(A) The Health Department may suspend any license to operate a food establishment if the holder of the license does not comply with the requirements of this chapter, or if the operation of the food establishment constitutes a substantial hazard to public health. Suspension is effective upon service of the written notice by the Health Department. When a license is suspended, the food operations shall immediately cease. Whenever a license is suspended, the holder of the license shall be afforded an opportunity for hearing within 20 days of receipt of a written request for hearing.
(B) Whenever a license is suspended, the holder of the license or the person in charge, shall be notified in writing that the license is, upon service of the notice, immediately suspended and that an opportunity for hearing will be provided if a written request for hearing is filed with the Health Department by the holder of the license within ten days. If no written request for hearing is filed within ten days, the suspension is sustained. The Health Department may end the suspension at any time if reasons for suspension no longer exist.
(Ord. 94.50, passed 6-13-1994; Ord. 0-97.5, passed 11-10-1997)