hearing. The appeal shall be heard by an Appeal Board consisting of the Safety Director, the Law Director and the Chairperson of the Safety Committee of Council, which Board shall have the power, after such hearing, to confirm the refusal or revocation or to order the license to be issued. The Board shall cause notice of its decision to be sent by certified mail to the applicant at the address of the applicant, as set forth in the application for the license, within thirty days of the date of the hearing.
(b) The Chairperson of the Appeal Board may subpoena witnesses and records in connection with its hearings.
(Ord. 81-15. Passed 5-4-81.)