No registration shall be suspended or revoked until after a hearing before the Director for such purpose by the Director of Public Safety upon notice to the registrant of at least ten days. The notice shall be served either personally or by registered mail and shall state the date and place of hearing and set forth the ground or grounds constituting the charges against the registrant. The registrant shall be heard in his defense either in person or by counsel and may produce witnesses and testify in his behalf. A stenographic record of the hearing shall be taken and preserved. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time. The person conducting the hearing shall make a written report of his findings and a recommendation. A copy of the written report shall be sent to the counsel to the Board of Building Appeals. The Director, shall review such findings and the recommendation and after due deliberation, shall issue an order accepting, modifying or rejecting such recommendation and dismissing the charges or suspending or revoking the registration. For the purpose of this section, the Director or any officer or employee of the department designated by him, may administer oaths, take testimony, subpoena witnesses and compel the production of books, papers, records and documents deemed pertinent to the subject of investigation.
(Ord. 42-1989. Passed 3-20-89; Ord. 45-2011. Passed 4-18-11.)