(A) Any person affected by any order or notice issued by the Health Department in connection with the enforcement of any section of this chapter, may file in the office of the Health Department written request for a hearing before the Health Officer. Unless stated elsewhere in this chapter, the Health Officer shall designate a place and hold the hearing at a time within 14 days from the date on which the written request was filed.
(B) The petitioner for the hearing shall be notified of the time and place of hearing not less than five days prior to the date on which the hearing is to be held.
(C) If, as a result of the hearing, the Health Officer finds that strict compliance with the order or notice would cause undue hardship on the petitioner, and that the public health would be adequately protected and substantial justice done by varying or withdrawing the order or notice, the Health Officer may modify or withdraw the order or notice as a condition for such action may, where deemed necessary, make requirements which are additional to those prescribed in this chapter for the purpose of properly protecting the public health.
(D) The Health Officer shall render a decision within ten days after the date of the hearing which shall be reduced to writing. An appeal from a decision of the Health Officer may be made to the Circuit Court of Madison County, pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Review Act, 735 ILCS 5/3-101 et seq., as amended.
(1993 Code, § 55.40) (Ord. 2008-15, passed 11-19-2008; Ord. 2018-04, passed 12-1-2018)